Snow... continued..yet again..

Barbecue snow cover recap.

December

January

February

I sound like a broken record.. but enough already!

This mountain range is all the snow off the roof...

However there are some bright spots about all this snow.
Like your teenager getting stuck in it..
Gave me a good laugh :)

25 days edition two

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mid winter...

..now if only the Olympics weren't a very frustrating -10 hours away.. time zone wise.. luckily I have next week off and can stay up late :)


This is for you...

I heart you all.

Over the weekend Mika shovelled snow off the roof.. while I rested my dizzy head on the couch (I had a weeklong antibiotic that made me slightly dizzy).


And now that snow is on top of the old snow..

To get the full idea of just how high those mountains are let me squat down..

Yeah...

I don't know when it'll all melt.
It hasn't gone above freezing for nearly two months straight..

Pink, pink and more pink

Teachers' room decorations for friday :)

Reetta and I had lots of fun planning and some frustration while executing..

..but it turned out brilliant.

And we even had cake!

Can't beat that.

Nostalgia trip...

..aka the things you can find in the school storage when looking for a tablecloth :)

So friday before last we got around to cleaning up the so called party storage room.. really it's a small walk-in closet with all the stuff in the wrong places, LOL. Not anymore though.. it looks so nice now. Plus it's all labeled.
But we are still missing tablecloths...

And we needed a pink one for the Valentine's table (never found that one but settled on the see through fabrics).
But while rummaging through the much bigger and much messier main storage I came across a box with stamps. And went into conniptions when I recognized the angels..

I remember these from MY school papers!!!
However I do remember that there was one more stamp with the angel crying.. maybe it's a good thing that's missing ;)
These antique stamps are now safely stored away in the principal's office.. such a piece of school history.

I also found these:

something else I remember from my papers :)

That main storage is something I plan to tackle (with help) this spring. I can only imagine the treasures that could pop up...

Paper on paper..on some more paper.. :)

-play tourist-

Last summer.
Just me and my camera all around my city.

-sweet-

Laura, do you recognize the view ;)
For those who don't know this is taken at the ladies bathroom at the top of Hotel Torni..
The bar is worth a visit just for this..

-us

Right now.

-ttyl-

(that's talk to you later) ;)

The 10am coffee break.

Time to hang out and chat with the best co-workers on the planet.
I like this pic of us this year.. looks like a real class :)

We're a laid back bunch for sure...

Enough already!

This photo was taken on Dec 23rd.
We've gotten a fair share (and then some!) of snow since then... in fact the last time Helsinki had this much snow was way in the early 1980's...

See this was nice.

Here's the comparison photo taken this week...

..notice how you can't even see the lower slots anymore!
We have a whopping 60cm of snow.
That's almost 24 inches.



...no..no.. that's not an igloo...

..it's my poor rhododendron all buried...

This is getting ridiculous..

..apparently we are getting some MORE snow this week.

More!!!

I honestly don't know where we're going to put it!

We already have this mountain on the north side..

..let me step back so you can see the real height as you can see where our foundation is..

Like I said..

enough is enough!

It is however still pretty.

But I've had enough pretty for this winter.

Thankyouverymuch.

I'll leave you with this shot I took while we were driving home from the in-laws' on sunday.

I really love the feel of speed.

This is snow at its best.

Makes for fun driving too :)