Random family pictures

I came across a box of old photos today I had set aside, and forgotten all about.
I found some great shots.

My Grandma, uncle and dad.
Hats and sunglasses.


Oh the size of those tulips!


My grandma, dad, uncle and granddad in the front row.
I have no clue who the people in the back row are...


Snacktime on the road.


This is the front steps of my house.
My great-grandma, uncle, grandma and dad.
This must be right after the house was built in 1952.


Rug washing time :)


The way the car is packed.. so great.


My great-grandma's house.


I love this shot of my grandparents....


oh my..giggles.. my dad's pants..


OK, I have noooo idea what kind of a fish dance they are doing... hehehee...


I did a double-take with this one.. my uncle as a kid looks so much like my cousin did 20 years ago..
It's a cool pic of how the yard looked back then..


On a road trip.


happy sigh.

Styling sisters

This photo.
Amazing dramatic sense from my Grandma.
She's second from the right there.

She could be in Vogue with that pose :)
I wish I knew who the other ladies are...

My great-aunt Maire.
I think this is from the late 40's?
After the war anyway..


Just look at these two sisters... love the hats.



Let's skip to the mid 70's, shall we?
The four sisters dancing together.. this is such a fun pic.
Elsa, Elvi, Irja (facing the other way) and Maire.


Irja and my Grandma in Spain.

Old photos like these make me smile.

Yellow bricks, green bricks, blue bricks...

They are out.
In throves.
Mountains.
Boxes.
There's some serious Lego building going on.


She loooooves her Legos.



And yes, we have a bunch.
That first grey box has a Princess castle etc. and the second box has pirate legos (some of which are my brother's old ones).
She also has some of the Cars legos, and heaps and heaps of plain bricks (all of my old ones too)
Not enough though.
Not by a long shot.
Apparently.

A round million bricks would be great, I hear.
Mmmmhhh...

I'm thinking her dream job would be at Legoland :)

Why are all these out now?
Because she found this in her Easter basket:


A very cool book.
I recommend this to all lego fans.
Of any age :D

(I got this one at Akateeminen Kirjakauppa)

7th

-shadow-

I was lucky to get some sunlight... can you guess what that is?
It keeps me company three to four times a week..


It's an old radio that stands beside our cross-trainer.

baked lime custards

This was our dessert, I got the recipe from here.



Yum, is all I can say...

And just so you know, I don't always get it right in the kitchen...
This is what happens when you double the muffin recipe, but accidentally quadruple the baking powder..

Yup.
Bang you head to the stone countertop kinda moment that one :P

Friday

As it was Good friday and a day off, it was the best reason to have my sister-in-law over with the kiddos.
I spent quite some time in the kitchen, but the beef bourgoigne was well worth it.



The girls did some painting.




And we kept this little one company as he had A LOT to say :)


He's just too cute.
And at three months the size my girls were at about 9 months :P

Some Get inspired pages

#201- change
-fridaesque-

Documenting my Halloween outfit of this year.

#202- collection of letters
-frog spawn-

Using left-over bits of alphabet stickers for the background.

And no, that isn't really frog spawn, but bits of passion fruit :P

#203- positive and negative
-design-

Used both the postive and negative technique on the title.

#206- up
-photo war-

There's a piece of cork to bring dimension to the page.

5th and 6th

-tiny-

Niina's collection of tiny Barbapapa figurines from Kinder chocolate eggs.
Two shy of an entire family.

-lunch-

Yesterday's lunch was a quick sandwich as I spent quite a while making a very nice beef bourgoigne for dinner.

4th

-someone who makes me smile-

These two do.

And it's been a loooong while since I got them to agree on a pic together :D

the 3rd

-mail-

I love that garden greenery.. too bad it's in Bali... It will never winter here, heh..

2.4.

-color-

I got a new box of acrylic paints at work today....

April photo challenge

I decided to jump in for this month.

Thanks, fatmumslim.


Reflection it is.