Diary of a Housewife

I began my Diary of a Housewife cartoon series in 2015 when I was pregnant with our first child. We now have two daughters and these are all the blog posts and cartoons I’ve done about parenting and being pregnant in reverse chronological order.

  • Cartoon diary

    Cartoon diary

    One of my new years resolutions is to continue doing a sketch a day in my diary…hoping this year they will be less covid lockdown related more painting and climate action related! Read more

  • Lockdown life

    Lockdown life

    Not sure what this second lockdown is doing to my daughters social skills (or mine) or how they are going to react to granny when they actually see her in person! Read more

  • Mood

    Mood

    The five year old was on form this morning.. Read more

  • Clock change

    Clock change

    Now that I have two small children I hate the winter clock change with a passion. This year it has taken more than two weeks for Peach (the youngest, 16 months) to wake up past 6 a.m.. Read more

  • Trying to concentrate but..

    Trying to concentrate but..

    At the moment I have no idea how long I have before one of us gets sick, someone in our bubble gets sick and we have to quarantine, or Belgium goes into full on lockdown mode again and we have no more help with childcare. Read more

  • Sketch a day

    Sketch a day

    My new year’s resolution was to draw a sketch a day in my diary of something that had happened during that day. During lockdown it was one of the few things that helped to keep me sane, and it’s been a really nice way of recording our second daughters progress. Read more

British cartoonist/artist living in Brussels with self diagnosed eco-anxiety.

I’m a former sustainability consultant with an engineering background, now rat race escapee who likes to draw cartoons about environmental issues and family life. I also dabble in painting cityscapes.

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If you’re interested in collaborating with me on an environmental cartoon: lescapeartiste@gmail.com