Save the Planet!

Dear Friends! Try to do what you can to make this Holiday green, and the New Year too!  The Polar Bears are counting on us, and our future depends on it too! 

HAPPY SOLSTICE!

This year Solstice is 21 Dec 11:12 (UTC), when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. 

And here are some alternatives to Xmas: http://www.religioustolerance.org/xmas_other.htm

My Kinda Christmas shopping!

A very cool Krampus Lauf in a Christmas Market in Munich, Germany!  My favorite is at 3:16, very cool!



And Philadelphia has a video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqezJxPc9PE  Okay, it's a start! 

26 moments of hope

It's been such a bleak Season, when I came across this I just had to share that there IS good out there:  http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/moments-that-restored-our-faith-in-humanity-this-y . Take a few moments to go through the list, wipe away a tear or two and feel a little bit better about humanity.

 

Krampus in dEdmonton

 

dEdmonton rocks!!  On December 5th Edmonton, Alberta, had its first ever Krampus Nacht and while the Krew was small the Krew was awesome!!!  Look at the creativity!!!  LOVE the variety!

These photos are from the sites below, where you can find many more:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mad_me/8250954087/in/set-72157632186400493/   and an
dand https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151386351509954.541559.576384953&type=1

Thank you for sharing! Thank yo

Krampus treasures

What's it all about?  Xmas is slowly "appearing" in our house as we prepare for guests but it's mostly Mom who's doing the decorating while I'm at work...  We got our tree, it smells nice, the real pine scent can't be beat!

It's such a fake time of year, "peace on earth" while folks speed through red lights, plan hideous murders and set puppies on fire...

    My mood did improve however when I found these awesome Krampus images, in an online encyclopedia!  I've never seen these before, so enjoy!

A 1913 watercolor by Hubert Zwick

An oil painting on wood by Alice Boesch, 1896

From the journal of Carl Baumann, 1813-1825

A 1906 Hungarian postcard, note the prominent depiction of Krampus' mis-matched feet!  Love it!

I wish there were more images of this 1900s sculpture, note the human-like figure in Krampus' basket.

Fa la la blah

Spent two days making cookies.  Sick of cookies. This is how I feel about cookies:

 

I'd rather have yummy brains...

 

I love etsy!!!

I have to celebrate!  I have had my first AND second sales on my etsy site!!!  On Sunday, December 2nd, my Kenny the Living Stole was adopted (going to the States), and then on Monday Silver the Living Stole found a home (in England)!!!  WOW!!!! 

 

Here they are, all wrapped up!  They were mailed on Wednesday, off to their new homes!  Thank you etsy! 

(Of course, if you want to see everyone who is availabe AND the sales on right now, visit my www.scratchingatthewindow.com .