Street

Sunday afternoon

 

Home baked brioche totally changes a spirit of an ordinary Sunday. 

Mine

Movement

In a tram 7B.

Photo a Day Challenge: The view from here

I snapped this photo from my office's window. As you can see, there's no snow anymore!

Millaisia odotuksia sinulla on uudelle vuodelle?

Uusi vuosi tuo tullessaan sellaisen pienen kutkuttavan tunteen, että kaikki on mahdollista! En tiedä, mistä tuo valheellinen tunne kumpuaa, mutta annan sen olla. Annan sen tunteen luoda illuusion uudesta alusta ja puhtaasta pöydästä. Ainakin nämä muutamat ensimmäiset viikot ennen kuin uraudun jälleen tutuilla poluille. Kujille, jonne muutos ei löydä.

En uskalla koskaan toivoa uudelta vuodelta mitään suurta saatika luvata mitään. Peruspessimistinähän sitä saattaisi joutua pettymään vielä. Ja pettymyksien kestäminen, se on raskasta. Kuitenkin pieniä asioita toivon. Toivon, että jaksaisin liikkua enemmän kuin viime vuonna ja saisin itseni parempaan kuntoon. Ikä alkaa kieltämättä kehossani jo näkyä – en ole nuori tyttönen enää. En nyt mikään ikäloppukaan sentään.

Lisäksi, tahdon tehdä enemmän ruokaa! Tästä voi koitua pieni valtataistelu keittiössämme, koska taloudessamme en ole ollut se innokkain kokkaaja. En sen vuoksi, etten osaisi tai pitäisi ruoanlaitosta vaan sen vuoksi, että toinen osapuoli pitää siitä kovasti ja on kaikenlisäksi tosi hyvä ruoanlaittaja. Olen siis ilolla jäänyt nauttijan asemaan, joka istahtaa valmiiseen ruokapöytään.

Yritän viettää vähemmän aikaa sohvalla. Sohva, on ehdottomasti huonekalu, jota rakastan kodissani eniten. Se on tarpeeksi iso, sopivan pehmeä ja jollakin tavalla niin lohduttava. Sohva on vähän kuin iso syli, joka tuudittaa minut horrokseen. Tämä sohvalta ponnistaminen tulee olemaan haastavaa, joten en vanno onnistuvani. Yritän nyt aluksi.

Tosin alku on ollut huono: olen joka ilta tuijottanut amerikkalaista hömppää jakso jakson perään: How I Met Your Mother on tempaissut mukaansa.

January 2013 Photo A Day Challenge

I was thinking to take part for this funny challenge. I've already missed couple of days, but I bet it's ok. Let's see later today, what I come up with. Maybe you could take part of this as well and we could share the fun? 

I wish you all better New Year 2013

This year has been one of the hardest in my life and I won't be missing it at all. I simply wish the better and amazing New Year to you all and myself. Let there be love, healthy and happiness in our lives.

Au revoir!

The year 2012 is over soon. Finished. Kaputt. According the weather in Helsinki, the winter might be over as well. It's +3°C and raining. Oh dear, it's so hard to walk on the wet and icy streets. 

Let's dream anyway about the perfect winter days as in this picture taken two days ago a bit more north from Helsinki. Have a wonderful last day of 2012. 

Funny Dog

He just loves his teddy bear (or mine, if we are precise). He takes it into his mouth and starts crying. It's heart breaking sound. 

Christmas in pictures

 

I spent my Christmas in Lapland with my family. For the first time ever I spent it somewhere else than at my childhood home. It was different, but refreshing. 

I skied a lot: I don't remember, when was the last time I skied or have I ever skied 15 km in a row. There were also a really good smoked sauna and a  frozen stream to cool off. Btw, it's funny how the -18 °C doesn't feel bad at all, when you are sweating on your skies. 

Silent Christmas

The end of the world

It didn't happen. 

Give yourself a Christmas present

Give yourself a Christmas present and go to see one of these (or both) films during the holidays, if you haven't already seen them. I was thinking earlier this year that it's going to be a bad film year: nothing really interesting or good hasn't been released. But I'm happy to be wrong, because in the end of the year there have been several good films to see. 

Christmas feelings from Stockholm

Few shots from my trip to Stockholm. It happened already couple of weeks ago, but I've been slow to go through the pictures. So, here we go as a Pre-Christmas present to you. ;)  

Cranberries in the ice ball

On Friday we had our office's Christmas party. I don't know, why I always get so mixed feelings about that kind of parties. Evening was made of OK food, bizarre restaurant, serious conversation, crazy conversations, bad singing, white wine and a bus driver who let me travel for free to home. 

Have a merry Friday

I have today my work's Christmas Party. Crazy partying it is not going to be. I hope.

Greetings from Stockholm

A long weekend

Unfortunately I wont spend it on Coney Island, where this picture is taken, but almost. Have a great Independence Day Finns! 

Task of the weekend: sleeping

Now, when the polar night has taken all of us, it's difficult to see the sun light even here in Helsinki. It's especially rare, if you happen to sleep until afternoon. It seems that I have had some lack of sleep lately and probably the jet lag is still interfering, because on Saturday and Sunday I slept until after noon. Gosh, I really don't like to spend my days sleeping, especially not at this time of the year, when you don't see any daylight.

Yesterday there was a nice little gig in Adam's: Sin Cos Tan released their first album. Today I've spent my day inside with the candle light, eating and reading. I hope tomorrow morning I'll be up a bit earlier than at noon.