A midsummer fire by the mill. There was a great old skinny mustache guy whom the others called the Pyromaniac who lit the big fire. It was the first time for V to see this. The last time I saw a fire like this was in Suomenlinna in the end of the 90's. It was a furious fire, a bit scary. V was a bit worried.
We had two families at our place for "juhannus" and it was all good and laid-back.
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Juhannus, vähän harvinaislaatuisesti meillä kotona. Käytiin eka kertaa katsomassa kokkoa. Se oli aika jännää. Kivat tutut vieraat, iisi meininki.
For almost all of the 4 hours that the kids' yard party was supposed to happen, it was raining. But it didn't matter! There were people, kids we didn't know or hadn't invited personally. Who knows how many people would've shown up if the weather had been sunny? In the morning I felt ready to give up, thinking there just aren't people for this kind of event in this area. But it all turned out very well and we had some sparkling wine afterwards. We are just 4 ladies but we can make it happen. 2 of us are already grandmothers!
It is so nice to be out in the rain, I don't hang out in the rain very much.
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Pihajuhlaa vietettiin sateessa, mutta se ei haitannut yhtään!
It is June and Monday. The sun is back after some cold and rainy days. The kids' party (like the one we organized last year) is this week, hope the weather stays ok. V invented a funny character, the X-girl.
The problem is that my computer is full and now my camera is also full. I kind of know what I should do about this, but I can't bring myself to do it. So my daughter turned seven and I didn't take too many photos. There were two parties for her and I didn't take photos. There is a half built playhouse on the yard now and I can't take photos of it. The cherry tree blossomed and no photos of that either.
Oh well. When there are breaks in blogging it's difficult to come back I've noticed. I don't know why I'm doing this anymore. I like it, I guess that's why. I don't like it how spring and summer are rushing by. They could take a moment here and there.
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Elämä lipuu ohi ilman kuvia. Tai vilahtaa -- on jo kesä, vaikka olisin halunnut viipyä vielä vaan keväässä ja ihmetellä hiirenkorvia. Miksei mulla taaskaan ole mitään vaatteita.
I wrote a letter with little V. The tree I tried to make following Puhti's example looks so much better with some orange on it. (He has 2 robot shirts on.)
Then I made cards with V. The final card has text inside made with a stamp and some waves, a moon and a star on the cover. They are invitations for her birthday party which is tomorrow. Or today, it's 1 o'clock. She was born 02:27.
It's mother's day today. Well it's evening. I'm not good at real time blogging and I didn't take photos of my beautiful new gardening book (photography by a friend), cards, pancake and coffee. I did take photos of my and V's card factory. Her birthday is just one week away. I should be sewing right now. Y is building something we meant to have for her for years. I had my first baby dream on the morning of mother's day, 7 years ago. There's a sweet pregnant lady on our Helsinki street, where we used to live, and her baby is due any day now. I think of her a lot even though I've never met her.
This is becoming a series, I thought it looked nice. Quite revealing about me.
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Äiti on piilottanut kaappinsa. Äiti sai Puutarhan ajan, jota oli salaa toivonut. Äiti istuu tässä, vaikka sen pitäisi ommella aasia, hametta ja mekkoa.
These pictures are from April, it looks different right now. It's V in her crown from the school visit. A setting on the table with a postcard from my mum and a flower print Jaime sent me. We marked different pumpkins with masking tapes. A pelargonium that survived the winter in a pot made by Tomoko Kurahara. Some kind of a project with bricks. RIP MCA.
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Koulu loppui tänään. Aloitin jo kesätehtävää, se on piirtämistä pihalla. Kevät menee ihan liian nopeasti. Tuomessa on jo lehdet, sipulikukat alkavat kuihtua. Ruoho alkaa kasvaa ennen kuin ihminen ehtii kuokkia ja tasoitella pihaa. Se ei taaskaan ehdi tehdä sitä. Ja sitten on kuitenkin kylmä. Paitsi kuokkiessa. Kevät on ihan liian lyhyt. Kaikki muut vuodenajat on Suomessa liian lyhyitä paitsi se yksi.
