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Been spending more time with my watercolor pencils lately. Jumping between animals and portraits. Both my boys have suffered for it...

 

Two of my favourite plants in my village. I don't know their names, unfortunately.

 

Don't know the top one, but I think the bottom is named Ethel. I had a drink with her in the Brussels airport bar on my way to Istanbul in '98. Nice lady, but don't let her into the gin.

 

Doggo caught something in the snow today. He was very pleased with himself.

Spoiler: for size

 

Bear with me... several photographs of mine... I have not taken very many with my new camera (we have not traveled and the mid west in winter is not that pretty!)

 

Went into town on Saturday. In preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there's a big push to put up more English signage.

 

Sticky.

 

In Japan, the real question is "How porn are the porn DVDs?"

Pixellation isn't legally mandated, just an industry agreement. And there are some other things that are allowed here* that, well, aren't elsewhere. But they have to be pixellated.

*link is to a satirical article from The Onion, but the descriptions may not be SFW. As always, check with HR first!

 

... and the deer.



... and the Park of Souls, before the mist



... after the mist





Next up: Sanatorium.

 

You guys have weird theme parks. Nothing like Disneyland.

 

This park is situated at a quite desolated peak of a mountain, right outside of an old, godforsaken sanatorium. It rules! We might roll a short horror film there.

 

It certainly looks worthy of a horror flick. A good place to go at night and make out and get drunk... and hope you wake up in the morning with just a hangover... and not a knife in your back.

 

Backstabs are minor concerns when it comes around this time of year. (If we want the fog, we shouldn't delay). Frostbites are a motherfounder though.

 

Liked for the gorgeous dog, not the corpse.

 

Anniversary photo

 

My eye, from earlier this evening.

Spoiler: Privacy

 

Spoiler: There's candy in here

NO THERE ISN'T!

 

Spoiler: There is a puppy in here.

Got ya!

 

Thought this church looked kinda creepy at night. Started imagining the face of some long-dead orthodox monk in a bushy beard peering through the bell tower window...

 

Been trying to go a bit more illustraty and cute with my pencils - and ended up with three animals. An anteater, a beaver and a cheetah... wonder what those fellows have in common!

Also started a proper, no tearing out papers, sketchbook! I've never done that before.

If I only had done this back when my mother wanted a children's book illustrated (I think not working together with my mother is safer, though...)

 

Got bored playing on Pinterest, this is what I have done in the aftermath.
A made up Death Metal Band Started by Nuns.

 

I approve this! Why isn't this real?