Yep, this Sunday the first snow fell here Most of it has melted again of course, it’s still another couple of weeks until it’s here for real. But it’s freezing here, and there’s already a thin layer of ice on the ponds in the valley, so it feels like winter already.

I’m not complaining – I love winter! Not as much as autumn, but it’s a close second
There’s something about the first snow, it’s almost magical… Even the most ordinary, boring objects suddenly become beautiful and mystical just by adding a thin layer of white powder.

Is anyone else looking forward to the winter? Or is it just me being weird again? *lol*

Thank you all for the encouraging words and good luck-wishes regarding the last post! I’m feeling much less insecure about the contest now. And voting starts tomorrow… *hint hint*

Right now it’s the most beautiful time of the year if you ask me. All the trees and bushes are dressed in the most intense flaming colours, from deep red to bright lemony yellow.
And the air is crisp and clear without being to cold, so it’s nothing but pure joy to get out and see all of it It’s freezing during the nights now, so the leaves and mild weather will be gone any day.
But today was lovely so I took a looong walk along the river with Zaphod, and I actually remembered to bring my camera!

(There are a few more photos on my flickr account.)

There are lots of old barns like this here, and I think they’re so pretty.

A waterfall under a bridge.

Another barn.

The path along the river. Zaphod’s camouflage colours work well this time of year.

I thought this was such a pretty little tree It looks like a rainbow.

The sign says “Welcome to Myckle”, isn’t it cute? I was kinda surprised to see it, Myckle is quite far away Turned out I had been out for 2 whole hours!

How cool is that bike!? I understand why its owner has put it by the road like this

Zaphod taking a sip.

Did you say “heel”?

And now for something completely different: I’ve entered my site in a contest
I’ve entered several pixel/dolling contests and I often post my work on various forums for people to give C/C on. But I’ve never, during all these years online, had the guts to put my actual site up for reviews and judging. Until now that is.

What I liked about this contest was that it’s not only judged by design skills but also by your writing, coding and just quality in general. It’s like an “overall awesomeness” contest And the prizes are great too, really great!

I’m slightly nervous now to be honest. Like I said I’ve never done this before. And one part of the contest is to write an article about something. I’m not the best writer, especially not in English, so that will be a challenge. But I think it will be good for me to step out of my comfort zone and do something like this. Maybe I’m finally beginning to grow some backbone

It’s hosted by Danya at AmourChaleur.com, voting starts on October 1st and you all should totally join! I challenge you! *pokes*

I’ve added a new page to the pixelart section: Ponies!!

I never played with dolls as a child, I didn’t like them, but I loved My Little Pony! I had like 80 of them + the Dream Castle and the Stable and a million other related stuff. I still have everything packed away in my basement. I’ve been thinking about taking it all up and clean it and maybe start collecting ponies as a hobby, but I don’t really have the space for it.

I actually finished the first pixel ponies a whole month ago and posted them on the Qbee Bee*Bee’S – and ended up making a whole bunch of custom ponies for the lovely members there So it’s not until now I’m finished making all the characters from Generation 1 that I wanted to do.
Do you recognize any of them?

The top left one is Trickles anyway, she was my favourite pony when I was little

Check out the rest of the ponies at their own page!
(yes, they’re all “adoptable” )