Thursday 31 January 2019
Rush Slow
Tuesday 29 January 2019
Home Sweet Home
Monday 28 January 2019
Believe in miracles
Friday 25 January 2019
TubeSrcaftNo4
And yes, there is fur around MyHood and on the hat. It is 100% ethic fur. Home made from self hunted wild fox in Lapland wilderness. When you live arctic, you need real stuff to warm you up. This pic was taken on -18 Celsius degrees; which actually is not cold at all for us. Faux fur gets frozen; even to your skin. If you are against industrial fur (I am) and have no change for wild fur, just use wool when visiting arctic. Faux fur is dangerous by your skin (causes frost bites) if you plan to outdoor in challenging weather but it also is a bit difficult environmental issue because you need oil to produce it.
PS. It indeed is fox despite it is not red. We use all the parts of the animal. This lighter shade is from the stomach side.
Sunday 20 January 2019
CottonPad FireStarters
Wash the cans by hot water and decorate them by craft paper (or pretty pics from old magazines etc.) You don't need any new candle wax or anything. Just melt the candle waste in a pot. Don't put the pot straight on the fire/heater. Use pot-in-pot method. Place the candle waste pot into a bit bigger pot where is some water. This water begins to boil and warms up your candle pot. Then the candle waste begins to melt. Use some tool to pick up any trash from the melting wax. Be careful; it is H O T.
Sunday 13 January 2019
ForMeMeMe!!!
Friday 11 January 2019
Sunday 6 January 2019
LeavingYuleBehind
I got many gifts this year so I guess I have been very nice for the whole year. BUT most of all was the one DearMrN did for me with His 8yr old patience. He did for Me a gym bag at school's craft classes which He had embroidered all by HimSelf! I won't use this as a gym bag because I want it to last forever so I will carry MyPajama in it when ever where ever I will travel in the future.
Thanks to SantaClaus I have already started MyReadingChallenge2019 with a very extremely fascinating story...
Thursday 3 January 2019
YuleStar
The star frame for this design I bought at XmasSale on January 2017.
On summer 2017 I was on an adventure with MrN. Our footsteps lead us to The Church of St. Michael. We were investigating the old gravestones and the whole church yard itself. We peeked inside through the windows. And we picked up old branches with cones the wind had drop down from the trees growing by the church because MrN considered them very beautiful and I could nothing but agree.
On summer 2018 I and MrN used silver spray paint to make those branches look more like indoor decoration but also because they were so dry. I was afraid of they won't bear the stress of craft making without any extra protective layer over them.
On December 2018 I finally finished the YuleStar wreath. I used these sliver painted cone branches, felt and old Xmas lights. See how perfect it turn out with full of lovely memories.
Tuesday 1 January 2019
The 2018 Reading Challenge
On 2018 I decided to read the books I already have but have not read them yet. It is amazing how many books there still are in MyLibrary that I have not had time to read yet.
I included a special demand in MyReadingChallenge 2018. For years I have kept up MySwedishSkills by reading at least one Swedish magazine per year. Now I decided it is time to move on and challenge it more. So I forced MySelf to pick up two easy Swedish books into MyReadingChallenge.
I also do have used German a bit now and then since high school times when I learnt it but now it has came the time to brush it up too. So, not only to challenge MySwedishSkills I did the same to MyGermanSkills. On 2018 I have read one fat "Wohnen & Garten" magazine I bought on February 2018 in Turku. It was a quite an adventure to try to find another one for the year 2019 but at the end DearMrW brought Me one when arriving for a visit up to TheNorth. He kindly used His time to get Me one from TheBigWorld.
If you want to brush up your language skills; be brave and start with a magazine filled with pictures. It is extremely important to remember that your meaning is to R E A D not to T R A N S L A T E. Just let it go, pick up a book or magazine which theme is familiar to you and you'll notice, all the mysteries will be solved anyway.
For The 2019 Reading Challenge I will read books in Finnish, English and Swedish plus one fat magazine in German.
On 2018 I have read:
The Falconer by Elaine Clark McCarthy (in Finnish, mine). No links because I really can't find any proper. This book was published on 1996 and is the author's 1st novel. I wonder what happened to her. I remember this book was quite success when it was published and I read it then. Now I re-read it because I had forgot what exactly happened in the story. Over 20 years ago it was a love story to me. Now I see it also as a warning sign about it if you live your life with the idea "tomorrow I will", "when I get retired, I'll have the time". This book is a good lesson of it that the life is here, now, today. Open your eyes if you have not done it yet. It also makes Me to think what has happen to Elaine Clark McCarthy.
I dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann (in Finnish, mine). Also this is an old book, published on 1991. It ended up to Me from MyMother's collection. As a literal creation this doesn't reach any way near Karen Blixen's Out Of Africa but I decided to read this because it bases on the happenings around the same area where Karen Blixen influenced long time before Kuki Gallmann. I almost dropped this book out but decided to continue because of the facts and the begin of conservation that Kuki Gallmann started on the area.
Deautchland im Blaulicht by Tania Kambouri (in Finnish, borrowed from our local library). Its realistic and true stories may upset or offend some people but it all is the reality Tania Kambouri faces in her daily work as a German police officer. It is not any kind of literal feat but it was never meant to be one. It is an open letter or essay about the real life.
Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth (mine, in Finnish). I've read the other two of Call the Midwife series. Great peek into the history of British health and social care. Seen also the TV-series (a fan?... perhaps...)
The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee (mine, in Finnish). This book turns around the mirror to see the other side of the history of British health and social care. Explains more also about Jennifer Worth and makes it then to be more understandable to see Jennifer's side, actions and point of the views.
Leap Of Faith by Her Majesty Queen Noor (in Finnish, mine, bought few years ago at our local library clearance sale). I was a bit disappointed to this book because I expected it to be a personal biography but it turn out to be quite political. Because of its educative and informative aspect I still decided to read it all the way to the end (because human rights, equality and peace interests also me). Its 443 pages made it feel more like a school book than a free time book. Reading it felt much easier when I picked up MyStudentAttitude instead of relaxing when reading it. When I compare this to The Girl With Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee which I read on 2017 I must admit Hyeonseo Lee succeed better to tell her story in objective way. On the other hand Hyeonseo Lee was never in the eye of the storm so she must not feel similar defense, vindication, advocacy nor justification to her biography like Her Majesty Queen Noor must have felt when She finally was allowed to tell Her story by Her own words without anyone to manipulate or falsify it.
Dear My Blank -Secret Letters Never Sent by Emily Trunko (in Finnish, borrowed from our local library). I really recommend parents to read also the books their children to recommend, see the movies their teenagers adore and listen to the music their kids' can't live without. On 2016 and 2017 Reading Challenge I do have read books recommended by YoungLady and really have enjoyed. But THIS book by Emily Trunko... If I had not read it I had missed one whole world. See... I do love correspondence. It has been MyHobby since I was 11 years old. This blog was put up for the original reason to make sharing MyCraft pics easier with MyPenFriends faraway in the big world. Correspondence is vanishing hobby, life style and way to share information and personal thoughts. Sometimes we wonder with MyPenFriends, does anyone else but us write letters on these days when the social media and e-mail is preferred. By THIS book I realized people -young persons too- still have the basic need to write a letter. They perhaps never send them. None perhaps never reads them. BUT Emily Trunko has created a way how at least someone can read them!
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (in English, thank you Dear A. for giving this to Me). Despite it is a science book it feels like a novel. Everyone who is interested about the nature should read this book. I read this on MySvalbardHoliday. To be honest it was quite interesting to read it in a place where no single tree can grow!
Cartes Postales From Greece by Victoria Hislop (in English, thank you Dear A. also for this book). I got this book after MyHolidayOnCrete. Planned to read it in MyHammock on MyHolidayAtHome when looking after TheHouse when the others were away but ended up to Svalbard instead. After finishing The Hidden Life of Trees I started this by the glaciers and felt a bit sorry if I should have saved it later on for another holiday in somewhere warm around Mediterranean. But life is a mysterious place. Finland hit a heat weave while we were close to the North Pole and it kept going on after our return. So, at the end I was reading this book OnMyTerrace InMyGarden wearing MyBikinis because it was all I was able to do in that heat on those days. At the end I got MyMediterranean holiday feeling when reading this!
Toppens hemliga liv by Nan Inger (mine, in Swedish). After high school this is the 1st Swedish book I've read. During all these years I've read at least one Swedish magazine every year not to let MySwedish fade away so fast. I had a dream to study French but learning it OnMyOwn is too complicated. So I decided -at the end- to brush up MySwedish and... ta-dah... German skills. That's why I have moved on reading Swedish books and German magazines. At last one of each per year. This book is children book and level "learn to read" with few pictures, 52 pages and big text. But still it was very educative in the meaning that it reminded me about something in the health care and how it has changed since 1981 when this book was published.
Lillebjörn by Else Holmelund Minarik (mine, in Swedish). Now it was even easier to read another book in Swedish. "Toppens hemliga liv" was not difficult either but this one surprised Me by being so easy; perhaps because I've read a lot these beloved stories about Little Bear in Finnish. Now I feel that after few more Swedish children book I can pick up an easy and thin adult book. I must keep my eyes open...
