Panda's Freezing Their Paws Off

 

Winter has finally hit and the leaves have fallen. This is my favourite time of the year! There is nothing better than driving down shivering streets as leaves crunch under your tyres in a blustery colour palette of fiery oranges and ochre’s. Here are some of my wintery panda ponderings:

·         A warm winter playlist wonderland - Everyone needs a cold day music collection. I have three top played song spots which repeat themselves at least 10 times a day:

1.       Thrice- Digital Sea: This melancholically chilly song reminds me of looking longingly out of windows, empty town streets, lonely benches and misty fields.

2.       Ben Howard - Old Pine: “Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags. I’ve come to know that memories were the best things you ever had.” The words in this song blow my mind and make me miss people in my past. There is no better time than winter for warm reminiscing.

3.       Dustin Kensrue – Consider the Raven: Dustin Kensrue is a musical genius. His sweetly raspy tone and beautiful lyrics always pick me up when I’m feeling low.

·         I always used to think music was what feelings sound like. And this is true. However, I have started to wonder if music makes you feel what just isn’t there.

·         Frosty days make me want one thing: Tea and Rusks! I have a desk and bra full of crumbs as evidence of my winter obsession. Bra? Yeh, so what I’m a messy eater.

·         Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them, and insularity breaks them. However as my friend so rightly said: shared alcohol unites them!

·         In Harry Potter there was a love potion, Amortentia, that when bottled, smells like whatever attracts the “smeller”. Sometimes I wish I could bottle smells for occasional instant euphoria. Here’s my list of top 10 most wanted bottle smells:

1.       Ouma condense milk rusks

2.       Puppy breath

3.       Cherry scented markers

4.       Teen spirit (whatever it is, I bet it smells nice. Or possible sweaty. Erg.)

5.       My Rottweiler’s paws

6.       New leather

7.       My boyfriend

8.       Rain

9.       Thatch

10.   Old books

·         I wish sometimes I could be a cup against the wall when someone is talking about me.

·         There is a hot spring resort in Japan called Yunessun Spa where you can swim in hot pools of tea, coffee or wine. Shut the fuck up. I sometimes pour my tea in the bath and convince myself it has skin softening properties – guess my assumptions are correct?

 Yunnesun Spa wine pool in Japan

·          I stumbled upon a bonbon delight on Tumblr: http://pinktonguetiger.tumblr.com/. She makes illustrations that look like cotton candy.

·         The moment you know love has died is when you spend a whole week missing someone, and the moment you see them you would rather be anywhere else but there.

Panda weekly favourites:

 

 Deer who have taken acid - Reindeer sketch by Rebeca Losada.

Sugar, spice and all things nice. An illustration by Pink Tongue Tiger.

 Panda's love foxes!!!!! They're friends.

Oh to die and go to an illustrators heaven.  

Winter time is for bear hugs.