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Roope McAnkka (Scrooge McDuck) is one of my childhood favourites, there couldn't be a list of heroes without him. Period. Scrooge McDuck originally by Carl Barks

WRONG! Sherlock, it's not A horse it's THE horse. Or THE Mustang to be extremely accurate. Don't talk about the stuff you know nothing about. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook Sherlock by BBC And yes, I know Sherlock doesn't say "Elementary". It was there for the humour.

Brigadier Thyme (Prikaatinkenraali Timjami) has the honor of representing all the hares of the Redwall universe on this list. I was introduced to the Redwall world at the age of eight or nine so we're talking about a book series that has probably shaped my personality even more than, say, Harry Potter for example. Thyme may not be the perfect example of an average Redwall hare because he's rather serious, but regardless I wanted him on the list because of one special thing. Nostalgy warning! It was my best friend back then who introduced me to the Redwall world but because we both had little sisters who wanted to play with us and who didn't have a clue about Redwall, we didn't have many chances to play Redwall stuff together. But just once there was one afternoon when there were just my friend and I and we played Long Patrol and I played Thyme. And I have a funny feeling we were then at the age where immersive playing (what adults maybe call larp but what for kids is just play) wasn't obviously the coolest thing to do anymore. Anyhow, it's a good memory. Redwall series by Brian Jacques

U was difficult! So I ended up doing just a generic unicorn. Enjoy your day!

Move those cold feet! Victor Van Dort, this "groovy young man", is a hero who sparked my love for stop-motion animations. And for Johnny Depp, but hey, I was a sensitive teenager and everyone makes mistakes ;P Anyway, in junior high I adopted a drawing style I called "Victor syndrome", which meant lots of long legs and huge eyes. It probably still hovers somewhere in the back corner of my brain, as I feel many of my characters have a sort of stretched look even today... Tim Burton's Corpse Bride by (surprise!) Tim Burton

Yeah, what can I say? Wolverine is cool. Thank you, dad, for teaching that to me! I spent one summer reading my dad's X-Men magazines as a teen. The line about glaciers and eating pieces of hands is an actual quote from one comic that hit me hard then, though I don't remember it's name. Logan and Jean Grey were trapped in a malfunctional spaceship that was headed towards the sun and he had to kill her - again! Then she resurrected and saved them both or something. Great stuff. Käytänpä nyt hyödyksi tilaisuuden pieneen ympäristöpoliittiseen raivoon: Uhanalaisen ahman kannanhoidollinen metsästys lisääntymisaikaan oli alhainen temppu! Häpeä, Riistakeskus!! Wolverine created by Len Wein, John Romita, Sr. and Herb Trimpe ps. Hei Peikko, muista tuoda kaljaa!

No-one expected it would turn into a general photobombing circus. Caliban was quite satisfied with himself for being able to sneak into the picture without anyone noticing. But then Night Crawler BAMFed straight into the picture and caused a general confusion. Unaware of Kurt's plans, Kitty had already performed her little prank on Colossus. Stepford Cuckoos totally saw it coming. At that time no-one really knew who or what had hurled Charles in the air, but that was about to be revealed to them soon... Because I'm not that comfortable with pictures where everyone just poses and looks awesome. I collected here an odd band of mutants I hold dear, regardless if they happen to belong to the actual X-Men or not. I also checked very little reference for their costumes so they are wearing something I thought was "close enough". Sorry, puritans. X-Men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Yes, that's really his name. The joke is a direct quote from the book The Last Elf (Viimeinen haltia), I've just translated it into Yoda. I recommend the book for everyone, it's the most beautiful fantasy book there is, with an interesting mediaeval Mediterranean setting and scenes that make even the most stone hearted people weep, let alone an emotional geek like me. I remember one time I read the book alone on a pier, crying my eyes off and producing so much noise it probably scared the seagulls off. Ah what a book :'D And Yoda's presence on this list can't be questioned. He's my favourite guru. And so cute! The Last Elf by Silvana de Mari Star Wars by George Lucas and company

Z was another tricky one, so I panic-picked Zero. But through this cute side character I could exploit a chance to bring up this self-evident little notion about inner emptiness to all publics out there. Maybe if Jack stopped throwing all his bones to his dog he would feel less hollow inside! Then again in that case the movie would have never happened... Hmm. The Nightmare Before Christmas directed by Henry Selick and Tim Burton Hey, that's all folks! My list of heroes ends here, since I couldn't figure out ANY heroes for the lovely scandinavian weirdos of Å, Ä and Ö. Thanks for following and please, leave a comment or like :D I definitely like you. And my heroes <3 The life to be continued soon.

