We're having our first christmas in this house! Feels very nice. During the christmas holidays we will mostly try to fix the place and unpack stuff (I hope), entertain a dear friend from another country for new year, go to circus, meet friends, and I don't know, read, play, make origami, knit, watch movies.
I wish everyone a warm sweet wonderful & peaceful christmas ***
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Kaunista valkeaa kylmää ja lämpöistä joulua kaikille ***
A giant snow cat showed up and stayed for hours.
I should get out with the camera, there's a LOT of snow and snowing all the time more. Actually that's a reason not to go out with the camera.
Tomorrow I will make himmeli with 4th graders! There's a new book on himmeli in finnish now. When this book was being made, the maker was surprised to know there are no himmeli books in finnish (that's what I heard). I'd like to have it. I don't think I'll ever make a big one though.
She makes big ones.
Oh well. Take care. Beware of snow cats. They are heavy sleepers but still. You never know.
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Talvimaisemassa mittasuhteet ei ole ihan kohdallaan.
On taas aika ajatelle himmeleitä ja niiden tekemistä. Opin uuden tähden uudesta himmelikirjasta ja huomenna opetan sen neljäsluokkalaisille.
These pictures are from a different season, I didn't take snow photos yet. The winter came a bit suddenly, like over night, and then it kept on snowing. It's freezing, the house is freezing and we have to heat the ovens a lot. And add more layers. The cats are not so keen on going out anymore. The car doesn't like this either.
But it's beautiful. Bright starry nights, clear crisp days. The old lady next door gave me her old coat yesterday and it's pretty wonderful. Very warm. I think I look quite 70's in my flea-market winter pants and this new coat. The silhouette of my shadow looks like my mum in old photos when I was a kid.
The kids here have too many advent calendars, altogether 7 of them.
I could write a long list of things I'm happy about. It's been ages since I could do something like that. It means I'm happy! And I will tell it to everyone.
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Tämän kaiken päällä on nyt paljon kylmää lunta. Tai ei lyhdyn eikä kissan. Eikä uuninkaan. En ole ottanut lumikuvia, jotain iltahämäräkuvia sisällä vain. Talvi tuli yhtäkkiä, kyllä te tiedätte. Talo muuttui varsin kylmäksi, mutta uusia polttopuita saatiin ja vanhat villatakit löytyivät komeron ja säkkien uumenista. On pulkka ja kirppistoppahousut ja naapurin mummolta vanha hieno talvitakki. Sen hihoista vaan puuttuu noin 15 cm. Elämästä ei nyt puutu paljon mitään.
We received a beautiful package in the mail again. From Jaime and Charlie. This time also from Max to our little brother. Opening these parcels is always a lot of fun, and quite messy too! I got my copy if "Backyard Flowers" and it's beautiful. It is so wonderful that books still come to life. Not that I would fear for books to disappear, but still, books are being made. I still have no bookshelves to put any books on. But I will. And now we start putting our parcel together.
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Postia ystäviltä meren takaa. Aina yhtä ihanaa. Jaimen kirja on ihana myös. Kirjat on ihania. Mun kirjat on edelleen laatikoissa.
The lantern party/Saint Martin
M & T wedding
Little V 3 years in Manteli
Life at the oak place. We're living with a lot of unpacked boxes still. My calendar is quite full all the time, weddings, christmas fair workshops, meetings, friends from Berlin, some substitute teacher kind of jobs... And it gets darker and darker. I dream of sleeping.
I'm loving this new life here. My old life seems quite far away already. The 4 and half years in Manteli taught me a lot about myself. This change came with a good timing, before total exhaustion and breakdown. We're not back in town, but I want to try this out. Living in the countryside in the center. Oh man how I love to walk! And I do love asphalt and yellow leaves on it and street lights!
