Someone on Twitter mentioned that in some regions of Germany, a common idiom for whenever there's mist in the forest is "The foxes are making coffee", and thought the image was evocative enough for an illustration.
Well, I took the bait! 🦊☕
@sociamast Exactly! It's a funny enough image, who cares if it's an actual saying! 
@pentaro
"The hares are cooking" (da kochen die Hasen) ist what we say
@sociamast
@holger @sociamast If the hares are cooking and the foxes are catering the beverages we could have a pretty nice breakfast!
@pentaro @holger @sociamast Never heard any of these. :D Still a nice image though! :-)
@pentaro omg this is so cute! <3
@breakthesystem Eep, thanks! 😊
@pentaro that's awesome, both the original idiom and your drawing
@robotcarsley Hee, you flatter me! I'm just putting lines around. 
@pentaro This is awesome! I hope a follow is okay.
@Leucrotta Follows are always ok, friend! The more the merrier!
@pentaro beautiful picture ^^)
@wolfensen Thanks! That's what I strive for!
@pentaro Oh, I love this. TY
@mrszee Thank you for your comment! I'm sure the foxes would love to share some of their coffee with you. 😃
@pentaro
Where I live they don't make coffee, they bake cookies :)
@KopfKrieg Coffee and cookies, those foxes are definitely into something!
@pentaro
Dann I always knew that my home country is awkward as hell.
@arkedos Oh no no no, not at all! Any country with coffee brewing fauna is alright in my book!
Foxes have an incredible sense of smell, I bet they could find the best most fragrant and full of flavor Coffee Beans to use.
@Tau_Leonis Ah, you know it! 
@pentaro London's newest bizarre pop-up? A fox cafe (2015)
@gemlog If the foxes aren't brewing the beverages you can count me out.
@pentaro
we have foxes in berlin, everywhere, also in the center. at night they walk slowly down the streets. they come out between 3-5 at night, when nobody is out, but sometimes me ;)
it's a very nice situation if you meet one. if someone of you guys will be in berlin, you should ask the foxes for a coffee, maybe they will invite you ;)
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@pentaro @5quidhugs ...THEY KNOW TOO MUCH AND MUST BE SILENCED
@pentaro This is wonderful! This image is so cute. I hope you make more like it.
@wildcat Thanks! I try to keep drawing but y'know, life.
@pentaro My father used to say that when it was raining while the sun was out, it meant that "the Devil is beating his wife".
@flugennock That's... a less wholesome image, haha! 😅 (But also makes me wonder, who exactly is the Devil's wife?)
@pentaro I'm not absolutely sure, but I think it might be this chick on the left, here:
@pentaro This made my whole entire night. And I was already having a great night. Thank you for sharing!
@SuzanEraslan Glad to hear that, and thank you for the kind words! 👍
@pentaro Do you sell prints, by any chance? My best friend’s birthday is coming up and she:
• is obsessed with funny German phrases, to the point that her newsletter (she’s a writer) is called Grief Bacon, after the phrase kummerspeck
• is rather (in)famous for her coffee consumption
• is a red head and kind of a fox, tbh
and I would LOVE to give her one for her birthday.
@SuzanEraslan I've always thought about selling stuff, but before today I didn't believe there would be someone who would actually like my scribbles 😅 So I don't have a "shop" per se, but maybe we can work something out!
@pentaro Cool! I could Venmo or cashapp you and print it myself— I just want to make sure that artists are getting paid. 🖤
@SuzanEraslan Well... the thing is, I live literally in the Third World and pretty much the only available service I have in my neck of the woods is Paypal. I hope that's not an issue... :/
@pentaro Not at all! I just know sometimes PayPal takes a %, but it’s no problem.
I needto look up this idiom.
@pentaro It's WONDERFUL! 💕
Amazing... So lovely and delicate drawing 😊.
@amberB Woah, thanks! I'm glad you liked it. 😀
@pentaro I liked it so much! 💕 They are simply SO lovely that I desire to walk into picture and have a coffee with them 😊. You are really tallented man.
@pentaro Let alone my jealousy, because my line drawing is on primary school level 😂
@amberB Heh, I'm flattered, but my doodlery could be waaaaay better. Gotta keep practicing!
@pentaro Excuse me, I don't know what "doodlery" is? And thanks for advice, but... I'm of the other sort: my gift is - a craftsman 😊. I can make with these hands whatever I see... From brick wall to jewelry. Gift or curse, still don't know 😊.
@pentaro Oh, sorry - you were speaking about yourself (YOU have to keep practicing)? Here is before dawn, forgive me 😊.
@amberB Oooh, that's definitely a gift! Being able to create something tangible is so amazing. I'm confined to the second dimension!
@pentaro Thank you 😊. I like wood the most. Once my daughter sent me a photo of a fat cat 😆, asking if I can make similar... So I made it - and a little box made of Siberian pine...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoV_SC6gR0V/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1mec9nvi49g51
But, I always admire people that have talents that I can only dream of. And your gift is something really exceptional, imho.
@pentaro
I want to have that hanging on my wall 😍
@pentaro
I have to remember that idiom, I love it !! (like the mist ;)
@pentaro Never heard of that idiom, but it‘s nice - as is your illustration. Thanks!
@pentaro This is so cute 😍
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@pentaro nether heard of that but it sounds funny! ;)