cloud shelf

Some work today: a big shelf Y's friend gave him a long time ago has been stored in a shelter outside. The other day I said to Y that we should take V's old bed to the log-house and and replace all the little shelves with that big shelf. He thought no at first but then his no changed into yes and then it all turned out to be a lot more work than we thought. I'm not sure who thought we should make it a bit cuter by cutting the upper part of the sides. Cloud shape. I say "we" but it's just he who was out in the snow with the sanding machine and a jigsaw. I can't wait to have it inside. Tomorrow maybe. It will be filled with books mostly. Kids' books, my dictionaries and other work-related stuff, photos, on-going projects. I hope there will be some empty spaces too.

What I did work today though was making a bird's nest with V of fallen branches. It's in the photo too.
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En malta odottaa, että tämä hylly tulee sisälle ja ottaa hyllyillensä lasten kirjoja, työkirjoja, valokuvia, erinäisiä koreja jne. Tämän päivän projekti ja myös huomisen. Y sai hyllyn joskus ajat sitten J:ltä. Nyt siinä on suloiset pilvireunat, jotka suunniteltiin yhdessä. Tein V:n kanssa linnunpesää myrskyn pudottelemista oksista, se on tuossa alakuvassa.

partner look

Working days. Flea-market days. A precious day with F in town ♡. My-mum-day. The days do get longer, a couple minutes per day.

I will have more time soon. Less money. I intend to make things happen this time. I bought golden drawing ink.
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Kaikenlaisia päiviä. Ne pitenevät pikkuhiljaa, kyllä sen huomaa. Pian aikani lisääntyy, aion käyttää sitä viisaasti.

Have you seen my rainbow socks?

...and other letters from upstairs. "Welcome to Sunflower's birthday party on Wednesday. Two o'clock." "It would be nice to visit on Wednesday." Wednesday is a happening day it seems. Monday isn't. On Monday we stay close to home to be ready to go her dance class. It is snowing again, as if there's not enough snow!

I'm boiling buckwheat, Y made tofu again. He bought a soy milk machine, and has been making sesame/almond milk too. He's a professional kind of guy. (He got the machine for very cheap, unused at a net auction, they are not sold in Finland.)

Now work.
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Kirjeitä yläkerrasta. Taas sataa lunta. Argh. Argh on aika tärkeä sana mulle. Myös Aaargh ja vaikka Aaaaaghhh. Ja huutomerkit, niitä menee paljon. Täällä tuoksuu tattari.

bird's nest

The little hide-out room now has a name. V counts it as one room. I read somewhere that the ages 4-5 are quite easy but 6 is difficult, like a pre-teen age. I don't think it's ever been easy, and we're quite close to 6th birthday. There is a huge contrast between hanging out with the happy baby and the incredibly moody girl. Today we're having a "gentle talk"-day. Nobody is allowed to be angry. She's obviously my favourite girl anyway. I just have to work on my own reactions.
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Yläpaikkaa sanotaan nyt Linnun koloksi/pesäksi. Leikin jäljet on kivoja. Meillä on uusi vaikea kausi, jonka edessä vanhemmat eivät vielä osaa toimia. Vauva on niin leppoisaa seuraa. Vaikka ei kai sitä enää vauvaksi saisi sanoa.

by the window

I have this silly lens on the camera, "Lensbabies". I was sitting on the sofa and thinking I should go out, with a real lens. It's really beautiful outside, but I can't say I'm too into it. We had a snow fight later, that was nice. I baked a cake and cookies with okara. The cookies with no recipe turned out quite nice. I'm exhausted from shoveling the heavy snow.

Yesterday Y said to M that next summer it will possible to sleep in the new room in the log-house. Today I thought we could have a Bed&Breakfast business. Breakfast served in the veranda.
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Hassulla linssillä otettuja kuvia. Sohvalta tänään. Kaunista tuo uusi lumi, mutta raskasta, monessakin mielessä. Tai siis kahdessa vain! Olen ihan poikki lumitöistä. Mutta se on ihan mukavaa. Pää on tyhjä.

rewind: mushrooms

I took out some pictures from Lightroom, I wanted to look at last year. It looks better than my memory from it. As these days are not ideal for new photos, I will post some from a different season.

