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Views of Vancouver from Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver. That's Mt. Baker in Washington state showing faintly in the lower photo. The small image size doesn't do justice to the amazing panorama. This is a quick wave to say... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 13/09/2013 | 11 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
During these long hot and dry summer days I often feel as if time moves very slowly, or I move slowly as if through molasses. Yet, suddenly it is mid-August. We've had very busy days all summer with much... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/08/2013 | 7 comments
themes: Blogging, Home, Other artists
deer & rain
rain and deer, not reindeer dear rain, dear deer doe, a doe, a female deer fawn, a fawn, a junior deer A vision of grace and beauty in our backyard a couple of days ago. A stroll through the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/08/2013 | 10 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
dawn & dusk
It is too hot to think or do anything physical. We're on day 26 of no rain, afternoon temperatures in the high 20's C (low 80's F) with mid to high humidity - on the way to possible records... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/07/2013 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
More intriguing investigations that occur while out gardening...... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/06/2013 | 10 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
It's the season for the flowering plants and various cuttings which have wintered over indoors to move outdoors for the summer. As I care for them I note again that a majority are pink. Is pink really the the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/06/2013 | 17 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
Victoria Day flowers
A peek at the back rhododendron garden on this Victoria Day long weekend. The bees are buzzing about drunkenly, not letting me get too close. Busy days continue. Tomorrow a cousin from Finland comes to visit!... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/05/2013 | 4 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
a German cookbook
I have been peeking into some of my late mother-in-law's boxes which my husband brought home from her house, now sold. Her obviously very old handwritten cookbook intrigued me, reminding me a little of my mother's Finnish cookbook. While... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/05/2013 | 16 comments
themes: Books, Found Objects, History, Home, Photoworks
silken twine
a crocheted silk lace piano scarf made by my late mother-in-law many decades ago bringing forth memories of it gracing her piano Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine. Under every grief and pine... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/05/2013 | 22 comments
themes: Home, Photoworks, Textures
too many goodbyes
Sunday was spent traveling to the Victoria area on Vancouver Island for my late aunt's 'remembering'... a sweet event, lovingly and artistically arranged by her daughter, my cousin, at her charming lakeside cottage home. Heartwarming stories and memories shared... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 30/04/2013 | 11 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
looking up, looking under and looking down while awaiting arrival of old friends on this beautiful Earth Day... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/04/2013 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
flying trees
As I've mentioned before, a brand new home has been emerging next door to us. Landscaping appears to now be underway and numerous large trees are flying in! Actually a crane is lifting them off trucks and into their... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/04/2013 | 6 comments
themes: Home
a busy month
Like September, April is a busy and transitional month for me. Instead of going to 'school' aka the print studio, I go through the reverse. Last week I packed up and brought home my completed editions and supplies. To... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/04/2013 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
Easter eggs
My hand goes out to you, gentle readers, with wishes for a sunny, warm and happy Easter long weekend. Hauskaa Pääsiäistä, Joyeuses Pâques, Frohes Ostern, Happy Easter... if that is a tradition for you. I like to think of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 29/03/2013 | 14 comments
themes: Culture, Home, Human, Photoworks
mild with very heavy rains a swamp in the yard buds burst forth March is named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people...... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/03/2013 | 8 comments
themes: Home
a fungi find
In the corner of our backyard is an area that I call our woodland garden with its tree-sized rhododendrons, camellia and other shrubs. It's a delight for children to hide and run under. A few days ago as we... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/03/2013 | 15 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
on Mt. Seymour
"Opa" took the granddaughters up to the mountain for some sledding and captured some striking photographs which he's allowing me to share here. I love that clean bright snow, those moody skies and that beady-eyed raven hoping for a... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/02/2013 | 16 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
Here she is 'dressed to the nines' for her ninth blog anniversary today, with a wish to extend warmest thank yous to all readers for your visits, comments, conversations and friendship over these years. Though I post less frequently... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/02/2013 | 23 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Blogging, Home
last day of 2012
A few scenes from this afternoon's walk... how I love the dark lines and silhouettes of the trees against bright water and sky. I love those white clouds and patches of blue behind. As I wrote five years ago:... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/12/2012 | 13 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Films, Home, Other artists
Winter Story 2012
Granddaughter Lael's annual Winter Story is now up! Daddy does the difficult part of animating her drawings, as he has done since 2003. Lael's family sends this unique greeting out to all their friends and family for Christmas -... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/12/2012 | 3 comments
themes: Culture, Home, Other artists
Christmas card
As mentioned previously, my current art work is centered around images of hands with objects. Thus came the inspiration for this year's Christmas card, with both our granddaughters' hands holding a Nordic straw Christmas ornament. Giving a gift. I... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/12/2012 | 26 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Current Events, Home
morning snow
a lovely scene to awaken upon catching falling snow snow lace on skylight and a paper snowflake while writing here the piano is being tuned in the next room with curious girls watching looking forward to violin/piano duets Christmas... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/12/2012 | 8 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
Interesting date today, isn't it? This sent me for a quick look through my archives for posts on past December 12s. On December 12th, 2005, I wrote about juggling the many roles in my life in this busiest time... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/12/2012 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Books, Culture, Current Events, Home
fog and sun
8:12 a.m., November 15th, 2012 In a very wet month, a rare moment of brilliant light mirrored in water softened by fog (Compare to November 19th, 2008)... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/11/2012 | 9 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
deer, oh dear
Some of us were out this morning at violin lessons and running errands. During our last stop, a message came from home with an image of deer in our backyard! At home, we heard about how they had come... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 27/10/2012 | 14 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home, Neat stuff
