Snow [Daily Photo #578]

Snow slowly sliding off the roof.

Brassica [Daily Photo #577]

Savoy cabbage is the star of today's daily photo!

Space Piglet [Daily Photo #576]

Oh my, my piglet is IN SPACE!

@o@

Bonus! Some space music!

Lamps and Reflections [Daily Photo #575]

Lamps…

...and reflections.

First Snow [Daily Photo #574]

WE GOT FIRST SNOW! @o@

Focaccia [Daily Photo #573]

I baked a focaccia today, with olives, garlic and rosemary on top.

It was delicious! =D

A Plant That Moves [Daily Photo #572]

When I got a calathea plant I had no idea it'd be scratching walls and making rustling sounds spookily. =D Turns out, every day calatheas move their leaves up and down because why not, right? =D

“Calathea [...] closes its leaves at night and opens them again in the morning! This is the reason why Calathea is also called the ‘living plant’. The plant owes this ability to a small ‘joint’ between the leaf and stem. Light moves the joints and, as a result, Calathea’s leaves open and close – which is sometimes accompanied by a rustling sound.”

- Source

So, I took three photos of our calathea today:

Coffee and Bakery [Daily Photo #571]

I had a dream last night where I was in a café with friends, and there were so many delicious things like apple pies and chocolate chip muffins, and I was trying to choose something and it was very hard, and then I didn't manage to choose anything in time because I woke up! Aww. So, after hearing about my plight, my husband bought some bakery for us and said I can get to choose now which one I want. =D Isn't he sweet?

Kitsune [Daily Photo #570]

Kitsune: “Hello, have you been studying Japanese lately?”

Um...　Does singing in Japanese count?.. No?...

Kitsune: ...

あの。。。 頭が痛いです。

Leppävaara Lights [Daily Photo #569]

Tonight a building in Leppävaara became a light installation for a couple hours!

Frosty Morning [Daily Photo #568]

Yay we got the first autumnal frost!

“Excuuuse Me” [Daily Photo #567]

Ah, the beautiful autumn leaves.

Croissants [Daily Photo #566]

Yesterday I made some croissants. No, not from scratch, I bought Danerolles dough. =D They are really fun to make! And not only they are delicious, but these croissants are also vegan!

Red Sun [Daily Photo #565]

Yesterday the sun looked unusually red high in the sky, due to dust from Sahara and particles from forest fires in Portugal and Spain. The particles in the air scattered the blue colour out, leaving only reds and yellows. It looked so strange, as if the sun was having a second sunrise in the middle of the sky – the reds were very similar to the sunrise/sundown reds.

Schlumbergera [Daily Photo #564]

October Forest [Daily Photo #563]

After rain.

The Great Sauna Journey [Daily Photo #562]

Nora (elephant): “You sure you know the way, Kaneli? Looks like a rocky path.”

Kaneli (duck): “Of course! Been there before!”

October Flowers [Daily Photo #561]

Yesterday was sunny and full of flowers!

Mountain Ash [Daily Photo #560]

Fruits of mountain ash.

Maple Autumn Glory [Daily Photo #559]

Maple leaves in their autumn outfits.

Coffee, Books and Salad [Daily Photo #558]

Got two books from the library yesterday! A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo and The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami (translated by Allison Markin Powell). Haven't read these authors before, so – excite! ^u^

Fabric Petals [Daily Photo #557]

I certainly prefer real plants (of which I don't have enough!), but it's nice to have a few artificial ones for variety. ^^ Here are some flowers I got from IKEA long ago.

Leaves and Flowers [Daily Photo #556]

Leaves above me.

Birch Leaves [Daily Photo #555]

Whoa it's my 555^th daily photo post! So many photos I've posted here, and I still want to keep doing that. ^^ Today's daily is lovely birch leaves, in autumnal yellow.

Um, New Plants [Daily Photo #554]

Hello, hello, I bought more plants.

Plush Cuteness [Daily Photo #553]

Went with dear friends to a toy store and DID NOT buy anyone.

October Rain [Daily Photo #552]

Welp, it's so rainy lately!

Hardcovers [Daily Photo #551]

You might have noticed that I like books a lot. =D And I like to keep them in good condition, so of course I prefer hardcovers as they are more durable. But. I was quite disappointed when I discovered that most of the time hardcovers from USA have very plain covers with pretty dust jackets on top. It feels like cheating. =D You pay a lot more but the durable cover of the book is plain, and the pretty dust jacket won't last long unless you're very careful. Meh!

*grumble grumble*

I guess I'm a spoiled child of USSR. Most of my Russian books are hardcovers, as they are more common than paperbacks and affordable there, and most of Russian hardcovers don't have dust jackets. Have a look!

Plantain Lily [Daily Photo #550]

Autumn has touched this hosta (plantain lily).

Cheburashka and Cabbage [Daily Photo #549]

“Hello, I'm Cheburashka. I'm Soviet and kinda famous.”

Pancakes For Everyone [Daily Photo #548]

Deneb: “Oh look, homemade pancakes!”