Christmas Forest & co.

I-am-sooo-much-in-the-Christmas-mood-this-year!

This is the first year after three-year period when I am really enjoying all the Christmas preparation including making paper cards, baking Christmas sweets etc.

I didn't celebrate Christmas three years ago. I was in India. After attending a splendid wedding of my Indian friend's sister, other five Europeans and I travelled the country. I completely forgot about Christmas and the winter in the Czech republic. The only thing that reminded me of it was a Christmas tree in the middle of a forth in Jaipur. Too ridiculous to take it seriously.

Two years ago in Denmark, I celebrated first Christmas together with my boyfriend. I was working a lot not having time for any Christmas preparation and my boyfriend was deeply sad because we couldn't cook the traditional Czech Christmas potato salad and we had only little Christmas sweets.

Next Christmas was more successful. We were better prepared. We brought some pickled vegetable from the Czech republic and our mums sent us plenty of their delicious sweets.

And this year:


[Handmade Christmas cards ready to be sent]




[Fresh advent wreath]


[Advent surprise for my boyfriend]


[And of course plenty of Christmas sweets]

How do you prepare for Christmas season?

One Frozen Bike, please.

My neighbor's bike - totaly frozen with planty of icicles.

Good Morning, Snow. But what are you doing here?

I was so disappointed in the morning. Snow?! Again?! I thought the spring was coming but apparently not yet. :(

Ice and Snow Study [Again]

A picture, I unfortunately forgot to add to my last post.

Smilla's Sense of Snow [Ice and Snow Study]

Have you ever read Høeg's book Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (in Danish: Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne)? No?! You should, especially if you're living in Copenhagen! It's fabulous!

This thrilling story takes place partly in winter Copenhagen and partly on an icebreaker heading to a small island close to the Greenlandic coast. The main character is 37-years-old Smilla Qaaviqaaq Jaspersen, an expert on snow and ice and the only child of an Danish scientist and an female Inuit hunter. She's a loner, but a very stubborn loner, who has no fear to investigate a mysterious death of the small Greenlandic boy Isaiah...



I really like the book. It's one of my favourite. I have already read it twice and I'm going to read it in Danish now. Wish me luck! It won't be easy.

And there is one more reason, why I'm writing about Miss Smilla. I was always fascinated with her job – a snow specialist. Isn't it cool, that someone knows that much about snow?
I recognise only two kinds of snow:
1) snow, you can use for building a snowman, and
2) snow, you can't use. :)

Anyway the book inspired me to study some snow and ice structures. I had great afternoon walking along the main canal in Copenhagen. I hope you will enjoy my new pictures.

Have a nice day and keep warm!