Sir Winslow watches the whales Blue whales are magnificent ocean creatures. Sir Winslow sailed on a voyage that followed a pod of whales for days before they lost track of them. It gave him plenty of opportunities to study how they interacted with each other, even with the ships that were tracking them. The sketches that are in the journals from Sir Winslow's voyage are quite detailed. Here is the story the accompanies them. It was late summer and Sir Winslow was headed back to Windy Willows in England. He had been studying the lemmings on Baffin Island. Lemmings are...

My friend Linda Nance asked if she could interview me about our shop! Its a fun little 15 minutes of your time! Her Etsy shop is Gotta Be Handmade 

Christmas time at Windy Willows was so special, just like at your home. The traditions they had were carefully documented in the journals and are still carried out today by the descendants of the family. One such tradition was having visitors stop in for tea time. In the main hall, cook would set up a gingerbread zoo. It was an exact match for the zoo outside. It delighted all of the guest, young and old. Cook had many favorite recipes that only came out during the holidays. Here is a recipe that was written down by her and I updated...

One very interesting story that I recently discovered is about a trek thru South America that Sir Winslow took during his 1912 voyage. In his field journal from that time he tells a tale of how he and the llama first became acquainted. After the ship had reached the port city of Machala in Ecuador to restock with bananas for another part of the journey, the Winslow family decided to explore the surrounding area to see what interesting animals were they could find. A native guide suggested that they explore the Petrified Forest, Puyango which is a nature reserve, located...

Hi, my name is Snickerdoodle Evergreen, but everyone calls me Snick. I am the manufacturing manager of North Pole Outpost 365. I belong to the North Pole Toy Manufactures (NPTM) Union 1225. I hear that someone has recently been commemorating the travels and tales of Sir Winslow by using his sketches for inspiration. The Big Boss, Santa, asked me to look over the quality and designs. He wanted to know if we could outsource some of our stuffed animals to the folks over at the Zoo. (The answer is yes!) Sir Winslow came to the North Pole by accident on...