/ There are days, when one can feel totally invincible! / / And there are days when one just must be happy with the smallest things they've accomplished... - I ate lunch. Yay. // Mustekynä opiskelijakalenterille, bussissa matkalla kouluun / Marker on student calendar in a bus to school

Viime viikonloppuna kävin ihanassa keppihevoskulkueessa ja esittelin Stadin museoskeneä ranskalaiselle kaverille. / Last weekend I participated in a lovely hobbyhorse march and presented the Helsinki museum scene to a French friend. // Sorry, this is a joke only Finnish kids born in the 90's can understand... #kepparitkunniaan #hobbyhorserevolution #vainysärijutut #fröbelinpalikat #toooldtoolate (?) featuring the "best" weather Finland has to offer, brrr!

/ Soon we're not gonna fit here at all! / Could we establish a municipal bridle route? / / I' m not gonna have some horses running around my estate! -They won't be running around - but along just one route! / / The municipality cannot force anyone, these matters should be negotiated on a voluntary basis. -And it can't be regarded municipalities' core function.../ / I spend my days trying to make a living keeping the stable clean and giving riding lessons. I ain't using my free time to negotiate with some landowners!! / / ... / Beware of the talking heads! I could probably have done this pic without so much text... Notice: Could have. Probably. Oh well...

a.k.a. Why my thesis doesn't progress: / How's your thesis coming along? / / ... / / Oh, is she--? Can I take her now? - Thesis making is not that deadly! Get lost! / / Waah! I had a terrible nightmare! My thesis was completely trivial. I never graduated! - Maybe you should start doing something about it! / Gradumörkö on purrut kovaa viime viikkoina. Rouskutellut ja makustellut. Jäljelle on jäänyt vain tutiseva kasa hyhmää. Apua...?

The White Terror Tämä eeppinen kuva syntyi yhteisponnistuksena juhannuksen aikana. Mukana menossa olivat MacKativer, Julia ja Romeo, Julian Isoveli eli Mestari Yosa sekä allekirjoittanut (jotka kaikki esiintyvät hahmoina sarjiksessa). Ideana oli törmäyttää lastenleirien kammottavin ja legendaarisin kauhu, Valkoinen tennissukka sekä universumin fantastisin henkilö, joka sitä vastaan voi taistella: Tohtori! Loppu on historiaa. This epic comic was created during the midsummer holidays with contributions from MacKativer, Julia and Romeo, Julia's Big Brother a.k.a. Master Yosa and yours truly (all cast as characters in the comic). Idea was to collide two legendary characters, a local kids' summer camp horror, the evil man-eating abomination of The White Tennis Sock, and the one and only person in the whole Universe who can fight it: the Doctor! The rest is history. Find MacKativer's blog here ! Romeo and Julia live here ! / Hssss / Rawr! / / Burp / / Didn't I stop you once already? / Well, I've seen worse working environments... / / Ha! The trail is still fresh--! / sproing / / Who is that? -Why is he wearing a suit? / / Hi, umm, have you seen a kind of a- kind of a white tennis sock? / / Hsss / Run!!!/ / No, no, no, no! / Don't you dare! / / - Hang on in there, funny suit guy! / / Stop! You're not helping at all! / / Oh no! -Sorry! - What are we going to do now? / I have-- / a secret weapon! laundry washing powder / / It only grew bigger! / Oh no! / To be continued... / Does it have ANY weaknesses? - Yes! It hates the smell of gasoline! (Like the rest of intelligent beings...) / Quikcly! We need gasoline here! -With or without oil? / / Doesn't matter! Just throw it here! -Okay / / Bite this! / / Hooray! Eeeek! / / Right, the problem is solved for now, but.. -Hey, you're bleeding! You need some first aid! / Luckily we took the course! Off with the shirt! We have Minions bandages! - No, stop! / / Would you like to stay and make some pancakes with us? - I guess there's time for that. Can I keep my shirt on this time? /

Nyt tulee muistumia kesäkuulta Luonto-Liiton lastenleireiltä, joilla olin töissä. Oli ihanan kamalaa ja kamalan ihanaa :) Following a series of memories from The Finnish Nature League kids' summer camps I worked in June. It was lovely awful and awfully lovely :) Ekan leirin ekana päivänä aiheutin itselleni verta vuotavan haavan kaukoputkella. Että näköjään sekin onnistuu. After the first day of the first camp I went around with a bleeding finger because of a spyglass (!). Apparently one can hurt themself with anything in a camp setting...