Yesterday's surprise when the clouds lifted: the mountain tops dressed in white. Beautiful - the first of this fall. The weather report warned of a chance of frost overnight: I scrambled to take cuttings of some of my pelargoniums... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/10/2012 | 16 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
it's raining
... it's pouring, thundering on skylights, roofs and decks, gardens become sated with drink after a long drought, three days of rain after months of scarcely a drop, still more watery days to continue remembering one magical sight of white... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 14/10/2012 | 9 comments
themes: Home
giving thanks
Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. I first wrote about it in 2004, for myself as I researched its roots, and for readers unfamiliar with the Canadian custom that is held much earlier than its American version. In our... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/10/2012 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Home
1. Garden: We had a record dry August and September here, and still no rain. I have trouble keeping up with watering. With cooling nights now, the last of the tomatoes were harvested, with the green ones ripening in... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 03/10/2012 | 5 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
autumn equinox
One day last week when I was leaving the studio and walking back to my car, the changing colours on the trees and shrubs along the path made me slow down to enjoy them. Feeling as if I were... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/09/2012 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
signs of autumn
- when a grandchild brings you a couple of leaves in the colours of fall - when going back to the print studio feels like going back to school - when dear artist friends gather together again after a... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 14/09/2012 | 6 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home, Nature, Photoworks
the bowl breaks (2)
More fragments, shards, the saving of memories present to past... all themes in my printworks and photoworks Please see the bowl breaks (1) for the update should you have missed it.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/09/2012 | 5 comments
themes: Home, Photoworks, Textures
the bowl breaks (1)
... an addition to my 'breaks' series of a sort, with more photos to come... Added the next day, this note from Elisa, whose bowl this was: One of the casualties of our return from the English countryside to... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/09/2012 | 11 comments
themes: Home, Photoworks, Textures
Hazelnuts or filberts drying in the sun granddaughters picked this first crop ever to be harvested from our tree only because we cut it down before the squirrels got them all a tree that was planted by squirrels in... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/09/2012 | 16 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
still hot and humid, even last night wilting, dripping, headachy, cranky Fading like these flowers (the name** has escaped me - anyone?). I did manage to register for a space this fall in the printmaking studio, swallowing a huge... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/08/2012 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
afternoon shadows
late afternoon shadow play by plants not hands behind curtains still hot, mid to high 20s blessedly cooler nights hinting autumn... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 13/08/2012 | 12 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
art in the garden
As regular readers know, one of our daughters and her two girls have been back here from England for some time. Their father is now also here for a month. Our eldest daughter has joined us for the weekend,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 11/08/2012 | 9 comments
themes: Home
heat haze at 10:00 am A heat wave persists with the hottest day yet on Sunday breaking some records here and there, 34C (93F) in our backyard. A brief break yesterday afternoon on a holiday long weekend with cloud... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/08/2012 | 13 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
Up close to a few of the flowers in the garden, indoors and out... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/07/2012 | 12 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
suddenly, summer
After a miserable spring and the coldest, wettest June ever, climaxing in a terrific downpour a week ago, summer has suddenly arrived with the heatwave from eastern North America. Afternoons are suddenly reaching 30C (86F)! Must. Not. Complain.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/07/2012 | 10 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
coffee & cake
Yesterday, we had friends Marianna and Terry come for a visit. The time flew as we talked and talked over coffee and cake in the European tradition, as Marianna wrote, so common to Germans, Swiss, Finns and others. Soon... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/07/2012 | 6 comments
themes: Blogging, Home
Canada Day weekend
Hope Canadians had a great Canada Day yesterday! It was thankfully a dry, warm and sometimes sunny day around Vancouver for those out to see parades and fireworks or going to backyard pool and BBQ gatherings with family annd... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/07/2012 | 11 comments
themes: Blogging, Canada and BC, Home
Life is happily busy with family. As you probably know, our 'English' family arrived over two weeks ago. Yesterday our eldest daughter arrived for a weekend visit from where she lives about five hours away by car, so all... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 16/06/2012 | 6 comments
themes: Current Events, Home
still here
...and still busy with the spring projects. The new wood floor in the bedroom is done; work on the adjoining bathroom is in progress. The whole house is dusty and messy with displaced furniture and may be for a... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/05/2012 | 3 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
May flowers
a part of a larger flower cluster of choisya, Mexican orange, with a heavenly scent a pretty wild creeper with tiny flowers and leaves that grows up rock walls and in the lawn, name unknown but much loved the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/05/2012 | 6 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
magic moments
What an incredible sunset sky on Monday evening, April 23rd, taken from our back deck. Do you see the magnolia tree in the top two images? Here it is again below, taken this afternoon just when the sun came... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/04/2012 | 11 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
Finnish ABCs 2
As mentioned earlier about this old Finnish primer, I became most fascinated by the variety of fonts shown side by side. Imagine a young child just learning the ABCs and beginning to read, also learning to read along with... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/04/2012 | 8 comments
themes: Books, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Found Objects, History, Home, Photoworks
Finnish ABCs
When I found my mother's old Finnish cookbook, with it was a little aapinen, a Finnish ABC book or primer. A sad little thing without a cover, unlike this one, so I don't know when it was published, possibly... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 21/04/2012 | 13 comments
themes: Books, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Found Objects, History, Home, Photoworks
'night 'night
sight: circles, bubbles, rings taste: hot, slightly sweet, milky, cocoa feel: warm cup, comfort, drowsy hear: sleep tight!... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/04/2012 | 15 comments
themes: Home, Photoworks, Textures
a Finnish cookbook-2
a look inside my mother's old cookbook: some pages on cake making a handwritten recipe on a blank page - a naughty habit of mine as well many loose bits of paper inserted throughout, some with handwritten recipes and... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 29/03/2012 | 16 comments
themes: Books, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Found Objects, Home, Photoworks
a Finnish cookbook
Marja-Leena | 25/03/2012 | 21 comments
themes: Books, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Found Objects, History, Home, Photoworks
music, friends, art...
