fake fight in the fifties

The little girl just showing half of herself (to the left) in this picture is my mother. Oh, she didn't like this situation, being very shy and all after having been brought up by the lake in the midst of the forest...

The two women engaging in a fake game of wrestling in the middle of the village, laughing out loud meanwhile, to the big disgrace of my mother... are my grandma Agnes and her cousin Svea.

"Oh no... isn't this just typical!" my mother deeply sighed when confronted with this photo last weekend. "They were always like that when they met. They could NEVER behave when together, the two of them. Never!"

Personally?
I love this photo.

beloved grandmother

"Int böövär ja hämnas naa. Va hjälpär he åm naar syndar mot me, å så dzär ja samaleis tibaaks? Tå var he jo yytter värr. Gud stsöijtär noo itee betär än me." - mommo Agnes

Vår älskade mormor och gammelmormor Agnes Backa somnade in tidigt denna söndagsmorgon, till stilla ro och med ett leende på läpparna. Vi har älskat henne mycket och hon har alltid älskat oss.

Det Gud har välsignat är välsignat evinnerligen.

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Our beloved grandmother Agnes Backa passed away early this sunday morning, to eternal peace and with a smile on her lips. We have loved her dearly and she has always loved us.

What the Lord has blessed, it shall be blessed forever.

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the map is not the territory

First day at work after summer's vacation. I'm a bit confused and desillusioned. Don't get me wrong, I like my job and love my colleagues, but... Where did the summer go? So quickly?

I return to my appartment and there, lying on the mat in the hallway, I find... an envelope containing Darren's ArtZine!

"This is not a guinea pig! It's a drawing! The map is not the territory! You are not here! ---> [x]"

... and like pure magic everything feels possible. Just like that. I can be anywhere. And anyone. Like myself. :-)

oceania

Konstens Natt 2011

Painting made by Caroline Hall

Välkomna till Resurscentret Föregångarna på Konstens Natt torsdag 11.8 2011 och kolla in vad som är på gång! NATURLIGTVIS står vi även detta år för ett digert utbud av konst, sy- och träslöjd, knep och knåp, live musik mm. Nytt för i år är en drop-in workshop i pastellmålning med konstnär Annika Östman. SJÄLVKLART firar vi med kaffe, saft och våra legendariska mockarutor - denna gång ekologiska sådana!

Besöksadress: Resurscentret Föregångarna, Handelsesplanaden 12 B 15 (Harmanshuset vån 4), 65100 Vasa, Finland

un gourmet

looking past limits

under water

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real life gingerbread house

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Today I visited my very dear sister in spirit living in Kokkola, Ostrobothnia of Finland, and couldn't resist shooting some photos with my cellphone camera (hence the poor quality to some of the pictures, I apologize). Ever since I first saw this tremendous house her husband has planned and built with his own hands, I've claimed it to be the number one gingerbread house of the region, as if it had been picked straight out of the fairytale about Hansel and Gretel. With one exception: the "witch" of this house happens to be a stunning blonde...

... well, of course there has to be cookies and sweets like in the fairytale...



My son tries the old piano out...



A fair size oven...


Let's take a look into the garden to see if we can find the cage of Hansel and Gretel...






A fair amount of the most lovely roses and other flowers aswell...

... and the "lady of the mansion" (she does not look one bit frightening does she, but I guess we can not be careful enough?)...


Oh! This must be it!

...hmmmmm... no...

... the methods of modern witches seems to be somewhat different...

We leave the gingerbreadhouse stuffed with goodies but not at all threatened. I will make sure to bring my Nikon next time, but thanks for the sneakpeek, L and D!

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home

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catharsis

postscriptum

always on your side

replanted and resurrected

a plan?

@ piccsy.com

fishy or functional?

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Until quite recently I've been very certain of one thing: I don't ever want to own a house again. THEN I stumbled into this herring shaped accomodation and realised I might have to change my mind... One problem though, and it always haunts me - I may be a mermaid... but I'm allergic to fish!

the dearest water

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