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The Swedish team won the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships tonight in Edmonton. Alberta. First time that they have won Gold since 1981. That's a long time ago, especially for a country whose teams have ended up with silver so many times. I haven't traveled to Sweden so have no shots from there, but I expect that there will be lots of celebration.

The above stamp is one of many commemorating the fictional character Nils and after 100 years or so of existence is considered part of the culture of Sweden. As in Canada, hockey is an important part of the culture of Sweden, and winning a U20 gold medal in the fashion the team did will be like a fairy tale come true for some and is certain to be celebrated.

Hope my Swedish photography contacts get enough sleep :-).

- www.flickr.com/photos/sweron/ (R A Pyke "SweRon" in Orebo, Sweden)

- www.flickr.com/photos/11647567@N00/ ("Antranswe" of Falkensberg)

- www.flickr.com/photos/p1r/ (Petter Duvander "p1R" in Lund, Sweden)

- www.flickr.com/photos/14699363@N06/ ("JohnDan1" in Stockholm, Sweden)

I don't have an image of Swedish hockey players but I did find one of my images of Swedes competing at the World Championship level in kayaking so decided to add it to the comment section. Maybe someone else can add links to Swedish hockey teams to the comment section.

Congratulations to the Swedish team. Grattis på hockey segern

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200309: How to spend endless time on a drawing.

1. start with a halfway successful drawing.

2. add completely unnecessary elements.

3. mess up the page by too much rework.

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5. make the page look as if it was planned from the beginning.

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200309: Wie man sich endlos lange an einer Zeichnung aufhalten kann.

1. Beginne mit einer halbwegs gelungenen Zeichnung.

2. Füge völlig unnötige Elemente hinzu.

3. Verkacke die Seite durch zu viel Überarbeitung.

4. Halte dich 4x so lange wie du für die eigentliche Zeichnung gebraucht hast damit auf, die Seite zu retten.

5. Du hast es geschafft, wenn die Seite am Ende so aussieht, als wäre sie von vornherein so geplant gewesen.

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MATERIALS

Watercolors

Rosemary brush Kolinsky sable ser. 33 No. 1

Moleskine Pocket Diary (9x14cm = 3,54 x 5,51 inch)

Masking fluid by @schmincke_official

Aqua Drops "amber" by @schmincke_official

Sakura Pigma Micron 0.03

Swedish stamp

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