The downside of winter (and some icicles!)

Winter 'looked good' for about three days. Then the pretty white snow transformed into yellowish slippery goo set out to make my life a living HELL. Trust me, I love winter as much as the next gal, but almost breaking one or several limbs everytime I have to go outside looses its charm after about a week...

So I was just about to give up on winter all together, when I found THIS in my back garden:



How cool is that?!?! :D



ICICLES PEOPLE! LOADS OF THEM!!! :D



So even though I'd still like to see the yellow goo leave sooner rather than later...



... I spent the rest of the afternoon under our staircase taking pictures of the icicles anyways :)

The upside of winter

We rarely have a good pack of proper snow here in my little part of the world, so when we woke up this morning finding the already rare layer of snow had doubled in the course of the night, an expedition to The Wild was quickly planned!



It was still early so we had the pleasure of planting our footprints in the fresh, untouched snow.



The streets were empty...



... and so was the Wild!



There were only snowy pathways...



... and the footprints of deer :)



And despite public transportation is seriously disordered, traffic is a disaster and it's oh-so-cold...



... winter at least looks good :)

Oh dear...

I've been such a bad blogger! Not a single post since December 6th! Shame on me!!

So here's 5 things I've been up to these past few weeks that didn't involve me WORKING MY ASS OFF... ;)

1. I got snowed in (kind of)





2. I huddled in front of our heater with cups of tea and a book!



3. I admired my brand new iPhone 4...



4. ... and played Fruit Ninja till I went bananas :)



5. And last but not least: I changed this sorry excuse for a tree...



... into this:



Let the holidays begin!!! :D

Congratulations to me!

It's a girl ;)

Coldness!!

Yes, my friends... Winter has arrived! :)



Despite my three pairs of socks, snowboots, knitted beanie, thick scarf and mittens, I was STILL freezing as I ventured into The Wild this morning! And there wasn't even real snow yet :)



So coldness? YES! But oh how pretty it was as well :)



I even found some beautiful colours!



And a deer found me :)



(For a moment I kind of wished I had a telephoto lens so you could actually SEE the deer... Then I remembered I love Where's Waldo - so it's all good :)

I ♥ doodles!

If there's one book that makes me wonder why I don't draw/doodle/colour anymore...



... it's this one!



Sure, you could buy it for your kids.



But better yet.....



... BUY IT FOR YOURSELF!!!



Because seriously...



... why should the kids get all the fun?!

:)

An Idiot Abroad

As winter is slowly but surely settling in, I’m still in movie-mode, devouring everything that moves :)

Last seen: An Idiot Abroad, a television series in which Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant send their friend Karl Pilkington to the seven wonders of the world… and even though most people would be absolutely delighted to travel the world, Karl is not impressed and very uncomfortable – and it’s absolutely hilarious.



I’m telling you: I'm joining the Karl Pilkington-fanclub!! ;) And for those who do not know Karl Pilkington: here are four more clips to introduce you to him :)

1. An introduction...



2. The best comeback :)



3. On monkeys and infinity



4. And last but not least: Karl meets Warwick Davis!!!



"Hang on a minute! Who put you in goal?!?!?!"

Instant classic.

:)