Spring II

               SOMEONE HAS BEEN WASHING WINDOWS! =)

Spring Cleaning

  You know that Domino effect, when you think you'll just open a closet door to let the closet air out, and all of a sudden you have taken the entire contents of the closet and find yourself washing and brushing and cleaning, even though you had no intention of doing any such thing???

Well, the boys dearest old toys had been put away some years ago, and they were dusty and there was even some mould on the soft parts, so...

 The Action Men have all been washed and toothbrushed with bleachy water, they have dried outside all yesterday and now they await a final drying on the radiator... looks like group sex exclaimed one of the boys, laughing...

 Action Men accessories have all been washed and tooth-brushed as well...

And Action Men clothes have been washed in the washing machine and hung up to dry...


As always, the Cave Man said that I had been playing all day... =)


Meanwhile Minerva has dusted another doll's house... looks more like playing to me...  =)

SPRING I

PARVI-LOFT

We are a family of six living in a house that was constructed in 1883, so the rooms have high ceilings but there is very little storage space... and since there aren't that many rooms we have constructed two lofts. The newest one is from a few years back and it is where the cave-man and I sleep... Our youngest daughter has her room below, with an Ikea Expedit bookshelf dividing her part from the computer table and the passage to one of the bathrooms.
So our 'bedroom' is a bit of a haven for us all, when one of the kids wants to nap or just read in peace, or play with Pippi Longstockings house, or something, they head up there...

(There are kites and things hanging everywhere in the house... among other useless things that have found their way into our lives)

OLIVER

                 Il faut que la vie nous arrache le coeur,
                            sinon c'est ne pas la vie.

Perfect poster

Playing

Minerva has been home from school, fever and a horrible cough... the nice thing is that she has had time to PLAY!!!

So there has been a dollhouse or two on the table, and lots of dusting and organizing...

   

Handu & Veera

        Stripe Study Shawl by Veera Välimäki, yarn hand-dyed by Ilu from Handu... LOVELY!!!!

Snails

Minerva has always loved playing with snails... ever since was little she would organize slides and things on the terrace, she would name them and follow them and then let them loose (in our neighbours garden)... this morning the first snails of the season were out... she played for a while, named them but then said that growing up has made her feel that they are a bit icky... =)

  

Spring!

The first flowers are always yellow... and the garden is a jungle.

I think Oliver's tomb will be surrounded by beautiful stones...

must start gathering them...

It's been a month sweet Prince Oliver... We miss you!

Another Cowl

This is wonderful BFL yarn dyed by Ilu from Handu, and I had trouble deciding what it wanted to become... I ripped three times before it found it's final form ,but it was worth it!!

The pattern is Boomslang, from Ravelry, and I LOVE IT!!!

PS. The daughter is pretty cute too... she finally got rid of her braces and actually smiles now!!

More Rain...

                                           Our front gate