These are from a great little mushroom trip with friends. It was very cold that day. R and V by a strange wall. We've just been to R's birthday party last weekend. And to see Lau Nau and Godspeed you! black emperor. And met some babies and their mothers. Oh I think I have a new favorite kid! Bought new tea.
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Viime vuoden kuvia. Sieniretki kylmänä päivänä. Tuolla toisella oli juuri synttärit. Me oltiin eilen Kulttuuritalolla ja lapset mun äidin luona. Tänään tavattiin ihana äiti ja suloinen pieni poika (uusi suosikkilapsi), sitten toinen ihana äiti, jonka vauva vain nukkui.

midnite

I should sleep more. Go to sleep earlier.
I love baking.
I should not be left alone with scissors and hair.
I like it when there's something happening every day. I don't always like it though.
I read a lot these days.
I have plans.
I have taken these hair-do photos last year. I was going through archives; I should do something about all these photos.
I like Seth (Drawn and Quarterly). That came to my mind from thinking I miss old times, real film and more than that real photos.

stripes

This stripy shirt will soon travel to a little boy who is 4 days old ♡. He's one of the 3 babies I've been expecting. Little V was wearing it today too, but it's kinda small.
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Minä hiihdin tänään, ihan vähän vain, kävin pelastamassa pienen keskeltä peltoa. Sain kirppikseltä myös punaiset monot. Kuvan paita lähtee pian uudelle Berliinin vauvalle ♡.

a material girl

Ok these pictures have nothing to do with right now. But the snow is melting and this older photo is pretty much how it is now. Grey. And "spoon-cakes" are so nice to make. These are with honey (no sugar) and spelt and something I don't remember. They are made with a teaspoon and glued together with some kind of jam. The best ones we made were with Birnenkraut, wonderful german stuff that is made of only pear (and apple). And a tall house that is further away than the mountain. There's a guy dropping snow from the roof.

What I want to say today is that materia makes happy! Yesterday we had a flea-market trip (to actually take something out of the house!) and I found my dream sandals. For 3€. Some other good stuff too. Today I went to a new shop and got myself 2 new things, on sale, organic, made in europe. And a new purse, recycled material, made in finland. I am so happy. Something new for the kids too, it is the sale time. And I have a credit card.

We had a girls' day on town, me and V. We went to the dollhouse exhibition at the National museum. And here and there. This time we were not longing or worrying for little V. The boys had a nice day too.

Other exhibitions I'd like to see, but I doubt I will take myself to these towns:
Timber bride and forest wedding at Kerava art museum.
Maaria Wirkkala at Lahti historical museum.
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Voisin kirjoittaa oodin materian omistamisen onnesta ja ihanuudesta. Uusia vaatteita minulle, eikä aina vain lapsille. Niille myös. Ja sain uuden kukkaron, ihanan, elegantin ja sitä paitsi aika aikuismaisen. Oi onnea. Ja unelmieni sandaalit kirppisreissulta eilen. Meillä oli tyttöjen kaupunkipäivä. Käytiin katsomassa nukkekoteja Kansallismuseossa. Haluaisin mennä Keravalle ja Lahteen, linkit yläpuolella.

phew

What a struggle to get work done. I have lost my confidence, the little confidence I ever had. But I guess there will be better days again. And I made a snow bear with V.

Princess dress detail/We still have a christmas tree/She has a Muru skirt

I'm eating chocolate okara cake. Y has found a recipe blog for okara that comes from tofu making.
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Huh, yksi työ tehty, seuraava aloitettava. Mutta ensin pari vapaapäivää. Jostain pitäisi saada uutta puhtia. Ehkä tuosta Y:n suklaa-okara-kakusta.

the oven

Here we are, in this year. Still cold and snowy. Sitting at the computer a lot, but not being an efficient worker. Wasting time instead of crocheting pants for my little pant-less boy (I have a beautiful plan in my head). And finishing some knitted hats. And finishing my translation. And cleaning...

This is the oven that Y made. It needs some finishing touches; paint on the side and a new switch for the light. The switch is too stiff, a kid can get it on but not off. As you can see there is a purple light inside and a real timer. The "brand" is Imatra, an old bicycle brand.

He also made tofu today! A friend of ours is making his own tofu and Y got interested. I bought him 5 kg organic soy-beans in spring, but it took a while to get started. That friend + his sweet family visited us very recently and today was the day of first tofu. Tomorrow will be the day of second tofu! Yey!
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Minä tuskailen edelleen käännökseni kanssa, mieluummin tekisin muuta. Virkkaisin pieniä housuja.

Tässä on Imatra-uuni, joka tuli Y:n pajasta. Tänään hän valmisti tofua! Jeee!