Melkein hanskasin sen... I almost handled everything... / Mail box key / Camp site key / Bike key / Home key? /

On hirveää vetää lastenleiriä sateessa. On lähes yhtä hirveää vetää lastenleiriä sisätiloissa. It's terrible to be a kids' camp leader in the rain. It's almost as terrible to be a kids' camp leader indoors.

Just a Little Dead Meillä oli rankka nuortenleiri ja lepotauko pehmeässä, hiljaisessa paikassa olisi tehnyt hyvää. Saunassa tapahtunutta: We were having a hard youth camp and some rest in a soft and quiet place would have been great. This happened in the sauna: / Fuck you! Screw a deer! Shut up! Haahaahaa! / / Ina, are you alive? -hmmm / / Actually - NO! Get a funeral coach! / / A classy black Mercedes -- ! / / - super-expensive one!! Aargh, why is this so horrible?! /

Summernight Marshmallows // Did someone set the alarm already? -I thought Romeo did. -No I didn't. -Okay, I'll do it. / / Julia's heart is radiating with warmth

J.J. Abramsin Star Trek- leffoissa on näitä kohtauksia, joissa eeppinen musiikki soi ja kamera nuolee Enterprisen pinnan pyöreitä muotoja... Mulle kävi jotain samantapaista kun sain pyörän huollosta. You know those scenes in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek movies, where an epic instrumental music is playing and camera softly runs along the curves of the Enterprise... Something similar happened to me when I got my bike from service. / What are you lagging there?! The library closes!! / / Sorry, I-- I was admiring my bike. /

To graduate, not to graduate, to graduate... / So here we have an extremely well written and pertinent thesis... / / Yippee! / / Why aren't you making your thesis? -Shut it. I'm time-traveling /

// The contents of my fridge today: Eggs, peanut butter, pickled mushrooms, beer / / So what would I want to eat for breakfast this morning...? //

// What is it? Are you all right? -Yeah, sorry. I just accidentally thought about my thesis... //

// Roll in your grave, you old fart! // Quote from the Guild of Architecture's student magazine Paperi 2/2017.

Jou! Olin kesän lopussa pari viikkoa Luonto-Liitolla leirihommissa ja kaikenlaista sattui ja tapahtui taas. Enimmäkseen mahtavaa. / I did some camp leading for Luonto-Liitto at the end of summer. Every sort of stuff went on again. Mostly awesome. / Hey, put your finger like this - and you'll be gone! / / Ouch, I wonder if I dare? -Me and Kerttu did it and here we are, still... / / Well, okay. -Ready?/ / Skaduuush! / / OMG WOOOW that was too awesome!!!/ / Wait -what?! - Oh come on! The Wushi finger hold! It's from Kung Fu Panda. /

/ Reality bites / What's that foam? / / Dead mermaids /

The Seventh Family Samaan aikaan lastenleirimme kanssa Bengtsårin saaressa pidettiin Vainovirrat- boffaustapahtuma. Boffaajien peliin kuului kuusi joukkuetta eli sukua (joista neljä esiintyy kuvassa). Ja sit oli tää meidän porukka... Tiedän ainakin, mille leirille itse ilmoittaudun ensi vuonna. At the same time with our children's camp, there was a boffer combat game on the same island. The game featured six teams or families as they were called. Maybe next year I'll choose another camp...

