Pearlescent and moon-painted, dusk is falling. In a corner of the park a male blackbird perches in the naked branches of a sycamore tree, yellow bill, eye a ring of gold. He flicks his tail and starts to sing an enquiring, fluty song. Listen…
![Preston Pages - A Song at Dusk](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/magazine-a-song-at-dusk.jpg)
I’m very pleased to have a second piece of writing, A Song at Dusk, along with a picture in February’s issue of Preston Pages, one of Brighton’s free magazines :)
![Blackbirds at Dusk](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/blackbirds-colour2.jpg)
The original A4 illustration above is available to buy, unmounted, mounted, framed or unframed. Contact me if you’re interested.