Finally: Snow!

I thought it would never come. I got myself into some kind of Yuletide spirit at last yesterday evening and finished three of four presents that had to be ready until Christmas Eve and went to bed thinking that at least I was in the right mood now, even if my fairytale town wasn’t.

I had an exam today, so I woke up quite early this morning. It was still dark outside, but though the gaps of my curtains I saw something waft down the street outside, something white…

The last two pictures are from my campus, isn’t it beautiful?

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Just as I promised: Photos of Jules’ and my snow adventure.

There aren't so many photos of the sledging, actually, but here's a Jules for you.

This one was shot two weeks ago when I was here at my mother's house for the Coppelius concert.

 

Another two-weeks-old picture.

I guess the sledge is about twice as old as I am. At least.

Outside it’s still snowing. Yesterday, the snow was even too deep for real sledging as it was as high as the sledges themselves. But we found a nice, steep hollow way that was completely surrounded by trees so that the branches formed a tunnel which stopped a part of the snow and it was just right for us! And it was fun indeed. If I find the time between my appointments tomorrow, I’ll go sledging again.

White Christmas

This was the view from my window when I woke up this morning. I hope you’ve got white Christmas, too! Also, I wish you a merry time with all your beloved ones, enough cake for everyone, most of the presents you wished for and that you won’t catch cold (as I did).

Now I’m waiting for Jules’ call to go for a sleigh ride in the hills of the shire, my snow attire beside me. And after that, I’ll write regularly again, about the snow, about presents and gifts and steampunk and Lolita. But until then I’ll stay with wishes for

Love, peace and chocolate

yours,

Bonnie

10 Things I Love In December

1. Blue Monday. I just recovered this comic after years of oblivion while cleaning up all my boxes at my mother’s house. And instantly I had to order the whole series in English, as I had only two volumes in German (it’s already out of print here and the last two books weren’t even in print anyway).
2. Eloise. Sadly, I haven’t read the books yet, but as far as I may say this, the movies are very, very heartwarming.
   
3. Snow. We had plenty in Marburg, and I do hope that it will last, no, be more!, at least until new year’s eve. I just can’t understand how one can’t like snow, except those folks that can’t get anywhere trough the white masses as the public transport tends to be a little weak at this point.
   
4. Vintage Christmas. I love old-fashioned Christmas cards! I’ve got a whole book full of examples of weird post cards featuring hog-riding hams, pillow fights and cherub jockeys on bats.
   
5. Chai Tea. When I first tried it I thought I wouldn’t like it, but since I discovered the Yogi Tea bags with their wise sayings (just like fortune cookies!), I somehow managed to drink my way though two boxes already.
   
6. The First Pictures of Bioshock Infinite. Absolutely Steampunk! There are not so many trailers around at the aethernet yet, but what they show is splendid!
   
7. Zinnober, the new album of Coppelius. What a surprise!
8. Gregorian Chants. I always had a soft spot for sacred music, and this is one of my favourite variations. It just has something epic to it, especially if you imagine an old church with a ceiling so high that you have to lay back your head to really see it, reverberating with the voices…
   
9. Hair, the song from the musical of the same name. I love the revival of the Broadway musical, too (and the leading actor, Gavin Creel, was in the Eloise films, too).
   
10. Merry-Go-Rounds. There’s an old-fashioned one at the Frankfurt Christmas market and I just love the motif! I think about making at least a carousel-themed t-shirt, if not a whole outfit.

Snow

It’s not the first snow for this winter, but the best we’ve had so far. All of Marburg seems clad in a thick white coat and the clouds high above us don’t stop covering us in just more glittery snow.

The snow makes my town of fairy tales even more magical.

Even more Snow!

I promised you some more photos of my fairy tale town covered with snow.

Well, it’s not that much of the town but more of my way to university in photos and snow, but it’s fairytale like anyway.

The River Lahn, frozen over.

The path at the riverside is a little bit difficult to walk at the moment, completely covered with a solid hard layer of snow, especially when wearing trainers instead of combat boots (but lacing up would take hours!).

Same bridge, different view.

The bridge across the River Lahn again. When spring has come again I’ll take some pictures from upon the bridge itself, the view is just lovely.

The botanical gardens are a quite weird place at night, especially when tucked in that white blanket. I made a snow angel down at one of the trees and then tiptoed around the old green house that was still lightened.

Well, I had to show at least one picture from town… I love the old doorways in the upper part (we are living exactly at the edge between upper and lower, and the doorways are old here, too.).

The End of Holidays

Here I am, at the end of holidays. Uni will be starting again to-morrow and yesterday I spent my afternoon at Simons’ (a fellow student and kobold whose house is about five minutes away) doing homework for Old and New Irish. Old Irish was quite nice albeit costly in terms of labour, as it was translating the opening of a saga, The Tale of Mac Da Thó’s Pig, but I dearly love translating and I had great company, so it was fun anyway.

Holidays are always gone so fast! I definitely could need somebody to remind me of all the things I wanted to do through my free time, or at least a good plan…

I also love the design of the cover...

Yesterday evening, after Bambi had come home from his holidays, too, I went to bed at half past midnight but stayed awake until 3 AM reading Howl’s Moving Castle which was kindly lent to me by Simons’ flat mate. The book is so much better than the film, and the film alone is already quite great! I love the literature references and the fact that Howl is from Wales (I mean, hey… I’m a student at Celtic studies.). Sophie is way more aggressive and energetic than in the movie and overall, the book is less lethargic and in exchange more ironic and conscious of the story’s clichés. More my kind of story.

At the moment I’m sitting in Bambi’s room with the rabbits and him, sipping tea (I made three pots – thermos flasks are great!) and chatting with my fellow students over the topic of New Irish homework and palatal and neutral consonants. It is snowing outside in very fine snowflakes which means that the snow will last a while and I can see the all the lightened windows of our street through Bambi’s largest window.

I’ve got to go out to take some photos of my fairy tale town!

Snow spirits are wandering the botanical garden at night...

Well, so I went out and took some photos and then called Bambi on the phone for him to come down and have a snowball fight with me and then Simon came along (he had been to a choir rehearsal) and we went to his house (it’s adorable, I’ll write about that another night) for a cup o’ tea and a pillow fight in the living room. We just came back ten minutes ago, but now it’s nearly 1 AM and I’ll have to be at my New Irish lesson at 10 AM and I wanted to look up something before so I’ll load up all the other pictures when I’m home from university tomorrow.

Good night now, and may all the world sleep well under the thick blanket of white…