Schwarzer Peter / Episode II

Schwarzer Peter himself 

Yahoo Weather Alert's warned me by an e-mail this morning that it will snow lightly and the temretature will drop down to -6 °C during the day. No surprising weather forecast. It's quite an ordinary warning for Sarajevo people to hear these days and it poked me to pass the day away at home with the second set of cards in the Schwarzer Peter game box I mentioned in the previous post. Here is the second pack featuring forest animals in pairs. I'm posting some of them with their titles I translated  from German. All the illustrations, although the set is a new edition, remind me of those old children's books we read when, as the publisher - Ravenburger - says on its official website, ''playing was more than just passing time" and "being together was better than being alone". The pictures and the game itself are just beautiful. 

Mr. and Mrs. Owl

Mr. Tom and Mrs. Cathy

Mr. and Miss Monkey

Mr. Checkered Pants and Mrs. Poodle

Mr. and Mrs. Frog

Miss Mouse and her distant relative young Mr. Mouse

Mr. and Mrs. Fox

Mr. and Mrs. Hedgehog

Winter in Sarajevo

Front cover illustration featuring Schwarzer Peter

      

Winter has arrived in Sarajevo and the snow made me remember a box of cards Milou had received along with some toys after her arrival. I'd totally forgot about them.  It is the traditional German card game known as "Schwarzer Peter" or Black Peter which is a similar game to Old Maid. The cards were printed in Germany by Ravensburger. We found actually two sets of cards inside the box. The first group of cards with illustrations by Wolfgang de Haen on them were designed in pairs plus the  Schwarzer Peter card. The two cards in each "pair" are related by subject matter, but each card has a different illustration. Here I'm only posting a few of the cards illustrating winter days. I love them and I'll start playing with Milou right away today. The temperatures drop down to minus I don't know what here in Sarajevo and we won't be able to step outside the door most of the time during the following few months. We'll definitely have great time at home with these cards while I introduce Milou winter activities.

Milou's super dad shovels snow every day.

We haven't made our first snowman yet. 

Bobsleigh riders: Milou and twin cousins.

Skiing lessons will start soon. 

Remember to feed the ducklings in the park.