These days before Christmas...

... were very busy. I finished editing my last issue of the magazine, and I am very happy about this. I hope some less stressful days will follow in the next few months. It is not easy to work on so specialized magazine in a country with only about two million inhabitants (and only a bunch of ornithologists).

We had lots of snow and now it keeps raining again. I wish I could move to some sunnier and drier part of the world for some time in this moment...

I also did my first bird count this winter. I am happy that I've been trusted to carry this out by myself... This means that I have learned something in these past years, but the most important fact about this is that I am able to do good things for nature by myself.

Some more photos from my folders taken in December:

Dried persimmon and present I received for St. Nicholas Day:

Interesting number in my car on a way to work in the morning:

Kaj trying to catch the last sun rays when it was -10 degrees C outside:

And finally, knitting my first pair of socks yesterday (well, I will try to finish them in the next days that come). Knitting organized by Kaaita:

I wish you a peaceful Christmas and some happy days that follow. I will be behind the screen again in January. Have a happy New Year!