6: Anniversary outfit

The 6th calendar piece is for the evening's outfit that I'm wearing right as we speak. (I'm feeling almost too colourful in navy blue, hah!) Sixth of December is Independence Day here in Finland, but to me it's always something entirely else. Tonight we're celebrating our fifth anniversary with my sweetheart, so I'll end typing right now and open the bubbly that's waiting in the fridge! ♥

dress ~ Miss CandyFloss (got it from MissWindyShop for modelling)  /  heels ~ Siouxie by Minna Parikka

seamed stockings ~ Pamela Mann  /  jewellery ~ Dahlia Deranged ( blog gift) and earrings from some market in Estonia.

5: Mini-Yggdrasil

Our Yule tree is yet again a little unconventional. Last year's tree was much more to my liking with its organic branches, but sadly it was crushed during the attic misfortunes. It was much loved (I kept it in the house for months and months) and I think next year I'll create a similar one. But for now, there's a miniature Yggdrasil in our home! (Not a world tree in any way, but I like the word so there you have it.)

Originally the tree was designed by Pentik, but I cut it down from a second hand shop. It might be a tiny bit kitschy but we enjoy it very much. Especially when the candles are lit, making the teardrop ornaments create glimmering shadows on the wall. 

4: Fatigue

Sleep flooded over me after a long day, so yesterday's post comes a little late! 

(Mad as she may be, I join Ms.DuBois on her opinion!)

Just a glimpse on yesterday's look (I always get a vicious school girl vibe when wearing my Wednesday dress!), my current coffee cup favourite (thank you second hand pixies for this treasure), and a movie line that circled in my head the whole day, so that by the night I simply had to watch it (the Streetcar Named Desire, 1951). 

I wish I could somehow shake off this fatigue that has been dancing around me the whole week. No amount of green smoothies and vitamin D has helped, oddly enough. I feel like I could sleep for days, but I have way too much to do to be able to cradle up in deep somnium. Makes me wish I was a cat! Anyone else feeling the pressure of winter?

3: The Court of Owls

Today's calendar piece is a tip for comic book fans! Batman's the Court of Owls and the City of Owls are the by far the best graphic novels I read this year. I devoured them both on one sitting when I bought them, and I wish more comics were like these. So twisted and addictive, adding even darker depths to the Gotham mythos that was vast and darkly colourful to begin with. Scott Snyder has quickly become one of my favourite writers in this field, but these books are also strong in art, not just the quality of writing.


(These books also reinforce the phrase "The owls are not what they seem..")

"Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and lime. They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word about them, or they'll send The Talon for your head."

2: Patterns In The Ivy

One of the hidden gems of Berlin is Jüdischer Friedhof on Schönhauser Allee, in the Prenzlauer Berg district. It was one of the most memorable things I saw in that city, and definitely one of the most beautiful and breathtaking places I've ever had the opportunity to experience. Remembering the pages of history it is also a sad thing to see, but I'm glad this place didn't disappear during the horrors of Crystal Night.

This grove is an old Jewish graveyard, sunken under waves and waves of ivy leaves, years and lost memories. In such places it's hard to capture the atmosphere on camera and this place definitely had a certain feeling of its own, wrapped around the stones and plants like a veil, keeping the ghosts safe from time's jaw. We walked around the area for about an hour before we had to leave, I wish we could have lingered there a while longer.