Tanja @tanjaostman@dingdash.com

We have a grocery store in our city called Asian market, owned by Chinese people. We are frequent customers. But raw frog legs (in the last picture) ... hmm..... 🙊🤔😜 Have you tasted frog 🐸?

We have A LOT of snow on our patio/terrace (or what do you call it in English??). We start to empty it a little so we can put chairs there in a month or so, as the sun 🌞 gets stronger. In the Nordic countries we are sun worshippers. 😉😁 We love it, because we don't have too much of it.

From our kitchen window. Sunset at 4.30 PM, and it's almost -20°C. Still short and cold days.

Do you get it? 😂

The pictures to the left: Women in Afghanistan, some decades ago and today. Pictures to the right: Iranian women some decades ago and today. I found this on Soheila Fors' FB page. She is from Iran (lives in Sweden), so I trust what she's telling (even if I can't read the text myself).

Be faithful in the little things! God can open doors for you in his timing - he knows when you are ready. Be yourself and focus on what God has put in your heart, even if you would be misunderstood by other people. Shouldn't we be more focused on praying God's will be done in other people's lives, than making our own judgments about them? My experience is that God chooses unlikely people anyway... that he will be glorified, not we.

I don't know who's the artist, because I found it in a Telegram group.

Afghanistan is even more dangerous than North Korea for Christians.

I have finally received my order from UK! I made the order on Dec 10th. But it has been stuck är the Finnish customs since Dec 30th, because UK is not in EU. Merry Christmas back to you BTJ! @bethany and @sinobach It was worth the wait and the extra fee to the customs - they were cheap anyway (books are never that cheap here). Finally I found out that the smuggler's hat isn't a smuggler hat. And I thought that I would get super powers by becoming a Ninja. 🤣 😜

Please tell me when to stop sharing winter pictures! This winter started early and is going to be long... We don't travel far or participate in much, due to covid. I am a lot outdoors enjoying nature instead.

We have just played Ticket to ride! It's a fun board game. There are a lot of games with the same name but different maps (the same rules). We chose to buy a game with the USA map. Nowadays children play so much on their phones and computers, that they need to learn real board games! Do you have any favorite board game? 🤔

We have been shoveling snow for around 7 weeks already, and it's only the beginning of the winter. Sometimes we get the first snow that stays on the ground around Christmas or New Year. 2-3 months still to go with snow. Now it's at least half a meter.