2010 was great year - a year of many “firsts” for the buddymollys: first year of marriage, first full year living in Germany, first real gig as a mediocre ukulele band, first time visiting numerous countries, first time surfing in wetsuits - the list goes on and on.
And as the years go by I’m sure a few of these memories will fade or be replaced by other firsts in our lives. So to honor these special moments, we decided to document one event each month with a drawing on a DYI calendar.
After each month ended, Jeremy and I would draw a memorable moment in solitude and then reveal to each other the finished product, embedded forever on our 2010 calendar.
And so we present to you the short of the draw for 2010.
As an aside for the art critics (yeah, you Mike Green) Jeremy’s drawings appear on the left and mine on the right. Click on the drawings for a more intimate view.
January: In this cold winter month of early 2010, Jeremy attempted to teach me how snowboard on a small hill in Erbendorf, Germany – about 25 kilometers from our house. While the way down wasn’t so bad, the T-bar lift up was painful in that “funny memorable” way. We laughed all the way up knowing that eventually we’d fall off. Jeremy’s drawing paints a pretty good picture of the one successful time we made it up. Yep. Once. T-bar lifts and snowboards do not mix. This is something we will never forget.
Also in January, Eileen came to visit (Yay!). The three of us took a road trip to Berlin and met up with J.R. and Jess, who flew in from Paris, and Lawrence who made the trip from Stuttgart. It was an extremely eventful weekend but one particular moment for me stood out. After dancing in an underground cave until 3 a.m., Jeremy and I left Eileen and Lawrence in good hands to join J.R. and Jess back at the apartment. We arrived and realized we had no keys so we threw snowballs at the 3rd story window, which eventually arose our sleepy weekend housemates to let us in. The drawing above also inadvertently reminds me of the numerous currywurst we ate that weekend. Yum.
February: The second month of 2010 was even colder. In light of our frostbitten toes, Jeremy and I sought refuge at a place called Kristall Palms in the town of Furth, near Nuremberg. We were pleasantly surprised to find the warmth, oh the warmth, of heat lamps, saunas, hot tubs, steam baths and textile-free delight. We both drew various parts of the day. Jeremy’s drawing shows us lounging in the sauna and I drew the “Salt Steam bath” ritual. We originally scoffed at the idea of artificial sun, until we realized freckles die without it. Sometimes you take whatever “sun” you can get.
March: Although March was still chilly, we started to crawl out of our cocoons a bit more and “get the band back together, man!” During this month, Jeremy and I equally enjoyed participating in a talent show. (The one where we lost to an Elvis impersonator. Pfft!) The best part about these drawings – while I drew the front view of us performing, Jeremy drew the back view incorporating our fans. Folk yeah.
And this is just the beginning …
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