schnee (sh-nay)

Some über-creative person in our building left us all a little present in the courtyard yesterday. Isn't it pretty?! We woke up yesterday morning (which by the way was a holiday!) to a city covered in snow. This is only the second time this year that we've had any real accumulation, and I love it! We took Tyke to the dog park and had a mini snowball fight (my aim really stinks), a perfect way to start the day.

Today I am officially back at work. Probably standing in front of a class of 4th graders trying to get their attention for the umpteenth time as you read this. I really enjoyed my extended break and the opportunity to work on English Muffin projects for the past couple weeks. I've been busy working on some surface designs for Juna Studios. It's a tricky process and I really have no idea if I'm any good at this kind of work. I wish I could share them with you to get some input, but alas I've got to keep them to myself.

Enjoy your Thursday
Bess

señor poncho + snow

We had a visitor this weekend, the four-legged kind. Poncho, or Señor Poncho as we like to call him, came to stay with us while his mom was in Spain. Both Tyke and Poncho stayed pretty close to the heater all weekend because of this...



SNOW!! It's pretty fun to get snow in Vienna. Firstly, because it makes an already beautiful city ever more lovely - if you can image! Secondly, because it barely ever snows in the city and I got a chance to wear my Canadian winter gear, namely my Sorel boots and super warm fur hat (thanks mom!).

I hope you had a nice weekend :)
Bess

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Look what came in the mail yesterday! I was so excited when the postman handed me this Marimekko print shipping box. Of course it came from my aunt, uncle and cousin in Finland. Can't wait to open it, but we'll do our best to hold off until Christmas morning.

And guess what else?! It's snowing!! Yay, Christmas is coming to Vienna too. Now, it's not snowing in the way that you are probably imagining - big fluffy flakes that require snow boots and shovels to conquer, no... so far there might be about 1 mm of snow accumulation in some areas, and these are some tiny little flakes, but at least it's something.

Have a warm Wednesday :)
Bess