Hell On 4 Paws by Gwen Bailey (in English, thank you DearMary for giving this book to me). This is more a biography than a guide book to train a dog but if you are familiar to dog training you can pick it all up there in the story. Still it is important to remember not having a puppy and especially not an aggressive rescue dog because of reading a happy ending book! Get ready it all at first, not when you are in. Book the classes even before you have the dog in your house especially if you are the first timer!
Itämeren Auri (= The Rune Singer) by Johanna Valkama (mine, in Finnish). If you want to learn more about Viking times, North, myths, sagas and history, get on with Iron Hearts -series written by a Finnish author.
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (mine, in Finnish). I know a lot about dogs and their training. I know a lot about horses too... and other animals. But I must confess the birds have been absent in MyLife. I am not familiar with them. I don't know them. Well, I love wild birds in MyGarden and have a relationship with them and they don't fear Me. But I mean birds as pets / domestic animals. I do have read books birds included but this really was superior compared to all the other books. It was very educative but still a beautiful story having a bird in a big role, not just flying around the back ground.
The Stories Of Our Christmas Customs by N.F. Pearson (in English, thank you DearFox for giving this book to Me). This is very nostalgic book telling, not only British history of Christmas but rather widely almost the whole truth about it all.
The Wood in Winter by John Lewis-Stempel (in English, thank you Dear A. also for this book). What a beautiful short story!!! What an excellent end for MyReadingYear2018!!!
Above is listed each 16 of the year 2018 books I've read. 5 in English, 2 in Swedish and 9 in Finnish. 2 books were borrowed from our local library and all the others are mine. I've also read that fat German magazine plus many science books because of MyStudies (school books borrowed from the libraries). I did quite well when aiming to read the books I already have but not read them yet.
I also do have used German a bit now and then since high school times when I learnt it but now it has came the time to brush it up too. So, not only to challenge MySwedishSkills I did the same to MyGermanSkills. On 2018 I have read one fat "Wohnen & Garten" magazine I bought on February 2018 in Turku. It was a quite an adventure to try to find another one for the year 2019 but at the end DearMrW brought Me one when arriving for a visit up to TheNorth. He kindly used His time to get Me one from TheBigWorld.
If you want to brush up your language skills; be brave and start with a magazine filled with pictures. It is extremely important to remember that your meaning is to R E A D not to T R A N S L A T E. Just let it go, pick up a book or magazine which theme is familiar to you and you'll notice, all the mysteries will be solved anyway.
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On 2018 I have read:
The Falconer by Elaine Clark McCarthy (in Finnish, mine). No links because I really can't find any proper. This book was published on 1996 and is the author's 1st novel. I wonder what happened to her. I remember this book was quite success when it was published and I read it then. Now I re-read it because I had forgot what exactly happened in the story. Over 20 years ago it was a love story to me. Now I see it also as a warning sign about it if you live your life with the idea "tomorrow I will", "when I get retired, I'll have the time". This book is a good lesson of it that the life is here, now, today. Open your eyes if you have not done it yet. It also makes Me to think what has happen to Elaine Clark McCarthy.
I dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann (in Finnish, mine). Also this is an old book, published on 1991. It ended up to Me from MyMother's collection. As a literal creation this doesn't reach any way near Karen Blixen's Out Of Africa but I decided to read this because it bases on the happenings around the same area where Karen Blixen influenced long time before Kuki Gallmann. I almost dropped this book out but decided to continue because of the facts and the begin of conservation that Kuki Gallmann started on the area.
Deautchland im Blaulicht by Tania Kambouri (in Finnish, borrowed from our local library). Its realistic and true stories may upset or offend some people but it all is the reality Tania Kambouri faces in her daily work as a German police officer. It is not any kind of literal feat but it was never meant to be one. It is an open letter or essay about the real life.
Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth (mine, in Finnish). I've read the other two of Call the Midwife series. Great peek into the history of British health and social care. Seen also the TV-series (a fan?... perhaps...)
The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee (mine, in Finnish). This book turns around the mirror to see the other side of the history of British health and social care. Explains more also about Jennifer Worth and makes it then to be more understandable to see Jennifer's side, actions and point of the views.
Leap Of Faith by Her Majesty Queen Noor (in Finnish, mine, bought few years ago at our local library clearance sale). I was a bit disappointed to this book because I expected it to be a personal biography but it turn out to be quite political. Because of its educative and informative aspect I still decided to read it all the way to the end (because human rights, equality and peace interests also me). Its 443 pages made it feel more like a school book than a free time book. Reading it felt much easier when I picked up MyStudentAttitude instead of relaxing when reading it. When I compare this to The Girl With Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee which I read on 2017 I must admit Hyeonseo Lee succeed better to tell her story in objective way. On the other hand Hyeonseo Lee was never in the eye of the storm so she must not feel similar defense, vindication, advocacy nor justification to her biography like Her Majesty Queen Noor must have felt when She finally was allowed to tell Her story by Her own words without anyone to manipulate or falsify it.
