Asya: “Look, Katya made
soup.”
Latte: “For herself.”
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Reunion With Toys [Daily Photo #543]
“What should I bring
when I come visit you?” asked my mom. “My old books! And toys!”
said I. =D Well, I've shown you the books, today it's toy time! I'll
focus on one of them…
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Friday, September 22, 2017
Kaisaniemi Poplar [Daily Photo #540]
Today my husband and I
went to the Kaisaniemi botanical garden in Helsinki with my mother
and his parents. There's a cool new feature there called Evolution
Tree where you can see how plants evolved. Also there were really
giant sunflowers, omg! But, I was smitten by a certain tree as soon
as we entered the garden, so today's daily is about it!
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Frogs [Daily Photo #539]
Ages ago, when I still
lived in Mordor, I had started a collection of frog toys and
figurines. Later I brought some of them with me, but some were still
left behind. Now three more specimens moved here! Here they are.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Wolfhound and Other Books [Daily Photo #538]
My mom brought some of my
old books yesterday, so of course I must show them to you! First, The
Wolfhound series by Maria Semyonova. It's a Slavic fantasy story
about a guy called Volkodav (Wolfhound), a quiet and compassionate
man from a matriarchal society who didn't exactly intend to become a
hero and save people but fate said otherwise. The books are very
beautifully written, with a poem in the beginning of each chapter.
One of the best parts of the series is a pet bat named Neletuchiy
Mysh – in Russian a bat is called letuchaya mysh – 'a flying
mouse' =D And this pet bat was injured and couldn't fly, so he was
named Neletuchiy Mysh, 'a mouse that doesn't fly'. He travels perched
on Volkodav's shoulder. =D There is also a scene where Volkodav
rescues a puppy, and that's the kind of fantasy hero that I like! : 3
I really hope they'll translate these books to English one day!
Leaves and Water [Daily Photo #537]
This unusually bright leaf
caught my eye today. Actinidia kolomikta?
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Autumn in the Woods [Daily Photo #531]
Most green things are
still green, but some plants have already started changing their
outfits into brows, yellows and reds.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Rural or Urban? [Daily Photo #530]
A beautiful field near
Leppävaara station.
Who
said that cities must be all buildings and roads and no agriculture?
;)
Monday, September 11, 2017
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Friday, September 8, 2017
Much Reading [Daily Photo #526]
September 8 is
International Literacy Day, so today's daily photo post is booooooks.
^u^ Here are the novels I'm reading / will start reading soon:
from the library:
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Striped Beets and Other Foods [Daily Photo #525]
Did you know that beets
can have cute stripes? ^^ As soon as I saw them in Prisma, I knew I
had to try them! They taste similar to normal beets, and the stripes
fade when cooking, but you can also eat these beets raw.
Fanart: How to Goth by Tyri Matzen
Oops, I drew another I Heart Robot fanart! ^u^ This time it's a liiiittle less colourful. :P
Click to enlarge!
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Cactus Love [Daily Photo #524]
When I lived in Moscow I
had many cacti and other succulents. Our apartment had broad
windowsills and lots of light, perfect for a collection of sun-loving
plants. Then I moved to Finland and discovered that most apartments
here don't really have proper windowsills, it seems. o_O I'm still puzzled
by that. Besides, even if we had a sill big enough to put one or two
rows of pots, there wasn't enough light in our previous apartment.
This apartment, though, has much more light, plus I have a few grow
lights for the darker areas. And so, the inevitable happened and I
got two cacti the other day because I missed having them around. : 3
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Salaattiasema [Daily Photo #523]
A new place opened in
Sello, and we had to check it out! Salaattiasema is a salad paradise,
I enjoyed our salad a lot. It had quorn, quinoa, dill cucumbers,
sunflower and pumpkin seeds, and goat cheese (for my husband, I don't
eat it =D).
And then there was
romantic coffee in Starbucks.
Art: Nonbinary Demon Hunter for Lex
Dear Lex,
An embarrassingly long
time ago you asked if I was going to post any drawings of metalheads.
I didn't have any, so I decided to draw one for you and I did! I even
scanned it! And then I forgot to post the drawing. >o<;;;;;
But better later than
never, right? Allow me to introduce, a nonbinary demon hunter who is
very, very metal.
Monday, September 4, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Fanart: Tyri from I Heart Robot
I wasn't planning to draw
anything today but this goth girl Tyri kept appearing in my mind's
eye with her violin and corsets, and I am very weak and well, goth
girls in corsets, you know?? So I sit down to draw her, totally
intending to make a simple black-and-white drawing like these ones,
but nooo, a voice in my head says “make it colourful, make it red,
it will match the cover” and sometimes you gotta listen to those
voices when art is concerned, right? So next thing I know, I'm armed
with pencils and actually colouring!
...
Two hours later this was
completed:
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Friday, September 1, 2017
Sello Library [Daily Photo #519]
Today I went to the Sello
library and somehow returned more books than I took! (6 books
returned, 3 taken. I demand a medal for this achievement of
restraint!) Also, I looked at cute art displayed there.
Here are some of the arts!
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