Day 260/365: NOOOOPE

[nanila]

[La Biscuiterie de L'Oncle Hansi. The biscuits are delicious. Just don't examine the packaging too closely.]

Today was like yesterday, cleaning up after pre-schooler included, with the addition of spending eight hours in a meeting and an hour (on reflection, omg, that was) 2 hours in traffic trying to get Humuhumu to Rainbows/pick up Keiki/retrieve Humuhumu from Rainbows/get everybody home.

I have included the photo because the piercing stare of the terrifying blue-eyed little girl in the centre of the bag perfectly expresses my feelings right now.

Comments

[silveradept]

Well deserved biscuit? Possibly with adult beverage?

[nanila]

I was so tired, I just went with "cup of cinnamon tea". It was the right answer.

[kaberett]

<333 I Am sorry you are having such a wretched time of it.

[nanila]

Thank you. It's definitely gotten better. Both children were in happy moods this morning, too, which helped.

[wohali]

*HUGS* *Tea*

[nanila]

Gratefully accepted, thank you!

[tree_and_leaf]

It's odd, because I've seen a bunch of Hansi's drawings, and they are solidly charming if sentimental*, but those eyes are scary. Having looked again at google images, I've concluded that he always drew eyes in a slightly unsettling way, and actually faces may have been his weak spot - but those are still more unnerving than most, and I wonder if the colour balance or saturation's been tweaked in a way that makes them worse. This bright blue takes us into White Walker territory, IMO.

* When he's not being angry and anti-German....

[nanila]

I think you're right that the eye colour has been tampered with. But that kind of goes with the strange and erratic font choices as well.

[tree_and_leaf]

Also, *passes tea*

[nanila]

*accepts tea, with thanks*

[perennialanna]

She is defying the German occupiers of her Alsatian homeland!

(I have a couple of books of illustrations on this subject by Hansi, which got him into a lot of trouble with the German authorities. I love that early 20th century style of drawing).

[nanila]

I feel like the lettering at the top would have us believe that "Oncle Hansi" is some kind of cute and cuddly character, when he was quite clearly not. It's false advertising!