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 Playing with watercolours

My hobbies do not require any extra items. My favourite activities are walking, having fika with the sun, reading and writing which I can do on my laptop. Recently I had an opportunity to play with watercolours again. The watercolours are not mine, and for the water I reused a coffee jar. 

In the photo above are two sketches. One was inspired by a logo a fellow human designed for a conference. The original design of the logo was inspired by a fairy tale called The Gigantic Turnip. I haven't read this fairy tale and only saw the logo. The sketch is not meant to be serious, but perhaps in some way it connects to my ecological worldview. The other sketch is not meant to be serious either. It is inspired by comments I receive every now and then about my Russian surname which I inherited from my stepfather. 

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 Handwashing again

I've lived without a washing machine for over 4 months now, and it feels great. Handwashing clothes and other textiles is a humbling and meditative activity. I wash smaller items in the sink, but recently I accidentally stained the white linen sheet with strawberry juice. The stain looked absolutely beautiful and it is not a reason to replace an item. But it was time to wash this sheet anyway. Because it's too big for the sink, I decided to wash it with some soap in a bucket.