June

June brought midnights like this.

And some rain too.

Polka dotted trees, what's not to love!

I finished the two pairs of wool socks I had been working on.

 

We picked up frames from Ikea so Niina could put some of her favorite Lego guys on display.

I made many tiny rag rugs from scraps of Marimekko fabrics for the fair in July.

I hosted Andrea and Erin for a few days. 

A tour of Helsinki should always start with champagne at the Ateljee Bar high up.

Lunch by the sea.

I have a bad habit of spoiling strawberries forever for my non-Scandinavian friends... Once you taste these, you will never look at a strawberry quite the same way again.

The allotment started giving yummies.

There were pink peonies..

...and pink skies.

I worked on the book.

As of today I only have four more tutorials to shoot, then the writing commences.

We checked out the new public sauna/bar/restaurant Löyly in town.

I can't wait to see how the wood turns a lovely grey eventually.

Pretty random flowers on electrical boxes.

Yes!

Mother-daughter quality time. 

G&T's and drag queens.

Dusty Blow and Lamey Crackhouse looking glamorous.

The aftermath of dragalicious glitter.

May

May started off with  lovely weather for May Day.

Garden planters were filled with blooms.

I even took out my Instax and played some.

Niina was part of a great theater project at school.

I'll have more coming on the play soon.

A family affair: one acting, one doing the make up and one behind the camera.

We saw this. Awesome.

Had a date with my god daughter.

Baked a rhubarb pie for a picnic.

The kids at the Club painted these amazing beetles. They were so happy to use the metallic and glitter paints.

There was a staff trip to Porvoo.

Bubbly on the river, baby butterflies and some seriously good food.

Mika fixed the flat on my bike!

And I have a new stripy dress.

April

The month started with a weekend of baby sitting the littles (as my niece and nephew go by at our house).

Also some quality mother-daughter drag show time!

We even got to meet Ben De La Creme.

Flowers to brighten ordinary Tuesdays.

Visiting the spring garden expo.

Waving BA-BYE to my dad's old place that sold.

Cheers for that and not having to set foot in that place again... (there was a fair amount of packing up and throwing stuff out done).

Busy buzzing bumblebees and ice cream at the park.

Absolutely crazy weather and pretty little wild flowers.

Sure signs of spring.

Prince songs were listened to.

Starfish and Coffee was in my head for days.

There was that one day our Club space was rented out to a ad agency...

But hey, strawberries... right?