It has been quiet here on the blog while life has been exciting some days, sometimes leaving me too tired for words (partly due to a cold as well). So just a list as to what has been going... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/01/2012 | 8 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Being an Artist, Home, Music, Neat stuff
jack frost
Jack Frost has been visiting on our clear cold nights recently, doing his artistry in the garden with his sparkling white paints. It is now back to rain, and looking like a green Christmas. And that reminds me.... it... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/12/2011 | 16 comments
themes: Culture, Home
No, not down here but from a visit to Mt. Seymour a few short weeks ago. I'm enjoying dipping into those photos! Though the weather is much warmer this week (8C or 46F this evening!) I'm still dreaming of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 17/12/2011 | 12 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
white night
another photo from atop Mt. Seymour having trouble getting to sleep, sitting here with sleepytime tea, looking out at a white night, a brilliant white full moon, a sparkling white frosted lawn there will be a lunar eclipse in... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 10/12/2011 | 7 comments
themes: Home
looking south
Lifting my head from letter writing, my eyes are drawn to glimpses of bright but long low rays of sunshine crossing the yard, breaking through the neighbour's dense row of trees along the south side of our property. With... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/12/2011 | 8 comments
themes: Home
getting into the mood
for Christmas, that is... a favourite photo posted three years ago ~ Visited the annual Christmas Craft Fair: at the Scandinavian Centre a week ago Sunday and bought some Christmas gifts and lots of Finnish pulla and Karelian pies, a... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/12/2011 | 7 comments
themes: Culture, Current Events, Home
December sunrise
7:40 am 8:00 am First day of the last month of the year and I'm far too busy! This week I've done some gardening, cleaned the house, had an overnight guest, and spent this day preparing prints for our... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/12/2011 | 21 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
falling leaves
The leaves are really coming down now, blown by the high winds and rain of a typical November storm. I'm glad to be snug and warm at home today. Such a contrast to the snow covered evergreens atop Mt.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/11/2011 | 16 comments
themes: Home
Sunday drive
Escaping the three-girl-band practice coming to our house this afternoon, we went on a drive up to one of our local mountains to see the snow. A short-lived snowfall down here near sea level this past Thursday night had... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/11/2011 | 15 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
weathering october
Summer was short. The rains of fall started early and I'm wondering if we will get any Indian summer. Gardening has been hit and miss. On some rare dry days, I'm trying to take cuttings and divisions and bring... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/10/2011 | 13 comments
themes: Current Events, Home
Getting ready for a special teatime on the deck, one summer afternoon a few weeks ago, after daughter Elisa came home from an unusual visit to her favourite Italian bakery in Vancouver. How excited and round-eyed the grandgirls were,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/09/2011 | 12 comments
themes: Blogging, Home
a wave
...still here but distracted by domestic things like refrigerators.... In the meantime, I highly recommend reading this and this over at the Cassandra Pages.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/08/2011 | 3 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
Elisa and her little girls arrived safely in London in the early hours of this morning, Vancouver time. They are joyful seeing husband and father after more than two months. The last few days have been a whirlwind, then... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/08/2011 | 13 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
We are having the dog days of summer here... at last, for those who like the heat, which I don't, but just in time for our "English" daughter and granddaughters to get in some quality beach time. They will... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/08/2011 | 15 comments
themes: Home, Photography
early one morning
around 4:45 a.m. a week or so ago, the insomniac's sweet reward... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/08/2011 | 12 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
summertime is
the taste of homegrown tomatoes... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/07/2011 | 11 comments
themes: Home
raccoons' morning bath
It is 8:00 am and I am sitting at my computer preparing a blog post when at the corner of my eye by the window I see some movement outside in the backyard. Lo! a family of raccoons having... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/07/2011 | 16 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home, Neat stuff
garden art
Summer seems to have finally arrived here with the turn of the month. After a long cold gloomy spring, the light now seems almost too brilliant, especially for photography. We've been out on the good days in the past... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/07/2011 | 15 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
early Sunday morn
Opa spotted the grandgirls enjoying a sunny morning story time while most of the house occupants are fast asleep!... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/06/2011 | 12 comments
themes: Current Events, Home
tracks in snow
More photos from the weekend's snow...you know how I like looking underfoot! Most are obvious but the last one I leave as a mystery for you to puzzle over, as I did when I first saw it.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 28/02/2011 | 6 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
snow, snow, snow
After a week of subzero temperatures and frozen ground, snow has been coming down steadily, at first lightly all day yesterday, then heavily in the evening and all night. This morning it was still snowing but the forecast said... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 27/02/2011 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
After hours and days of working at the computer and a bit in my home studio, today I just had to take a break and enjoy the sunshine outdoors. My garden has been much neglected since the fall and... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/02/2011 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
early signs
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themes: Canada and BC, Home
Happy Christmas, Hauskaa Joulua
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas, Hauskaa Joulua, Frohe Weihnachten, Joyeux Noël, God Jul! Love and light, peace and joy this season and always. I'm recalling the very white and beautiful Christmas period that we had two years... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/12/2010 | 15 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Home
on yesterday's walk
The sun was shining, the sky a clear blue, the night's slight frost gone, and we were tempted outdoors for a walk to the park. In this natural woodland park by the sea we spotted some human touches in... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/12/2010 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
in winter sun
In our neighbourhood near sea level, most of Friday night's snow has melted. Lots of brilliant white snow lies low down on the mountains. It's cold and a bit windy, hovering around freezing this afternoon as I go about... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 21/11/2010 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
yesterday and today
Sandwiched between some cold and rainy days, yesterday was a brilliant sunny one, such a pleasure when it's now more rare and cannot be taken for granted. Above is an iconic Vancouver scene that I enjoyed in the morning... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 11/11/2010 | 5 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
feels like fall
- cool rainy days alternating with some sunny warm days - the first long slow oven-roasted chicken - the first cold night at 8C (46F) - the first pot of chicken soup simmering on the stove - floating medallions... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/09/2010 | 10 comments
themes: Home
labours of love
There's not been much art busy-ness happening here since I wrote this art and garden busy-ness post last April. I've been busy with garden, family, a few little trips away but lots of laziness too, sometimes due to hot... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 06/09/2010 | 9 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
shadow play
This afternoon's moment of shapely shadows playing on white curtain, recalling yesterday's fleeting, precious ephemeral instant: a hummingbird's shadow, too quick to be captured with camera, as he feeds at the hanging red ivy geraniums.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 21/08/2010 | 5 comments
themes: Home
...more scan play with dried flowers, this one a dipladenia This morning's wake up call was the sound of slamming doors echoing through the house. A pleasant coolness felt almost chilly after the week's heat wave. All morning the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/07/2010 | 9 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
