Waking Up [Daily Photo #370]

Slowly, cautiously, plant friends are waking up.

Hopefully no more snow this spring?

Russian and Finnish [Daily Photo #369]

Things from Russia:

a toy from childhood, a khokhloma spoon and a Slavic fantasy novel.

Things from Finland:
a Moomin book, a tonttu couple and a kuksa from Lapland.

Sailor Oink [Daily Photo #368]

Serenity: “Untuva, I'm Princess Serenity and you are a Sailor Soldier.”

Fejka [Daily Photo #367]

Mmmm green.

Sorbet [Daily Photo #366]

Found something unusual in Lidl – sorbet in champagne flutes!

My February Reading: Holmes, Puppies and Refugees

My February books are introduced to you by Gentle Ladybug!

• Anu Holopainen “Viinikauppias” [Finland]
• Sarah Andersen “Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles)” [USA]
• Arthur Conan Doyle “The Valley of Fear” (Sherlock Holmes #7) [UK]
• Nujeen Mustafa, Christina Lamb “Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair” [Syria/Germany; UK]
• Holly Webb “Rascal's Festive Fun” (My Naughty Little Puppy #6) [UK]

Snowdrops Under Snow [Daily Photo #365]

Wow I've been doing this Daily Photo Challenge for a whole year non-stop! @o@ And I guess Nature wanted to celebrate it, too, with beautiful snow… Yep, just when I thought it was finally spring, more snow fell. I was a naive fool! Spring, right… But at least it created nice photo opportunities. : 3