/ Domestic Finnish seahorse / Ina, I found straightnose pipefish! / / Pipefish!!! / / Awww who is the cutest are you the cutest lovely little thing

The Measure of Inconvenience Do you see that man over there?/ ... / He will cause trouble, trust me on this... / / Gun! Gun! / / Ina wake up! There's a kid outside the tent and you have the night watch. Do something. / / I'm all cold and wet! -Bohoo, so sad! A minute ago, I WAS Corto Maltese! In disappointment we are equal! / Se lapsi käytännössä pilasi mun kesän parhaan unen >:C The kid practically ruined my best dream of the summer.

Kahden lastenleirin päälle oli vielä talkooleiri. Varoitus: Sisältää virheellisiä työasentoja! Huomasin vasta tussatessa, että tässä kuvassa niittoasennot on kuvattu aivan päin prinkkalaa! On the top of two kids' camps I participated on a voluntary work camp. Warning: Comic includes flawed work ergonomy! I noticed too late that I had drawn the reapers totally wrong... Reasons to come to the Nature League voluntary work camp: *** / Die-you-#@%!-tuft-of-grass! / / Erm, you have to use more spin. / / Anyone can advice! Please, demonstrate! -But-but- / / This gown is so hot! -Do you see someone wearing any clothes in here anyway? / / Now we're talking! -It's a professional after all! /

Wider bike lanes, please! /... and then she said it would be nice to kiss and then they just kissed / / Make way!! / / >:C / / Grannies! Didn't she see we were in a middle of an important gossip?! -Yeah, right? /

/ At last I'm progressing with my thesis. / / Oh bloody DEATH!! / / How is it possible that I'm sick AGAIN?! - Hey, it's not my fault! / / It was Plague / Lisää Maailmanlopun ratsastajia ehkä tulossa, ehkä ei...

/ My little one... Is your conscience keeping you awake? / / No, it's that turtle! / / I only need one word... - Don't you dare! /

/ Death! What the #@%! is Plague doing in my bed?!/ / They likes you. -Whaaat!?/ / Sneeze / / They has a funny way of showing it... -That's so hilarious! Cough! / / So back to bed then! Unless you wanna do something nice with ME. -In your dreams! Cough! / / Just so you know, you're such an unfair person! / I'm not quite sure whether Plague is a he or she, hence "they". Needless to say, as long as they stick around, my thesis is going nowhere...

Suction Cup Dart Gun / Did you go to see the professor? Is that his picture? -Yep. /

While being frustrated with the professor and not doing my thesis because of it, I attend this great course called Creating Stories and Narratives. Great stuff! For this picture I tried freehand drawing directly in ink. =0_0= Ten points to those who recognize the campus despite of the shaky image!

Ihanuutta goes muotiblogi! Ylipolven villasukat on mun uus lemppariasuste, näiden edellisten lisäksi...

/ Tell me what to do with my life!! -Emm, I dunno. What do you want to do? / I don't knooooow... / / Or- I kinda do. I'd like to smooch with one guy... / But I can't have smooching as the sole purpose of my life can I!! -Why not? / / Memento mori /

/ Is it possible to die because of a small heartache? / / "Small"? / / Will do! / / Talking of heartaches, Plague is still really upset that you started taking those vitamin pills. - I couldn't care less! /

A.k.a Apokalyptiset voimat minun ja valmistumisen tiellä: / Everything ready for the show? / / Wohoo! Brilliant! Nice one, Hunger! / / Hey woman! When did you last eat?! - I don't remember... - Well should you then?! - Okay... / / Bah. Downer. / This comic wanted to be done in English.

/ Baah, I don't wanna do this! / / I'll finish it later... / / How are you ever going to finish anything if you never finish anything?! / That is the question.

/ Ungh do I have to still continue? - Yes! It's not finished yet! / / But you've worked so hard! You could take a break and eat some ice cream and watch Star Trek / / -and be really happy! / / She's never gonna graduate... /

/ Ha! You wathced too much Star Trek! /

Trigger warning: sisältää häiritsevän ajatuksen eläinten syömisestä / contains a disturbing idea about eating animals >:) / If you happen to have a field in the middle of your city, don't develop it but put horses there instead. They'll delight people until the climate change makes two thirds of the planet uninhabitable. / / When the climate refugees arrive to the North you may first eat the horses and then start to cultivate the fields again. Everybody wins. /

/ Handsome beetle living in the bathroom had died. / It was stuck in a low-hanging spiderweb. / The spider looked rather dead, too. / Joulua kohti sitten vaan!

