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  LAPLAND WITH (MANY) NEW SETS OF EYES

  VISITING LAPLAND WITH MY NEW FRIENDS FROM CONGO, SUDAN, BURMA, IRAN & MOROCCO DAY ONE – LES PETITS HOMMES- Les petits hommes? - Where are the little people? – I haven't seen any yet....

  04.07.2008 | Kommentteja 65 | MUSTIKKA

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  THEY'RE ALL TURNING 50 !!!

  They're All Turning 50!When I chose this particular year to spend in Finland, one reason was the many major birthdays, special people in my life have in 2008. First my mom turned 80 in January, my sis...

  27.06.2008 | Kommentteja 90 | MUSTIKKA

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  ISLAND PARADISE

  KÖKÄRThe cottage is red. The side paneling looks like well-painted wood until I discover it’s metal, imitating wood – and actually covering old wood, painted the same warm red. In this sea washed and ...

  12.06.2008 | Kommentteja 544 | MUSTIKKA

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  GLORIOUS JYVÄSKYLÄ MAY, 2008

  The fragrance of the tuomi or bird cherry trees with their nodding white clusters of flowers is highly intoxicating. I'm taking a walk with my friend, Tuija, and her poodle, Touho, on the almost white...

  26.05.2008 | Kommentteja 680 | MUSTIKKA

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  ILOISTA VAPPUA!! MAY DAY 2008 in TURKU

  ILOISTA VAPPUA!! MAY DAY 2008 in TURKU                      The scenes in the yards moved me back in time. Immediately, I thought of a summer yard scene painting by Carl Larsson. I was walking through...

  24.05.2008 | Kommentteja 0 | MUSTIKKA

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  AIMO-UKKI IN MEMORIAM

                                        *IN MEMORIAM*       A tribute to the amazing, great, quiet man with a shy smile                                   Aimo Johannes Hourula                      ...

  20.05.2008 | Kommentteja 57 | MUSTIKKA

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  A WEEKEND CAMP FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS

  Ei pidä lannistua. Aina voi lentää, liitää ja liihottaa!(You shouldn’t get bugged down, you can always fly, glide and soar!)This is the wisdom of the little monkey in the kids’ cartoon I watched this ...

  16.05.2008 | Kommentteja 552 | MUSTIKKA

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  THE MAGIC OF NORTHERN SPRING

  PROLOGUE:The spring has been so magical that I haven't taken the time to post my entry. So, do pay attention to the dates, please.                                                       ...

  07.05.2008 | Kommentteja 71 | MUSTIKKA

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  NOMEN EST OMEN!

                   Kids enjoying snow. 12/3/1949 in Tampere. Photo: Aamulehti, Tampereen museoiden kuva-arkisto.NOMEN EST OMEN!Everyone's perfectly still and quiet. Parents are 'shhh'ing their toddle...

  22.04.2008 | Kommentteja 88 | MUSTIKKA

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  AURORA BOREALIS - NOT!

                                           AURORA BOREALIS – NOT!!! –                                    BUT LOTS OF OTHER COOL STUFF                                        – LITERALLY - IN LAPLAND     ...

  15.04.2008 | Kommentteja 30 | MUSTIKKA

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  WINTER FUN

  WINTER FUNWalking on water (actually ice), riding on water (ice), dipping into it (icy!), watching some big guys fight on ice, cruising on ice, following Bigfoot's tracks, and . . . attending a snow s...

  04.04.2008 | Kommentteja 35 | MUSTIKKA

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  BOLOGNA LA GRASSA - BOLOGNA THE FAT

  BOLOGNA LA GRASSA – BOLOGNA THE FAT   Tortellini, tortelloni, parmigiano, tagliatelle, ragù alla Bolognese, mortadella, crescentine, pizza, salumi, prosciutto, parmigiano, pecorino, gelato, barbera, l...

  25.03.2008 | Kommentteja 19 | MUSTIKKA

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  MOONLIGHT SKIING IN FEBRUARY

  MOONLIGHT SKIING - SOIHTUHIIHTOThe round full moon kept hovering behind a cheesecloth cloud, teasing us with now you can see me, now you can't. But we weren't actually totally dependant on the moon as...

  08.03.2008 | Kommentteja 17 | MUSTIKKA

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  WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR 2008!

  WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR 2008!!!Just put it in our mouth, Minea, 7 advised, holding a dripping thin piece of ice in her hand. She handed the piece to me and nimbly climbed into the palju, a wood-heated ...

  04.03.2008 | Kommentteja 33 | MUSTIKKA

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  MY MOM's 80th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - January 30, 2008

  MAIJA-MUMMO 80!!!I told Rafael to pay close attention. He could write a great anthropological paper one day about the Finnish birthday tradition that I'm afraid won't last that much longer.My mom, Mai...

  11.02.2008 | Kommentteja 26 | MUSTIKKA

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