Dear My Blank -Secret Letters Never Sent by Emily Trunko (in Finnish, borrowed from our local library). I really recommend parents to read also the books their children to recommend, see the movies their teenagers adore and listen to the music their kids' can't live without. On 2016 and 2017 Reading Challenge I do have read books recommended by YoungLady and really have enjoyed. But THIS book by Emily Trunko... If I had not read it I had missed one whole world. See... I do love correspondence. It has been MyHobby since I was 11 years old. This blog was put up for the original reason to make sharing MyCraft pics easier with MyPenFriends faraway in the big world. Correspondence is vanishing hobby, life style and way to share information and personal thoughts. Sometimes we wonder with MyPenFriends, does anyone else but us write letters on these days when the social media and e-mail is preferred. By THIS book I realized people -young persons too- still have the basic need to write a letter. They perhaps never send them. None perhaps never reads them. BUT Emily Trunko has created a way how at least someone can read them!
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (in English, thank you Dear A. for giving this to Me). Despite it is a science book it feels like a novel. Everyone who is interested about the nature should read this book. I read this on MySvalbardHoliday. To be honest it was quite interesting to read it in a place where no single tree can grow!
Cartes Postales From Greece by Victoria Hislop (in English, thank you Dear A. also for this book). I got this book after MyHolidayOnCrete. Planned to read it in MyHammock on MyHolidayAtHome when looking after TheHouse when the others were away but ended up to Svalbard instead. After finishing The Hidden Life of Trees I started this by the glaciers and felt a bit sorry if I should have saved it later on for another holiday in somewhere warm around Mediterranean. But life is a mysterious place. Finland hit a heat weave while we were close to the North Pole and it kept going on after our return. So, at the end I was reading this book OnMyTerrace InMyGarden wearing MyBikinis because it was all I was able to do in that heat on those days. At the end I got MyMediterranean holiday feeling when reading this!
Toppens hemliga liv by Nan Inger (mine, in Swedish). After high school this is the 1st Swedish book I've read. During all these years I've read at least one Swedish magazine every year not to let MySwedish fade away so fast. I had a dream to study French but learning it OnMyOwn is too complicated. So I decided -at the end- to brush up MySwedish and... ta-dah... German skills. That's why I have moved on reading Swedish books and German magazines. At last one of each per year. This book is children book and level "learn to read" with few pictures, 52 pages and big text. But still it was very educative in the meaning that it reminded me about something in the health care and how it has changed since 1981 when this book was published.
Lillebjörn by Else Holmelund Minarik (mine, in Swedish). Now it was even easier to read another book in Swedish. "Toppens hemliga liv" was not difficult either but this one surprised Me by being so easy; perhaps because I've read a lot these beloved stories about Little Bear in Finnish. Now I feel that after few more Swedish children book I can pick up an easy and thin adult book. I must keep my eyes open...
Hell On 4 Paws by Gwen Bailey (in English, thank you DearMary for giving this book to me). This is more a biography than a guide book to train a dog but if you are familiar to dog training you can pick it all up there in the story. Still it is important to remember not having a puppy and especially not an aggressive rescue dog because of reading a happy ending book! Get ready it all at first, not when you are in. Book the classes even before you have the dog in your house especially if you are the first timer!
Itämeren Auri (= The Rune Singer) by Johanna Valkama (mine, in Finnish). If you want to learn more about Viking times, North, myths, sagas and history, get on with Iron Hearts -series written by a Finnish author.
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (mine, in Finnish). I know a lot about dogs and their training. I know a lot about horses too... and other animals. But I must confess the birds have been absent in MyLife. I am not familiar with them. I don't know them. Well, I love wild birds in MyGarden and have a relationship with them and they don't fear Me. But I mean birds as pets / domestic animals. I do have read books birds included but this really was superior compared to all the other books. It was very educative but still a beautiful story having a bird in a big role, not just flying around the back ground.
The Stories Of Our Christmas Customs by N.F. Pearson (in English, thank you DearFox for giving this book to Me). This is very nostalgic book telling, not only British history of Christmas but rather widely almost the whole truth about it all.
The Wood in Winter by John Lewis-Stempel (in English, thank you Dear A. also for this book). What a beautiful short story!!! What an excellent end for MyReadingYear2018!!!
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Above is listed each 16 of the year 2018 books I've read. 5 in English, 2 in Swedish and 9 in Finnish. 2 books were borrowed from our local library and all the others are mine. I've also read that fat German magazine plus many science books because of MyStudies (school books borrowed from the libraries). I did quite well when aiming to read the books I already have but not read them yet.
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