Movember Doodle Muzzy #12: petunia petalbaum

Once again, we turn to the Petalb(a)um clan for a muzzy doodle of the day.
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Movember Doodle Muzzy #11: papa petalbaum

Following an unplanned weekend off (unforeseen consequence of bouncing Czechs), it's back to work with Papa Petalbaum (who, in my haste to get these done, I forgot to check and so didn't discover that the family in question is called Petalbum. Well, not until the error was committed to gouache - hey ho!). Please take some time to find out more about Movember and donate.

Movember Doodle Muzzy #10: the king

This morning, the King gets the Movember muzzy makeover. The King of South Yorkshire and the Peak District, aka Ghostwriter #96, is sporting an imperial styled moustache, much as one might expect. Ghostwriter #96 lives in a story that has been stranded in a state of flux and redevelopment for several years, a picture story based on a short prose story from which this blog derived it's name. If you can't be arsed to click any of those links, please please please click this one to find out more about Movember and make a donation. Ta.

Liverpool Scandinavian Seamen's Church Facing Renewed Threat of Closure

I'm adding some new links to the sidebar and particularly wanted to point out the most important at this time. Liverpool Scandinavian Seamen's Church faces renewed threat of closure as SKUT (Svenska Kyrkan i Utlandet, the Swedish Church Abroad) attempts to sell what isn't theirs to sell, and to evict the congregation and other users of this distinctive old building. A member of the congregation and accomplished blogger has started a new blog detailing the campaign against closure as well as day to day activities at the Church. Save The Scandinavian Church in Liverpool is the blog, written in English and Swedish.

The Church is the hub of a thriving ex-pat Scandinavian community scattered across Merseyside and beyond, and which may as well be scattered to the wind without the Church and its activities binding them together. This closure must be stopped. I urge everybody, especially Liverpool and Merseyside based bloggers, to read, link, promote this blog. And more importantly, make use of this important cultural centre, participate in its activities, while you still can.

Movember Doodle Muzzy #9: pallo poika

Pallo Poika (finnish, pallo=ball, poika=boy) sporting the kind of muzzy most self respecting footy players wore until the late 1980s. Pallo Poika was born when a finnish child tried to teach me finnish in 2005. Read more of Pallo Poika here. Find out about Movember/donate here.