It’s almost Christmas and it’s 10 degrees Celsius here. I LOVE IT!
This unexpected flood of sunshine has done more for my morale than all the Christmas cheerfulness and my mom’s cakes put together.
The sun today is wonderful and I think because of this unusual heat wave little green leaves are starting to appear on the scrawny tree branches.
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See how nice the blue sky looks through these bony, finger-like twigs?
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Almost everything is dried up around here.
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Except for these stubborn hedges in front of my building that refused to give up the fight with the cold we’ve had for the past few weeks.
Meanwhile, a few hundred kilometers away here’s how things look like:
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It looks as if taken out of a fairy tale. Yes, until you feel the cold slowly chewing your little toes and sinking its claws into your butt. That’s usually the moment when I start praying for a sudden heat wave or a tub filled with hot water. Whichever comes first!





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