I know I shouldn't complain after our cool spring but I am much too hot! It was 30C (86F) here yesterday and today will be hotter, and it's humid too. I know those in eastern Canada and US are... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/07/2010 | 10 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
garden delights
I'm continuing to enjoy a relaxing extra long weekend at home, especially observing the ever evolving cycles of blossoming and going-to-seed in the garden, messy in places still but with many rewarding delights for the senses. Another delight is... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/07/2010 | 5 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
June's end
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themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
looking out
sitting here with no words to offer but a bit of my view over the back yard...... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 29/06/2010 | 9 comments
themes: Home
the tomatoes are growing, golden nuggets almost ready the first cucumber was delicious, many more awaiting little baby peppers are appearing like magic local sweet strawberries and raspberries for dessert a huge full strawberry moon tonight it must be... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/06/2010 | 10 comments
themes: Home
growing vegetables
Or, really, the trouble with growing some of your own vegetables.... Why did we, a month ago, book a short holiday for next week, at the busiest time of the gardening season? Spring had been so cool that my... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/05/2010 | 14 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
Happy May Day
The first of May is historically and culturally more important in Europe than in North America, rooted in ancient pagan celebrations of spring sometimes mixed with some modern political overtones. I briefly indulge in some fond memories of some... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/05/2010 | 19 comments
themes: Culture, Home
hellos and goodbyes
Much greeting and hugging and then goodbyes have been a large part of our holidays as our family swelled from seven for Christmas Eve to nine on the 27th, then twelve for just a day on the 28th and... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 30/12/2009 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Home
lights of the season
enjoying the days of sunlight and frost fires and warm candlelight in foggy nights these last days of the year... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 27/12/2009 | 8 comments
themes: Culture, Home
Winter Stories 2009
Every Christmas since 2003, our granddaughter Lael, now 9, has told a winter story that her daddy has animated and put on her website as their holiday greeting to their friends and family. And each year since I started... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/12/2009 | 8 comments
themes: Home, Other artists
full moon, fog, frost
Oak Moon, Cold Moon, Frost Moon, Long Night's Moon, Moon Before Yule, 7:20 a.m., December 2nd fog and sunrise frost on the path... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 03/12/2009 | 10 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
home fires burning
Thanks to Erika for posting my video onto her Flickr account! The past few days we've been without home heating, that is, a central heating system we take for granted in most homes in the developed world. Ours is... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 11/11/2009 | 14 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Current Events, Environment, Home, Music
autumn at home
surprise sunrise scene in the kitchen lovely blossoms still blooming madly but producing only plum sized squash babies from volunteers that appeared late in the summer and have grown like Jack-in-the-beanstalks in the new planting bed the best fall... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/10/2009 | 4 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
Detail of a totem in Thunderbird Park, Victoria Though there have been many exhilarating days, I've often been feeling exhausted this month due to sleeping poorly. I realize that's because I'm going through a time of transition in many... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/09/2009 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
summer is...
fresh picked red currants sweetened by sunshine, precious last ones saved for granddaughters' picking pleasure a record heat wave sprinkler swirls sparkling water to delight garden and jumping children a new roof overheated workers start early, quit early... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/07/2009 | 17 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
heat wave whine
too hot to plant my garden (I'm way behind because of the trip) too much weeding and watering to do too hot to sleep, too hot to think, too hot to write We've had only one partial day of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/06/2009 | 2 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
April Fool's
I was shocked on waking up to see snow coming down and it just keeps coming, wet yet sticking. What an April Fool's Day joke Mother Nature is playing on us! Rare though it is, we've had snow... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/04/2009 | 9 comments
themes: Culture, Home
spring and birthdays
'Tis the first day of spring and I'm longing for the weather to match! A very cold winter not easing up for spring means this year the garden is unusually late for normally balmy Vancouver. Blame the depressing weather if... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/03/2009 | 14 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Home
foggy January
19 days of fog few sunny periods cold below, warm above an air inversion they say fog horns, monotonal musical nights black white and grey moody haunting magical inspiration for old English novels Added Jan.25th, 2009: Listen to... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/01/2009 | 9 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
shape shifting
shrinking shapes of white shifting from all white to black-and-white to green-and-white ... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/01/2009 | 12 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
epiphany deluge
It's the 12th day of Christmas and Epiphany (or loppiainen, a national holiday in Finland). It's the day we try take down the Christmas tree and decorations and I'm making a slow start on that, leaving some of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 06/01/2009 | 14 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Home
New Year's Hope
'Tis the sixth day of Christmas and another New Year's Eve before us, how the year flew by! As I drank my breakfast tea over our local newspaper, the editorial pleased me in putting some of my own thoughts... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/12/2008 | 10 comments
themes: Culture, Current Events, Home
yesterday: rain, melting snow, flooded streets this morning, sunshine; this afternoon, more rain? heavy clumps of snow falling off trees and roof edges still deep white yards, snowbanks, tracks on roads tilting snowmen, carrot noses pointed... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 28/12/2008 | 13 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home, Nature, Photoworks
Lael's Winter Story 2008
Once again, we wish to share our pride and delight with what has become an annual tradition: a gift from our now eight-year old granddaughter and her family, Lael's Winter Story 2008. Lael made up the story and... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/12/2008 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
season's best to you
Dear readers, take your pick: Happy Christmas, Hauskaa Joulua, Frohe Weihnachten, Joyeux Noël, God Jul, Happy Hanukkah, or whatever you celebrate... or not. And please: peace and an end to poverty! Thank you all from the bottom of my... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/12/2008 | 11 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Home
white and bright
at 5:00 pm Sunday, December 21st, 2008 It's almost midnight on winter solstice day and it's been snowing almost steadily for 24 hours and it is still coming down. What an incredibly beautiful winter wonderland it is out there.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/12/2008 | 10 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
solstice time
At [10:04 a.m. Pacific Time] on Sunday Dec. 21, 2008, the northern hemisphere begins its tilt back toward the sun, marking the winter solstice in this part of the world and slowly leading to longer days. This may be... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 21/12/2008 | 6 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
snow and ice
Well, more snow came down on Wednesday and it has stayed. Here, in the usually balmiest corner of Canada, we are experiencing zub-sero temperatures. Instead of the rain quickly washing it all away as usual there's lots more... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/12/2008 | 16 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
weather report
Though many areas around Metro Vancouver received a lot of snow on the weekend, our little microclimate prevented us from getting more than a dusting and even that was blown away by the high winds. Funny how the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/12/2008 | 13 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
snowy morning
First snow at sea level arrived this morning, beautiful, mesmerizing thick fluffy flakes falling for two or three hours but still too wet to build up very much, then quickly washed away by rain. The local mountains have... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/12/2008 | 15 comments
themes: Home
winter garden
