Easter Treasurehunt 2011

As every year The Easter Bunny had put up a little treasure hunt for Minerva... 

It all started on the terrace with this note on the Ficus beniamina tree:

  The theme seemed to be duckies... there was a little basket with        some on the smallest ducks inside:

  The first clue sent us the bathroom, where we found more duckies

 And on the wall a beautiful collecting folder to store her  drawings... and clue number 2:

 Which sent us to the steps that lead to Aurora's loft, and found yet  more duckies, some candy and lollipops... and underneath the steps clue 3

  Which took us to the dvd player and an Uncle Scrooge dvd...

  In the dvd there were some Hello Kitty badges and clue 4

 This took us to the courtyard, and a BIG package ,more duckies and clue 5

  Back to the terrace again!!! How did we miss these the first time? 

  And hidden on the steps we found Hello Kitty stickers and clue 6!

  And back inside!!! Rubber duckies were  climbing the steps to our   loft...

  Up the stairs and the final clue!!! (ignore the mess please...)

  And there they were! In the corner were four big Easter eggs, one for each child! (so what if they're 21, 19 ,18 and 11?) =)

  And then Minerva opened her package that had been hidden in the court yard!!! The mystery of why-the-duckies was resolved!!! A beautiful goose to hang in her room!!! Here she's watching over us while we eat! 

  I hope everyone had a lovely time yesterday... we even managed to make our Easter grass grow this year, in time!!! =)

Saturday

Yesterday's table was filled with cheeses, salamis, vegetables and       zucchini bread rolls... dessert was strawberry ice cream, lemon ice cream or pistacchio ice cream... some had all three! =)

Today

Today it's her collection of rubber duckies... 

That's my Easter tablecloth underneath all the duckies and games... can't see it much... =)

Wisteria

The rain has stopped and the sun is shining but there are no words for the election results in Finland... so I'll say no more, and will try to brighten the day with some wisteria... just snapshots by the cave-man with his pocket camera...

Sunday

Cannellini beans in water overnight

Then into a pot with some celery, carrots and an onion, a dash of olive oil

And after a few hours, seasoning an a quick whirl with the Minipimer...

Some zucchini bread, and voila'... Sunday lunch is ready!

It's drizzling outside and it's quite cool, so having soup is still OK.

Knitting

I did a little exchange of skeins with a friend, and just look at all the extra yummies she put in the box!!!

All things one misses when away from Finland... THANK YOU!!!

And then some quicky knitting... Little Things by Veera Välimäki, knitted in 100% merino sock yarn from Handu in the 'Laps olen köyhän' colourway...

I love the way the edge striped and the rest pooled... funfunfun!

Birthday Boy

My third born, my son, my Matteo, turned 18 years old this morning at 03:19...

Time flies, it seems like yesterday...

New York Cheesecake with wild berry topping... not very pretty,                but it tasted as good as always..

And the Birthday Boy, smiling as always (NOT), staring at his computer screen.... Happy adulthood my love!

Knitting

There has been test-knitting... but also some brainless take-along knitting... Noro... no more words needed!

The miracle of the two different skeins... wonderful!

Over The Helix Cowl... The first one is 120 stitches as said in the pattern, the second is slouchier, 140 stitches, I think... size 8mm needles ... and I still have some yarn left, maybe to make one of those flowers... if I'm capable... =)

And some real oldies...

And these are the real oldies, either my parents or my brothers mostly, from the early sixties...

With a few of mine from the early seventies... like The Jungle Book and Pippi Longstocking... 

LP Collection

Since my boys discovered my vinyl record collection and the sound that LPs have, there has been no CDs playing in this house...

Now we' ve dug all the records from storage and are airing them out and listening... these are just some... all originals from the sixties and seventies and eighties...

Thank You

A lovely friend painted Oliver ... so Oliver and so beautiful and such a lovely thought... I burst into tears when I opened the package... This will be framed as soon as possible!

And a crochet flower... it'll adorn a summer hat... I'm still deciding ,but it might be brown... =)

THANK YOU!!!!! <3