Leftover scarf November 6, 2009
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I knitted this really cool Bohemian scarf using nothing but tiny little bundles of leftover yarn. There is just one row of each colour and the yarn ends are simply knotted.
My boy likes the scarf, too. He even tasted it a little. Isn’t he a handsome beast?
Look at me! I’m wearing a scarf like a real boy!
Dog-tired March 2, 2009
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Tesla knows how to take it easy and where is the best place in the house to sleep.
A nap February 25, 2009
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More puppy pages… Tesla was a really funny thing (and he still is) and used to sleep in the most strange places and positions.
Wild thing February 23, 2009
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Here is my little dog again.
Shrek the third February 21, 2009
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This is the second page for my dogs’ movie book. If you didn’t get it, this is Shrek the third.
Oskar season January 25, 2009
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I came up with this brilliant idea of making a book of my dogs, inspired by films. Oskar always gives such an ‘Oskar-winning performance’ anyway. The first page also happens to go well with the Chinese New Year tomorrow. So, Happy New Year!
My ickle puppy December 13, 2008
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To my horror I just realised that I have not even started a scrapbook of Tesla and he is almost 2,5 years old. Had to just drop everything and get started. Here are the first two pages I did. Have a look at the living room on the second page. Now that is what I call Scandinavian minimalist! Only kidding. The whole house had just been emptied by removal guys and the dogs took advantage of the empty rooms.
Fur babies July 5, 2008
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I haven’t done any scrapbooking for ages so it was time to make a couple of layouts. Of my dogs, of course.
The journaling reads: Who? Me? And what makes you think that it was me who ripped the paper?
This picture is almost two years old and although Tesla is only a little puppy in this he still looks exactly the same today.
Christmas spirit… December 13, 2007
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…is not something we drink. I thought I could post some scrapbook pages for a change. These have been made ages ago and I don’t think I’ve done any since. Must change that.
This one says: “Getting into the Christmas Spirit”. “On his first Christmas Oskar was a greedy puppy and would eat and drink anything, even our wine. He would have had it all, if we had not stopped him.” He hasn’t touched the stuff since, I’d like to add.
“Doggy sing-a-long”. “Oskar loves singing. He sings to anything: ice cream tunes, Star Trek soundtrack, anything high-pitched, folk music, religious music…Oskar’s favourite songs:
-Loverly Spring from Lemony Snicket
-Caravan Song by Barbara Dickson
-Carpet of the Sun by Renaissance
-Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
Oskar has also taught his little brother Tesla to sing and now they sing some duettes every day. Tesla is nowhere near as good as Oskar, in fact, Tesla is mainly amusing but Oskar always does an “Oscar winning performance”.
Nothing to add to this one!
“Snow Quarry.” “We found this place near us where all the snow from the streets of Espoo gets dumped. It looked a lot like a quarry, except for rocks it had snow and so we started to call it a snow quarry. Since there were no snow lorries at the weekends it was a great place for Oskar to run. Oskar would go and find a lump of snow and then be chased. He would also climb on top of a mountain and be the king of the hill.”
What a star!
Cigarbox doggies July 16, 2007
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I made an accordian book for my mum last Christmas. I finished it so late that I had no time to take pictures of it. My mum just came for a visit so I ordered her to bring the book so that I can finally take some pictures. I think the book turned out so well that I had real difficulties parting with it at the time.
The book has a cosy home in a little metal cigarbox. The name of the book is ‘Koiruuksia Lapissa’. I have used the word before in a calendar as ’Koiruuksien vuosi’ and explaned it like this: ”Koiruuksien vuosi is a play on words. The word ‘koira’ means ‘dog’. Often dog owners call dogs ‘koiruus’ which comes from the word dog but it means ‘practical joke’ or ‘prank’. So, ‘koiruuksien vuosi’ could be understood as ’the year of the dogs’ or ‘the year of pranks’”. So, Koiruuksia Lapissa could be understood as ‘Dogs in Lapland’ or ‘Pranks in Lapland’. You still with me? So, here come the pictures:
The text on the inner cover reads: Oskar and Tesla moved to Lapland in August 2006.
Text reads: Autumn colours
Note: Our Oskar is well comouflaged in autumn with his amazing red colour! Luckily there is some white too so that we can find him 
Text reads: (left page) Mates, brothers, (right page) Autumn swim
Text reads: (left page) Cute, (right page) Rush
Text reads: (left page) Snowball in a rubbersuit, (right page) Iceskating
Text reads: (left page) Frost, snow, Yippee!
