Eika omasta kolostaan pitais aivan harkitsematta lahtea. Kotitontut olivat vallan villiintyneet meidan poissaollessa, joka paikassa oli roskia ja tiskaamattomia astioita ja jaakaappi oli ihan tyhja. (Miehan en toki jattaisi kotia siihen kuntoon, syytan siis tonttuja.) Kodin vaarojen listaan on lisattava myos yksi uusi: Mikron Hirvio. Ja kaiken huipuksi kilpikonna, joka ei Pomatomusten kanssa tullut lainkaan juttuun, oli ottanut ja omavaltaisesti purkanut sukanalun takaisin keralle. Kilpparia kuulusteltaessa se konna ei tunnustanut mitaan.
Vieraalla maalla ollessa kasityot ei juuri edistyneet. Naytan kuvan yhdesta valmistuneesta tyosta kummiskin. Tama valmistui viime viikolla, kyseessa on jalleen RR-tyo. Talla kertaa oli aiheena valimerelliset tai englantilaiset maisemat tai puutarhat, ja malleistani loysin taman, joka lahinna vastasi tyon vaatimuksia. Minusta tama on kaunis, toivottavasti tyon saajakin pitaa. Kuvan naytan vasta nyt, kun luulin, etta se oli mennyt hukkapiiloon, mutta loysin sen kameran uumenista joten on mita nayttaa.
Tyo on aika pieni, vain 71 pistoa kanttiinsa, mutta vareja olikin sitten 49 nain pieneen tyohon onnistuttu upottamaan. En kylla kasita, miksi esimerkiksi tuohon taloon tarvittiin ehdottomasti 6 ruskean savya, ja puunrunkoihin 4 eri harmaanruskeata. Tausta tyossa on siis melko eksoottisen nakoinen :)
Nyt meen nauttimaan omasta sohvasta ja pistelyhommista, tyon alla on toinen RR-juttu.
Edit: Muisti on hyva mutta lyhyt. Eli, Mari haastoi tammoiseen, joten tassapa tulee:
Haaste: Tue suomalaisten lasten hyväksi tehtävää tärkeää vapaaehtoistyötä lahjoittamalla rahaa Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliiton tilille ja/tai lisäämällä blogiisi linkki Miljoona Lapselle -sivulle (http://www.miljoonalapselle.net). Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto ei ole tämän haasteen takana, vaan haaste on yksityishenkilöiden liikkeelle laittama.
Siina on sita linkkia, linkkilistaan en sita laita kun tarkotus on muutenki siivota tota sivupalkkia kauniimmaksi. Ketaan en myoskaan haasta, enka halua etta mun lahjoituksia mainostetaan missaan, mutta rahaa lahjoitan hyvaan juttuun. Haasteen voi napata kuka haluaa. Ja kiitos Marille haasteesta, lapsille lahjoitan mielellani!
I'm so happy to be home! We were taking care of my friend's three dogs for a couple of days, and I love being at home again. Mr HairyFeet and me, we love being at home and we hate traveling, when your home is the best place to be.
And one should not leave one's home without significant consideration. Our little house-elves (a lot of them look like Pippin for some reason) went nuts when we were gone: the place was filthy and everywhere were dirty dishes and the fridge was empty. I'd never leave the house like that, I blame the elves. And the list of dangers of home needs an addition: The Monster that Dwells in the Microwave Oven. And the turtle, who did not get along with the Pomatomus socks, he went and frogged my project when I was gone. I interrogated the turtle, but he had no comments on the matter.
While we were gone, I couldn't really finish any projects. I have a picture of a finished project though. I finished this last week, it's for the RR "swap" on the Finnish cross-stitching list. (The idea of RR [Round Robin] is that there are 4 or 5 people in a ring, everyone stitches a picture of 100 x 100 stitches for everyone. I started mine with a sampler, and everyone in the ring will stitch a part of what's to become a pillow, and when I get it back, it'll be finished. It's like 5 people knitting a sweater: everyone in the ring will get a sweater of their liking, but each of them have to knit only maybe a sleeve or a front and the outcome is always a bit of a surprise.) This time, the theme was Mediterranean or English scenery and gardens, and this was the only pattern I had of the required size. I like this a lot, I hope the person this'll go to likes it too. I'll show the pic now, though I finished it last week. I thought I had lost the picture, but I found it in my camera, so here it is.
This is only 71 x 71 stitches, but there were 49 different colors. I don't get it, why does the house need to be stitched with 6 different shades of brown, or the tree with 4 different shades of greyish brown. The back of the stitched piece looks very messy because of this :D
I need to enjoy my couch and my stitching now, I have another RR to finish. Next time I hope to have more to show.
Edit: I was challenged by Mari to participate in a Finnish charity event for kids, which I did. Just forgot to write it down before.
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