This beauty is from my indoor collection of plants, a zygocactus I think. Taking advantage of a spot of sunshine this afternoon, I wandered about outside in my garden, clipping red berried branches, fragrant cedar and shiny green ivy... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/12/2008 | 5 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
homey day
a lazy Saturday indoors a drizzly misty rain outdoors lingering long after breakfast reading snippets from the weekend paper to each other a little tidying and watering plants a soothing massage on sore legs and aching knee a... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 29/11/2008 | 5 comments
themes: Home
fog, frost and sun
Thick fog all night and this morning, then sudden brilliance magnified by mirroring water. Rising light reveals season's first frost on cold glass. Capture it quickly before sun's melting touch! Long low golden light... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/11/2008 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
I felt really happy this fall with the progress on my art work, with ARKEO #4 and #5. However this month my artmaking has suddenly stalled, as have fall garden cleanup and long walks, and it's not just... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/11/2008 | 19 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
Thanksgiving and Nobel Peace Prize
The elections here in Canada and the US plus the world economy has taken far too much of our attention lately. Canadians vote on Tuesday, October 14th and that night will be an anxious one awaiting results that we... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/10/2008 | 11 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Home
splendid September
(scan of maple leaf found in old telephone book) After a very wet and cool second-half-of-August, we have had non-stop sunny days, and hot ones this week too! I love the contrasts of the cooler nights and... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/09/2008 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
As I mentioned before, I have been catching up with some printmaking the past two weeks. I completed the two editions as planned, then documented and photographed them. I have yet to process the images and post them... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/08/2008 | 14 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
busy busy
This first week of August has been a busy one for me with three days spent in the printmaking studio. I signed up for two weeks of summer access in order to complete two editions, of which I'd... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/08/2008 | 14 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
summer in the backyard
A glimpse into what is at its best in our backyard right now
Marja-Leena | 12/07/2008 | 12 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
Friday July 4th
I'm still very busy in the domestic front these days, alternating between gardening outdoors and purging indoors. My studio is looking less like a hurricane hit it, but I can't speak yet for the areas where the returning family... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/07/2008 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
white nights
Awake at 3:30 this morning, unable to get back to sleep, I made myself a soothing cup of hot cocoa (with goat's milk and stevia) and sat at the table reading yesterday's paper. Looking outside, to the northeast I... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/06/2008 | 17 comments
themes: Culture, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Home
June garden
Still working much too hard in the garden. Here are a few images of what's lovely today, a drizzly day and a relief after yesterday's heat. How does your garden grow? Addendum June 18th: Leslee... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 17/06/2008 | 21 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
June beginnings
....busy preparing some of my work to put into an exhibit shared with an artist friend, making decisions on which of my already framed works to choose, updating....
Marja-Leena | 04/06/2008 | 12 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home, Music
summer's here
Today is the Victoria Day holiday and what a busy long weekend it has been. My husband took Friday off work and we've been working hard in the garden for three days in a row. Three gorgeous sunny days, the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/05/2008 | 10 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
outside, inside
looking at spring, outside the patio door
inside the solarium, waiting to summer outside
Marja-Leena | 24/04/2008 | 5 comments
themes: Home
snow in April
We were shocked last night to receive hail and dry pellets of snow, then wet snow for about four or five hours. A few stunning flashes of lightning highlit the whiteness into a ghostlike eery world. Then it all... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/04/2008 | 16 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
urban wildlife
I had some excitement at the home front this afternoon. I was in the kitchen about to prepare some vegetables when I spotted some kind of bushy furry creature crawling along the garage roof. I couldn't believe my... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 16/04/2008 | 12 comments
themes: Home, Neat stuff
end of March
I was going to repeat the old cliché about March coming in like a lamb and going out like a lion (or vice-versa). The last two or three weeks have been unusually cold here, with locally variable and sometimes... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/03/2008 | 4 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
special long weekend
Yesterday came the spring equinox Last night the full Lenten moon, (did you keep me awake, Moon?) Today son-in-law J's birthday, a make-your-own-pizza party! and cake! Sunday is Easter, so early this year An egg hunt for the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 21/03/2008 | 14 comments
themes: Culture, Home
and more snow
snowing all night, snowing this morning schools and colleges closed, commuting chaos garden under heavy white blanket, tree branches weighed down silence punctuated with soft thuds, scrape of shovel glad I can stay home today, like the happy... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 29/01/2008 | 6 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
ice and snow
a weekend of snow, rain, ice and snow again
so beautiful and bright
and more snow coming tonight!
Marja-Leena | 28/01/2008 | 14 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
winter sun and frost
We have had several days of sunshine at long last. As often happens here when the cloud cover is gone, it gets quite cold. At night it's been as cold as -5C (23F) so there's frost on the skylights... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/01/2008 | 7 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
lingering lazy days
My, have I been lazy this past week, not even blogging! The preparations and the holidays themselves seem to have tired me out a bit. I'm enjoying these quiet days to replenish body and soul. It's now Twelfth Night,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/01/2008 | 9 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
old year, new year
On this last day of 2007, I feel some sadness in saying goodbye to another year. Changing the annual calendars is such an adrupt marker of the passage of time and of aging, inducing a twinge of melancholy... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/12/2007 | 10 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Home
Boxing Day walk
two lovely days with dear friends
hours of chatting, eating, laughing
long walks in our neighbourhood
Marja-Leena | 28/12/2007 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
Happy Boxing Day
Christmas Day was almost a white one when it started to snow in the afternoon as we headed over to one daughter's place for a nice meal and play with the granddaughters. The snowfall was beautiful to watch....
Marja-Leena | 26/12/2007 | 2 comments
themes: Culture, Home
winter story 2007
Our granddaughter Lael's annual Winter Story has become her family's traditional Christmas greeting to all their family and friends. As always, Lael (now 7 years) does the delightful drawings and tells the story. Her father creates them into... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/12/2007 | 12 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Home
good tidings
The countdown is quickening,
the house is decorated and clean (almost),
the baking nearly done
except for the plum tarts
(the filling is made, the dough is chilling)...
Marja-Leena | 22/12/2007 | 14 comments
themes: Culture, Home
to light
Tonight or very early tomorrow, here on the west coast of North America, it's the winter solstice, the longest night of the year....
Marja-Leena | 21/12/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Home
Looking back: Jule favourites
Deep in the archives of three years ago is this favourite Christmas season post of mine and reposted here almost fully: My favourite things about Christmas are the things that appeal to the romantic and the child in me.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 16/12/2007 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Books, Culture, Home, Music
frost and shadows
fine frost etching, edging leaves and blades of grass...
Marja-Leena | 07/12/2007 | 5 comments
themes: Home, Nature, Photoworks
a snowy weekend
The first and second days of December brought us the first major snowfall of this winter thanks to a cold front from the Yukon. The brightness and whiteness was lovely while it lasted, putting us into the Christmas... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/12/2007 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
the morning after
Some areas of southwest British Columbia had their first snowfall of the season late yesterday! No snow in our area though, sadly....
