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A dress she liked
She likes comfy jeans, old riding jodhpurs and loose shirts and don´t like bling bling, tight clothes and posing in mom´s photos… Next week our 10 years old daughter has Independence Day prom dance at...
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Iris Hantwerk giveaway winner ------ Iris Hantverk arvonnan voittaja
Iris Hantverk giveaway is now closed and winner is number 6 / Hanna. Thank you all and congrats to winner! Please, send me an email aquariusblog@gmail.com***IhastuttavaIris Hanteverk arvonta on jo...
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What happened to coffee makers?
My relationship with our 12 years oldFrancis Francis espresso machine is about to end and I started to look new coffee maker, preferable white one and model: simple / minimalistic. After two hours net...
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6 / 18
December in Finland: 6 hours of grayish daylight and 18 of darkness. And here in the countryside, where we just spend a long cabin weekend, darkness is t o t a l. Last pic I took about five o´clock....
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Lingonberry twigs -------- Puolukanvarpuja
You can still find twigs of lingonberry from the woods. So I collect a bunch and cabin´s first Christmas decorations are ready. I go with really simple things. ***Puolukanvarvuilla aloitin ja...
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Recently -------- Viime aikoina
Last week I carry my Maja playhouse from the garage in and boys have played with it. Now I think its time to take it back, I want living room´s space back. Branches of green, my huge X-mas...
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For the Monday -------- Maanantaille
Last week before Christmas it´s always bit crazy. Kids have their school and kindergarden parties (which for me, really starts X-mas). Then there´s people to meet, some packing and gift wrapping to do...
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Christmas morning // Jouluaamu
Trying to decorate the Christmas table is always a bit chaotic, at least in my house. Christmas table decorations are always left until the last minute. I guess no one can be perfect at everything......
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Essentials // Ne pakolliset
Some essentials for country side Christmas holiday: Riding boots (these Regent boots I found from flea market!), pile of good books, warm cardigan (mine is Isabel Marant for H&M) and some organic...
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From past to present
Same corner during the years 2011-2013 (in mixed order). Nothing has actually changed just places, positions and color of the light… I just cleaned my computer´s pictures files when I realized that my...
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Archipelago Xmas
Greetings from the countryside. This year we have dark, stormy and muddy Christmas instead of the idyllic white but we could´t care less. We have the horses from near by stables and this is fine for...
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30 - 12 - 13
Cottage is cleaned, tree is carried away and we are back home. Despite the lousy weathers countryside Christmas was excellent. Three words: peaceful, beautiful and modest. And Sanna Mander´sAatonaatto...
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Empty vases
My first post for the new year is empty vases. Nice to see what year 2014 brings along. Next month starts pipe renovation here in our flat and It brings along some difficulties but I´ll try to be...
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Millionaire´s biscuits - with sea salt
My plan was post this earlier… But better late than never. This was our countryside Xmas dessert.For the biscuit base I used ready-made short bread dough. Our cottage´s kitchen is so tiny and we don´t...
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HEY for the friday
Some cheer up for this grayish friday from swedish based illustrator / graphic designer Kyuhyung Cho´s Hey poster, available from here. This made me smile.***Vähän piritystä tummiin tammikuun...
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Weekend at home
For a change feels quite nice to spend weekend just at home. We´ve had so many countryside weekends lately. And I have long to do-list here. Our daughter would love to move her room to downstairs,...
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Nude Audio
Few days ago postman delivered a package from swedish pr-agency. There was portable bluetooth speaker from Nude Audio (size M) - which my daughter immediately stole and listens now (very loudly) I´m so...
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Nightlights
The effect of snow - what we have now, is light and I love it. And maybe because of this brightness I´ve done some reorganizing like these Tisdag led-lights for boys. They are perfect for reading and...
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Thank You!
I seems to have some kind of winter coma, at least what comes to blogging. Sorry! I have little home projects going on and I´m so addicted to reading (right now Chad Harbach´sThe Art of Fielding, last...
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