... valmistuminen lykkääntyy. / Hey who are you?! What are you doing on my computer?! -War. Hi! I'll just send this one tweet... / / You hacked Trump's twitter -- and called Kim names -- Are you trying to start a nuclear war?! -Yep. Plague, now! / / NOT AGAIN! / Sorry little one. The world will end before you finish your thesis. -Oh you suck! / / We should ask the downstairs to speed up the schedule, though. It's gonna get tight! - I hate you all! / Ette muuten usko, millainen sirkus oli saada tää sarjis nettiin! Milloin skannerijälki oli kauheaa, milloin ei Photari auennut. Ja sarjisblogien mediakirjastokin lagasi. Huh. Ja lol. Kolmen päivän projekti.

Trigger warning: Huolimatonta Photoshoppausta Another happy thesis crisis - solved!

Voisin jakaa tän setin useaan postaukseen ja antaa ymmärtää että päivitän tosi aktiivisesti. Mutta en tee sitä, koska kolmen blokki palvelee tarinaa paremmin ;) Siispä saavutuksiani vuodelta 2017: / 2017: I didn't graduate. / Katseet kohti uutta vuotta 2018: / Hey gimme a new year's challenge! -How'bout completing the past year's challenge? #thesis / AAARGH! Epätoivon hetkillä pätee vanha viisaus: Suosittelen muillekin. Hyvää tätä vuotta!

Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman. / I don't wanna get up... / I wonder what would Batman do? / / Well, first he'd probably do some push-ups / And then Alfred would serve the breakfast in bed... / / Vacancy for a manservant /

/ Book that collects the correspondence of young Jean Sibelius / Dear Aino, remember the symphony I wrote you about? It was almost finished, but then I realized it was BAD. / / So I burnt it. / ... / thesis / / Maybe I shouldn't read this kind of stuff... / Suosittelen lämpimästi Sydämen aamu - kirjaa kaikille ja erityisesti epätoivoisille romantikoille. Siihen on kerätty Sibeliuksen ja Aino Järnefeltin kihlausajan kirjeenvaihtoa ja se on ihana! Ahh!

Best kisses are horse kisses. Mun olisi pitänyt kirjoittaa dipuskin viimeisiä kappaleita. Sen sijaan unelmoin. Pian alkaa olla puoli vuotta siitä, kun oon viimeksi koskenut hevoseen ja jollain oudolla tasolla sen kyllä huomaa. On hevosenkaipuu...

a.k.a. Milloinkohan viimeks tallensin? / Doing well, huh? -Yep / / InDesign crashes / #varmuuskopio #diplomityö #taitto #kohtavalmis #apokalyptisetvoimatminunjavalmistumisenvälissä

Sain taas jonkun irrallaan kiertelevän viruksen. Viihdykkeet olivat vähissä, kuolin tylsyyteen ja piirsin siitä. / Sunday 14.57. Nothing happens in the internet. / / Boring internet. / / No! / A spontaneous emotional response to a tv-series! / Like--whaaat?!!? / Star Trek Discovery pääsi yllättämään... Kuva kertoo ehkä yleisesti enemmän seuraamieni sarjojen määrästä kuin laadusta. Toivon, että lisää reaktioita seuraa, kun Steven Moffat poistuu Doctor Whon käsikirjoittajan pallilta.

/ Let me go! I will do it! / / No? / I'm so doped you can't put your finger on me! / / Because I am going to go and present my thesis - / ... / -or die trying! / / #@&! She's actually going to graduate. We've failed. -Just today. / Two words: work life. /

A.k.a Ville Ranta-moments of my life Kuvattu tilanne on toisinto vastaavasta kohtauksesta Ville Rannan albumista Köyhän miehen Jerusalem. Koin syvän intertekstuaalisen hetken, kun satuin kokemaan saman omakohtaisesti. Edellämainittu albumi sisältää myös totuudenmukaisimman kuvauksen hammaslääkärillä käynnistä. Suosittelen!

/ Oh, how sad are my days! / / I'm ill / Impoverished / / Poor heart broken... / / But my thesis is ready...! / Avausrepla on lainattu Katri Valan runosta Talvinen elegia (1924). / First line quoted from Katri Vala's poem from 1924.

