31 december

Today's word is homard but to celebrate new years eve, I repost trinquer, because I want to bring toast to all of you and thank you for your support!

30 december

les moffels is pronounced  [mufl]

word request

what will be the first word of the new year? Please let me know!

29 december

Le pingouin is pronounced [pε̃gwε̃]

28 december

flocons de neige is pronounced  [flɔkɔ̃ de nεʒ]

27 december

les patins à glace are the ice skates and patinage is the act of ice skating

26 december

La jacinthe is pronounced [ʒasε̃t] 
Happy boxing day!!

25 december

Le cadeau de noël, I hope you all received what you wished for!!

24 december

I would like to take a moment with this post to wish all of you a merry christmas!
and if you don't celebrate christmas or don't believe in it, just take this drawing as a symbol for generosity and peace and perhaps a little bit of magic.

23 december

le lutin is Santa's helper, so an elf or it could be a gnome.

22 december

I think Santa (père noël)is preparing...
le traîneau i spronounced [trεno]

21 december

Le solstice d'hiver -  because today in the northern hemisphere we have the shortest day of the year.
Now it will get lighter every day!
Pronounced [sɔlstis divεr]

20 december

le bonhomme de neige

19 december

Le sapin is pronounced  [sapε̃]

18 december

17 december

la bougie is pronounced  [buʒi]

16 december

les bottes is pronounced  [bɔt]

15 december

la guirlande lumineuse is pronounced [girlɑ̃d lyminøz]

14 december

le pain d'épice (s) can come in all shapes like a soft cake that you slice or biscuits.
We made biscuits today (like 3000 of them) and they looked like the ones I have drawn here.

13 december

Le vin chaud is pronounced [vε̃ ʃo]
of course the Swedish mulled wine is the best! Its is called glögg for information

12 december

La couronne without the noël (christmas) signifies crown.
This drawing is recycled from a holiday card I designed a few years ago for Bookbinders Design.
(in case you recognise it)

11 decembre

le houx is pronounced [ʼu]
a very funny word indeed

10 december

Today is the Nobel day, when the Nobel Prize is rewarded to extraordinary discovery.
Alfred Nobel, like me, was a Swede who spent a lot of his life in France...

9 december

le renne is pronounced [rεn] 
native animal from my native country

8 december

Is pronounced [pɑ̃tufl] 

7 december

Also common in december - having a cold! And the french drink "grog" to feel better.
typically hot tea with rum and lemon and honey and such

6 december

5 december

Le carrousel

4 december

La doudoune, has no real equivalent in english, it can be made with down feathers or it can be synthetic. For sure is all the French want their doudoune when it's winter!

3 december

Le chocolat chaud is pronounced  [ʃɔkɔla ʃo] 

2 december

l'ours polaire (masculin) is pronounced [urs pɔlεr]

1 december

Le bonnet is pronounced [bɔnε]
I am now embarking on the december drawings. So a lot of cold weather christmasy stuff, 
If you ever want to have a break from it, please don't hesitate to send me your requests!

30 november

Le éléphant is pronounced [elefɑ̃]
so even if the word looks similar it is pronounced somewhat different

29 november

Le tabouret is pronounced  [taburε]

28 november

Le napperon is pronounced [naprɔ̃]
Actually is one of my favourite english words = doily. 
There is no specific word for this in swedish

27 november

La dinde is pronounced [dε̃d]
Happy thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today!

26 november

Claquettes (feminin) is pronounced  [klakεt] without the piscine (pool) add on, it refers to tap-dancing!

25 november

La corde is pronounced  [kɔrd]
It's a useful word since it refers to almost any rope, string or cord.
Like corde à sauter (jumprope)  or corde à linge (clothesline)

24 november

la télécommande is pronounced [telekɔmɑ̃d]
It is fun with words starting with télé- téléthon, télécharger, télévision, téléboutique...

23 november

Le dauphin is pronounced [dofε̃]

22 november

21 november

Le kangourou is pronounced [kɑ̃guru]

20 november

19 november

la cacahuète is pronounced [kakawεt]

18 november

Such a fun word - and very long - for such a small symbol...

17 november

La perruche is pronounced [peryʃ]

16 november

La tasse

15 november

Le poisson volant, one of my favourite creatures!

14 november

Le vin rouge what a pleasure, this particular one is chosen by a sommelier and I chose it because it had the nicest typesetting!