Marja-Leena | 27/11/2007 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
this past week
sunny, crisp cold days
sparkling frosty nights
brilliant blue moon
foggy mornings
Marja-Leena | 24/11/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Home
a stimulating weekend
On Friday, November 16th, our youngest grand-daugther had her second birthday. November 16th is a significant date for me and as this blog is kind of a diary as well, I enjoyed looking up past posts on this date.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 19/11/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Blogging, Home
long weekend storm
The Remembrance Day long weekend in British Columbia turned into an unforgettable one, weather-wise. A large area of the province from the coast to the interior was hit by a powerful storm, from Sunday evening until Monday afternoon. Falling... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 13/11/2007 | 9 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
mushrooms in grass
Abundance in our backyard. Are they edible? Working hard in the studio, no energy left for words.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/11/2007 | 6 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
more witchiness
Thinking about witchy trees has been making me see even witchy seeds.
Marja-Leena | 28/10/2007 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Current Events, Home
moved by beauty
We had a warm sunny day today, almost blindingly bright after a long spell of gloomy rain. The beauty of the fall colours in the trees lining many of Vancouver's older streets gave me great pleasure as I headed... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/10/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Blogging, Home
away and back
We've been away for a few days' trip to the beautiful Saanich and Victoria areas of Vancouver Island, visiting friends and family. Most important for us was to spend some time with my elderly uncle and aunt. Because... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/10/2007 | 6 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home
awake at 4:30 am, enthralled by brilliant moonlight dancing lights on the water like dreams of water ballet... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 28/09/2007 | 11 comments
themes: Home, Photoworks, Urban
autumn and sauna
We said goodbye to summer and welcomed autumn by working outdoors in our yard all weekend. All day yesterday we were cutting and pruning some hugely overgrown laurel to let in some sunlight, trimming some of the neighbour's birch tree... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/09/2007 | 20 comments
themes: Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Home
giant datura
We have a spot next to the front door where we keep a planter of seasonal flowers. This past spring we bought a tall blue glazed ceramic pot to replace the ancient rotting wood one. Filling the tall... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/09/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home, Neat stuff
fairies in the garden
Oh my, it's been hot here. Last week we had a record breaking heat wave all over BC. It was about 36C (about 97F) in our neighbourhood! As someone who totally wilts, swells up and gets cranky when it... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 16/07/2007 | 18 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
a day in June
It's the last day of June already. It was an exceptionally wet month here, but we had a few nice days here and there. One day the other week, I had to shop.. As we sometimes do, my husband and I made plans to meet at the end of his workday....we went on one of our favourite walks along a marvellous seawall.
[Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 30/06/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
peachfuzz visits
There was a lot of commotion going on in the solarium this morning though it sounded like birds on the roof. Meet our latest visitor to our solarium - Peachfuzz - who thought maybe it was too cold outside. He... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 25/06/2007 | 9 comments
themes: Home, Neat stuff
June green
June is often a wet month here in the Vancouver area and this year it's been even wetter than normal, as has been this year so far. The last two weeks of May were dry and I got much... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/06/2007 | 6 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
catching up
This blog has taken a back seat for a few days while I've been enjoying a visit from our eldest daughter. She lives with her partner some five hours by car northeast of Vancouver in a tiny community, half an... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 11/06/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Blogging, Home
gardens and bees
The first half of the month of May was cool and showery. Last week was very pleasant, a comfortable temperature for doing the garden work, the busiest time of year. But this week it's suddenly very hot and I... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/05/2007 | 9 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
garden tour
You are invited on a little tour of a few highlights in my spring garden: Here are the winter pansies in a pot by the back door, over there are the last tulips amongst the forget-me-nots,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/05/2007 | 6 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Current Events, Home
May the longer days put a spring in your step, dear readers in the northern hemisphere. As if in honour of the vernal equinox this evening, today we've had a respite from the November-like monsoons. The sunshine is a... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/03/2007 | 6 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
my Monday
After breakfast, I took my tea with me and sat down at my computer to read emails, some news and a few blogs, as I usually do most mornings if I don't leave the house early for the printmaking... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/02/2007 | 15 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home, Printmaking
snow day
I wish you many new successes, new joys, good health, peace and contentment, and abundant creativity. Hauskaa Uutta Vuotta! Bonne année! Allen ein frohes Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! I seem to be writing about the weather more than... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 10/01/2007 | 14 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
another storm
The west coast continues to have numerous windstorms, making for an unusual number this fall and winter. On Friday (January 5th) we had snow in some areas, including ours. That night a short but powerful windstorm caused another power outage,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/01/2007 | 10 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
the longest night
Once again in the northern hemisphere it is the winter solstice - the shortest day and longest night of the year, the first day of winter. It amazes me how very many cultures of the world have celebrations around this time. If I were able to choose a special and ancient way to celebrate, I'd go to Newgrange.
