Forest Lair Plans For 2015

Here is a list of posts that will most likely appear here soon (actually, considering my laziness, you shouldn't trust these “most likely” and “soon” though...^^)

Books I read in December

Zoo photo hunt

Postcards & magnets

Sailor Moon (again!)

Wasabi and Star Wars

Video games live

African reading challenge

Pine needle kanji

Scanning toys!

My new books

Hobbits, swamps and dogs

A warrior llama

Fanart for N.K. Jemisin's novel

Review of World Maker by exist†trace

My new arm warmers

...and a lot of other things, I guess I'll have to post every day. :D

Also, I want to read so many books next year! Like Ancillary Sword, The Kingdom of Gods, Noriko Ogiwara's fantasy novels, The Shadowed Sun, The Slynx, Norwegian Wood, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Mirror Empire, Childhood's End, The Fifth Season, Lagoon, more Sailor Moon, more manga in general, some steampunk, Agatha Christie, Octavia Butler... Damn, where will I find enough time?!

What are your plans for 2015? ^o^

Art: Agnia's Winter

My friend Agnia wrote to me the other day, “Lately I just wanna grab a cat, get under blanket and spend this winter like that, with Placebo and coffee.” 

Well, of course I had to draw this*. (^-^)ノ

I was listening to the most appropriate music when working on this drawing.

Keiju, the Unusual Hedgehog

Our hedgehog Keiju is unusual. Normally Finnish hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) hibernate from autumn to Vappu in May, but this one wakes up around Christmas to enjoy delicious festive food.

Before that she will be sleeping in all sort of places.

I fed this rock musician with salad once

I made this biiig meal the other day: salad, soy, vegan tzatziki & nachos.

Happy tree-worshiping day!

Happy holiday wishes from us!

(*^▽^*)

Russian chocolate

When sweet hobbits* agreed to meet my mom in Moscow and bring a package from her to Finland, I asked her not to buy too many sweets**. “Just one chocolate block is enough.” But my mom's memory is very selective, it seems, because apparently she only remembered “buy chocolate”. :D Here is her idea of “one chocolate.”

There can never be too much tea

Souvenirs from Japan! o(^▽^)o 

Oolong and sencha.

A Japanese newspaper

My brother-in-law brought this newspaper from Japan. ^^

Villa Elfvik & Hazelnut Coffee

Today there was a Christmas market in Villa Elfvik, one of my favourite places in Espoo. They were selling local organic food and many cuuuute decorations. It was so crowded! And we ate cakes. :D

In Which I Promote Rurousha, Again

Today I'm gonna show you the funny side of Rurousha (I've shown the fluffy side here earlier). Since Ru makes me chuckle and ROFL all the time, I decided to make you suffer the same fate. :D

Here we go!

Rurousha loves trees.

Books I read in November: boxing, space opera and hamsters

November books are presented to you by Losik!

Boris Akunin “Любовник смерти” [Russia]

Thora Kerner, Jin Baron “Japania mangan avulla 1/2” (Japanisch für Manga-Fans) [Germany] 

Ann Leckie “Ancillary Justice” [USA] 

Suzanne van Rooyen “The Other Me” [South Africa, Finland] 

Tiitu Takalo “Kehä” [Finland] 

Nekota Medetai “Hamsteripäiväkirjat” vol. 4 (Hamster Club) [Japan] 

Arthur Conan Doyle “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” [UK] 

武内 直子 「美少女戦士セーラームーン」 vol.4 (Naoko Takeuchi “Sailor Moon” vol.4) [Japan] 

Marjane Satrapi “Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return” [Iran, France] 

Historical mystery novel by Boris Akunin. 

Thrilling even though I guessed the bad guy. :D