Drawing lessons

I’ve always wanted to be able to draw really well. Unfortunately I’m not that good but what I lack in talent, I make up for in enthusiasm. Simple patterns are my favourites.

Brass monkeys

Happy New Year! Doglets are out today wearing baby socks. It’s -40°C today – courtesy of Siberia. This morning, before we put the socks on, Oskar refused to put more than two paws on the ground and therefore, had to be carried. They can stay outside a lot longer with the socks on. The masking tape around the ankles starts to freeze and crack pretty soon though but it’s still better than no socks. We have proper doggie boots too, but they come off just as easily and are a lot more difficult to put on 8 paws of two very excitable cockers. Roll on summer!

Xmas calendar day 24

This is the last ATC from the Christmas calendar. The text says: Merry Christmas – Happy New Year!

Xmas calendar day 23

Second last Christmas calendar ATC.

Xmas calendar day 22

Not many to go now. This is the 22nd ATC from the Christmas calendar. The text says: Merry Christmas.

Xmas calendar day 21

This is the 21st card of the Christmas calendar. It should be exactly like this here now but unfortunately it’s been raining, freezing, raining, freezing. All roads are covered in ice and it’s really slippy. Skates would be good now.

Xmas calendar day 20

This is the 20th card from the Christmas calendar. The text says literally: “The Christmas’ star is definitive”. It’s from a song by a Finnish singer/song writer/author  Juice Leskinen, and the lyrics translation says this: “it is no doubt the star of the xmas”. The star in the song is a pig, which is the traditional Xmas food in Finland.

Winter wonderland

This is how it looked here yesterday. It was the last day before the polar nights and the length of the day was about 15 minutes. Today it is zero. For the next 5 days. There is not an awful lot of snow here now, only about 35 cm (just over a foot) and it is -5C at the moment. It looks like winter wonderland with a thick frost everywhere. Unfortunately they are forecasting rain for tomorrow which would mean bye-bye for the frost and some of the snow, too. Let’s hope they are wrong with that forecast.

Xmas calendar day 19

This is the 19th card from the Christmas calendar.

Xmas calendar day 18

18th Christmas calendar ATC.