Marja-Leena | 21/12/2006 | 5 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Culture, Home
The Big Storm
Our internet is finally back tonight after three days down, so now I can let you know what excitement we've had here! We've experienced the worst windstorm in the 30 plus years we've lived in the Vancouver area. Of three... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 17/12/2006 | 9 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Current Events, Home
winter rose
in my garden today
[Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 27/11/2006 | 15 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Home, Photography
snowy Sunday
As I promised last night, here are a few of our more interesting snow photos taken this afternoon on our walk to the park and around our garden. Though there was not much snow yet, even that little bit... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/11/2006 | 9 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home, Photography
The days are still very warm but there's a very noticeable change to the light. With shorter days, the sun's angle is getting lower, shadows longer, evenings cooler and the nights heavy with dew. In the park, yellow leaves... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/08/2006 | 2 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Home
summer lists
these are the dog days hot July, 36C last weekend body and brain sluggish and dull sleep deprived, lazy, unmotivated open windows, catch a breeze smells of distant forest fires, night prowling skunks constant watering garden and self craving... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 27/07/2006 | 10 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
Victoria Day
We've just had a long weekend here in Canada. Victoria Day is a Canadian Statutory Holiday celebrated on the Monday on or before May 24 in honour of both Queen Victoria's birthday and the current reigning Canadian Sovereign's birthday.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/05/2006 | 5 comments
themes: Canada and BC, Culture, Home
Mother's Day birthday
A very happy and beautiful Mother's Day to all moms and their families! Mukavaa ja kaunista äitienpäivää kaikille äideille ja perheille! The weather is glorious here this weekend. Our three daughters, two granddaughters and partners are gathering here Sunday... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 13/05/2006 | 6 comments
themes: Culture, Home
Happy Easter
I've just put our treasured collection of Easter eggs on display. Most of these lovely eggs have been made over the years by our youngest daughter. I decided to photograph them and post them here because I was so... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 14/04/2006 | 8 comments
themes: Culture, Home
Some spring flowers from my garden to you, dear readers, on this first day of spring! Well, this year the vernal equinox was gorgeous in Vancouver! Three days of glorious sunshine after a long cold and wet spell, quite... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/03/2006 | 6 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Canada and BC, Home
the first coat The domestic scene here has kept us very busy lately. We arranged to have the worn-down hardwood floors in the main living areas of our home refinished. In the end it will be lovely but it... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 21/07/2005 | 5 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Home
a quiz
It's been a busy week with family. Our oldest daughter, who has been living in the Interior since last fall, has been here this week on business. It was great having her here for our youngest daughter's 20th birthday which... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 14/05/2005 | be the first to comment
themes: Being an Artist, Home, Neat stuff
one of those days
Yesterday morning I met with friend W. to take slides of some of my past year's work. Our group had arranged a slide shoot day in early April, setting up professional lights and equipment. Lots of work was shot, but... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/05/2005 | be the first to comment
themes: Being an Artist, Home


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Book your room at Radisson Blu Hotel Cairo Heliopolis
Standard Guest Room
Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children)Business Class Room
Max Occupancy: 3 guestsOne Bedroom Suite
Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 2 children)Luxury One Bedroom Suite
Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 2 children)Standard room-Single
Max Occupancy: 1 guestLuxury Cairo hotel in Heliopolis with full-service spa
With a stay at Radisson Blu Hotel Cairo Heliopolis in Cairo (Heliopolis), you'll be close to City Stars.
This 5-star hotel is within the vicinity of Virgin Mary's Tree and Egyptian Presidential Palace.
Make yourself at home in one of the 427 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring minibars and plasma televisions. Your Select Comfort bed comes with down comforters and Egyptian cotton sheets. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Partially open bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and complimentary toiletries.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a health club, an outdoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and supervised childcare/activities. Guests can get to nearby shops on the complimentary shuttle.
Enjoy a bite to eat at a coffee shop/café, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at a poolside bar or a swim-up bar.
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Planning an event in Cairo? This hotel has 7502 square feet (697 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and extended parking is available onsite.
Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Radisson Blu Hotel Cairo Heliopolis features an outdoor pool and a health club. The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a swim-up bar and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of limo/town car service and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 7502 square feet (697 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a spa tub, a sauna, and a steam room. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
Radisson Blu Hotel Cairo Heliopolis has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 427
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 9
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Babysitting or childcare
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Year Built 2009
- Conference space size (feet) - 7502
- Number of meeting rooms - 11
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
- Wedding services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Full-service spa
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Designated smoking areas
- Grocery/convenience store
- Library
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Conference space size (meters) - 697
- Shopping on site
- Garden
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Outdoor pool
- Swim-up bar
- Television in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free newspaper
- Washer/dryer
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Free WiFi
- Partially open bathroom
- Turndown service
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Plasma TV
- Satellite TV service
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Filini - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only.
MIX - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Mezza Lebanese - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves dinner only.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club, a sauna, and a steam room.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Ecotours on site
- Golf lessons available nearby
Spa Services
7eme Ciel Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include Thai massages, massages, facials, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room.
- Steam room in spa
- Thai massage
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Facial treatments
- Body treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
Minimum guest age is 12
- All citizens of Egypt will be charged the national value-added tax
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 21 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 15.00 per room (one way)
- Self parking fee: USD 10 per night
- Early check-in fee: USD 10
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 30 per night
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.

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Sep 14, 2008, 08:17 PM | #1 |
Do I need to release xib resources?
If I have something like a UILabel linked to a xib file, do I need to release it on dealloc? The reason I ask is because I don't alloc it, which makes me think I don't need to release it either?
eg (in the header): Code:
IBOutlet UILabel *lblExample; Code:
.... [lblExample setText:@"whatever"]; .... -(void)dealloc{ [lblExample release];//????????? } |
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Sep 14, 2008, 11:00 PM | #2 | |
The following is a fairly good article, and there are others out there that I can't seem to find. Even if you think you have a basic grasp of it, reading this can't hurt. http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Tec...anagement.html |
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Sep 14, 2008, 11:05 PM | #3 |
The article you posted doesn't mention anything about interface builder or how that all works, but I understand what you're saying, because the IB magic initialises the label and presumably allocs it, it should release it too.
Just out of interest, can you over release an object (eg: release it more times than it was retained)? And if so what happens? |
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Sep 14, 2008, 11:13 PM | #4 | |
And yes, you can "over-release". Or rather more correctly, if you release an object such that it is deallocated (retain count is reduced to 0) and then send a message to that object (any message, including retain or release), you will get an EXC_BAD_ACCESS crash. |
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Sep 14, 2008, 11:37 PM | #5 |
Excellent...thanks for all your help.
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Sep 15, 2008, 01:20 AM | #6 |
Somewhere deep in the jungles of the iPhone documentation there is an article/guide on how to manage memory management for nib files. You should check it out.
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Sep 15, 2008, 01:26 AM | #7 |
@kainjow so what you're telling me is that somewhere there is a document I should read? Since you've obviously read it, how about telling me whether the above answer is correct or not? Even better how about a name...or location of this document?
The funny thing I posted the same question to a different apple forum, and got the opposite response, eg: that I should release them because the act of creating them in IB is the same as allocating them...so now I'm confused |
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Sep 15, 2008, 01:41 AM | #8 |
I didn't know off hand the name, but I found it now. In the iPhone docs:
Guides > Resource Programming Guide > Nib Files > The Nib Object Life Cycle > Nib Object Retention |
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Sep 15, 2008, 01:51 AM | #9 |
Ahhh legendary, thanks!
