Wintry days & oh, deer

Cloudy, cold and frost – three words to describe, in a nutshell, the days lately. So, it’s been a bit colder for some days now, the temperatures have mostly been around -5 degrees Celsius and a bit below. And we’ve had snow on the ground for five weeks now, that’s quite remarkable. 🙂

This happened on Tuesday: I looked out the kitchen window and I saw a deer on the hill. I went outside and there were two deer. Never before have we seen deer here, seen them from our garden. Near our home, yes, many times, but not here.

deer

This is the best pic I have of the event, taken with zoom, and fast. It felt like seeing reindeer in the north. 🙂

January

The corn plants and… other things…

January pine trees

They have answers…

January pine trees

January cherry tree

The cherry tree is patiently waiting for spring…

January cherry tree

January poppy pod

And a poppy pod… I wonder if there will be flowers here on this spot next summer…

January

A bit of light yesterday.

coffee, crepes and Babar's Yoga for Elephants

And today… My coffee, crepes, apple jam and New York… in Babar’s Yoga for Elephants by Laurent de Brunhoff. I made crepes yesterday, they are oat flour crepes with a bit of barley flour. And the apple jam we made of the apples of our trees in autumn. The word crepe is, by the way, lettu or lätty in Finnish. 🙂

-Leena