@Sbrocket: you might want to have a read of that article as well. In short basically it says (from what I can gather) that for iPhone development your answer is wrong, you do need to retain and release IB objects, because they can be released prematurely if you don't. |
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Sep 15, 2008, 07:40 AM | #10 | |
I don't usually use Interface Builder to build anything beyond templates (and infrequently at that) because I find it clunky and half-baked. That's not to say it isn't the right tool for others, just that I wouldn't presume to know everything about its use. |
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Sep 15, 2008, 08:53 AM | #11 |
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The section on retaining nib objects begins with "Each time you ask the NSBundle or NSNib class to load a nib file" and then mentions that the top level objects need to be retained. You can assume that UIViewController makes those calls and does the appropriate retain/release of the top level objects. Unless you're explicitly using the NSBundle api for loading nibs you don't need to do anything special. |
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Sep 15, 2008, 10:46 AM | #12 |
Some of the Apple's Sample Code do release IBOutlet objects without having alloc, retain, etc. anywhere in the code. PageControl is one example, but I'm sure I've seen others.
I've released IBOutlet's in the' dealloc' and it doesn't seem to have any negative affect on my code, nor can I really confirm if it has a positive affect either. |
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Sep 15, 2008, 01:47 PM | #13 | |
This is the correct way to handle it - whenever you have a synthesized retain setter, you need to release the object in dealloc to be "correct" memory management-wise. For objects that aren't deallocated until the application quits it doesn't really matter since the memory is reclaimed either way, but its good to get in the habit so that you don't end up with leaks for objects that are created and released continually. |
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Nov 12, 2009, 11:26 AM | #14 |
UILabel memory leak
Hi all,
I'm relatively new to the iphone development realm, so any help is greatly appreciated. I am getting a memory leak on a UILabel text field and I can't figure out where the leak is coming from, since I believe I'm releasing the required data in the dealloc method. When I comment out the code line that sets the label text, I see no memory leaks through Instruments. With the line in place I'm getting GeneralBlock-16 leaks every time the label text is reset to a new value. The label is part of a simple view that displays images and captions underneath them, with a previous and next button in place -- each button loads a new image and new caption (the label). The code I'm using for the label load is: In .h file: Code:
IBOutlet UILabel *caption; ... @property (nonatomic, retain) UILabel *caption; Code:
@synthesize caption; ... [self.caption setText: @"some caption text"]; //the above text for the caption is actually grabbed from another helper method that loads the data asynch., but even with the above line of code throughout I get one GeneralBlock-16 leak --i.e. i'm assuming one since the string isn't changing its value, which doesn't make sense at all to me. ... - (void)dealloc { ... self.caption.text = nil; self.caption = nil; [self.caption release]; ... [super dealloc]; } //i've tried the nil on all of the above, removing the nil with just a release etc. with no change in Instruments...still the same generalblock leak. Thanks! |
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Nov 12, 2009, 11:32 AM | #15 |
Here's your problem:
You now are calling release on nil. caption is leaked because you wiped out the pointer before releasing its memory.
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Nov 12, 2009, 11:48 AM | #16 |
Actually I'm pretty sure the synthesised setter will do the release for you when you set the property to nil, making the second release pointless, but not a cause of a leak.
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Nov 12, 2009, 11:56 AM | #17 |
Hmm, upon re-examination, I believe you're on to something. D'oh!
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Nov 12, 2009, 12:01 PM | #18 |
mac-dev-7, All the code you show seems correct, although not idiomatic.
Are you setting the text on the label from a background thread? Don't do that. |
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Nov 12, 2009, 12:16 PM | #19 |
Why not a background thread? Is that a potential for this type of leak? What do you recommend using?
Thanks. |
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Nov 12, 2009, 12:30 PM | #20 |
I'm using the following code:
- (void) loadImage:(Image *) img{ [self.operationQueue cancelAllOperations]; [self.view bringSubviewToFront:self.spinnerWheel]; [self.spinnerWheel startAnimating]; NSInvocationOperation *imageLoadOperation = [[NSInvocationOperation alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:@selector(synchronousImageLoad:) object:img]; [self.operationQueue addOperation:imageLoadOperation]; [imageLoadOperation release]; } - (void) synchronousImageLoad:(Image *)img { self.imageView.image = img.data; [self.spinnerWheel stopAnimating]; [self.caption setText: img.caption]; } |
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Nov 12, 2009, 01:15 PM | #21 |
UIKit isn't thread safe and you can't access UIKit methods from anything other than the main thread.
Use performSelectorOnMainThread to set the label from a background thread. Something like this: Code:
[viewController performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(updateLabel:) withObject:myString waitUntilDone:NO]; // ... -(void)updateLabel:(NSString*)inString { [self.caption setText: inString]; } |
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Nov 12, 2009, 03:54 PM | #22 |
Thank you so much! That solved the issue.
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Between the Rodrigues Triple Junction and the Marie Celeste fracture zone, basalts from the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) exhibit an enrichment in incompatible elements that increases in intensity northward. In addition, H2O/TiO2, Al[8], and Dy/Yb ratios increase, while Na[8] remains unchanged and Fe[8] decreases. Evolution of the enriched magma appears to be affected by elevated water contents, which lower the mantle solidus, thereby increasing the initial depth of melting, as well as delaying plagioclase crystallization. However, the enrichment affecting the northern samples is not a just function of hydrous mantle melting and crystallization. Instead of trending toward a small melt fraction from the mantle, as predicted by hydrous melting models, the CIR samples lie on a mixing line between N-MORB and a source component that closely resembles present-day Réunion hot spot lavas. Thus it appears that while hydrous melting and crystallization affect the CIR, the enriched and wet mantle originates from the Réunion hot spot, where it migrates eastward toward the CIR, against the direction of motion of the lithosphere.
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See the Nexus phone evolution that brought us a $300 flagship in a pretty infographic
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We are now at a quad-core handset with HD screen and 2 GB of RAM for $299, which is what we would call a revolution, rather than evolution, but for the Darwin-esque development of the Nexus brand you can check out the infographic on the right.
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TextArea readOnly bug - and solution
TextArea readOnly bug - and solution
Hi all,
I was trying to set a textarea to readonly, and it didn't work. Turned out that in 4.1 beta 2 the {cls} is missing, just as it was in the base class.
Code:Ext.define('Ext.form.field.TextArea', { ... fieldSubTpl: [ '<textarea id="{id}" {inputAttrTpl}', ... ' class="{fieldCls} {typeCls} {cls}" ', ... '</textarea>',
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Ancestors of Connie Frith Couch and David James Couch I have spent over 30 years working on this family history, and still this is a work in progress. So keep checking
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