Ihanuutta goes muotiblogi! Jos mulla olisi rajattomasti rahnaa ja pikkuisen pokkaa, niin investoisin tällaiseen takkiin ja sinisiin hiuksiin. Ja ostaisin huulipunaa. Jännä miten kevytkenkäinen materialismi iskee aina keväisin ;P Vaik pidänkin kyl enemmän kuvan mukaisista raskaista kengistä...

/ Now that your thesis is ready, when are you going to start the next project? -What project? / / Online dating profile /

Inspiroiduin ja voimaannuin Sarah Andersenin sarjakuvista. Andersen on ensimmäinen mun tutkaan päätynyt piirtäjä, joka tekee sarjakuvia kuukautisista. Hitto vie! Oon eläny pitkään siinä uskossa, ettei julkisesti ole ok vedota hormonikiertoon silloin, kun on pahantuulinen, mahakipuinen tai muuten vaan turtana, vaikka se on oikeasti todella konkreettinen ja hyväksyttävä syy. Ainakin pitäisi olla. Joten kiitos Sarah, kun näytit mallia, että nainen voi piirtää menkoistaan jos niikseen tulee >:)

/ I just sent five job applications. - I should too... / / Aren't all landscape architects dragged to work straight from school? -I guess, though, nobody has called ME yet...! / Minä, allekirjoittanut, asetan täten itseni työmarkkinoiden palvelukseen. Täällä, tänä päivänä, IR

// Thanks for taking me to the stables with you, this was absolutely fantastic! / Bye, horse! //

Like, should I apply for jobs even though I wouldn't really want to? - What would you like to do then? / / Draw comics and snog with some guy? / / Well - yes!! // Se tunne kun sun paras kaveri tuntee sut paremmin ku sä itse <3 Puuhatehtävä: etsi kolme noloa photoshoppausvirhettä. Digitaalisen värittämisen ja tasotyöskentelyn harjoitukset jatkuvat...

En suosittele kenellekään viikatteen kantamista selässä ratsailla. Kuolema saa tehdä niin, koska Kuolema osaa.

// So what do you want to do when you grow up? -Draw comics! / You can't make a living on that! You need to study a real degree! / Well now I have the degree! Can I draw comics now?! // Jos lapselta on pakko kysyä, miksi se haluaa tulla isona, niin mitä tahansa se vastaakin, sano "Wau!"

Meidän hevosperheeseen siis syntyi varsa. Kaikki edellä kuvattu tapahtui. Suurin piirtein näillä sanoilla.

Ikäero 20v, mut ei anneta haitata. Oltiin mökillä saunassa:

// Oh no! Something floats in the turtles' tub! / Please Iitu don't be dead...! // I <3 my swamp things

// My throat hurts!! What would Batman do?! // Despite the crippling pain he would finish what he started - once and for all! / Or maybe Batman is just a lousy role model at this point... // Joten menin päivystykseen, sain hoitoa, hyvät mömmöt ja saikkua ja paranin.

#etätyö #kesätyö #mybraindoesntfunctioninthisheat

// Mum why do hippies smell sweatty? / Try carrying your 20-kilo-backpack in sweltering heat!! // Jotkut syyttää myös niitä luomudödöjä... Telttamajoituskin tekee tehtävänsä. Nimim. Savunhajuisena kirjaston nurkasta

// I just feel- So! Angry! All! The! Time! / pat pat / Oh--! It seems you have Voldemort in the back of your head. That might do it... // Koska Potter-inspiroitunut absurdi huumori :D Mut yleisfiilis on ollu viime aikoina vähän: Meh.

Oonko jo kertonu, että järjestötoiminta on muuten tosi kivaa!

// I feel a sudden and undeniable urge to clean //

Osallistuin elämäni kolmanteen larppiin, joka oli ehkä eniten sitä, mitä harrastukselta odotin: Tähtien Sotaa ja metsässä rymyämistä! Oujeah! Alla kokoelma hienoja in/off/wtf-hetkiä, jotka jäivät mieleen. Iso kiitos järjestäjille! Lisää tätä :D (Itselleni selvisi siis vasta pelin jälkeen, et puol Kapinaliittoa oli nähny mut...) (No, onneksi kukaan ei kuollut.)

How to solve this t(h)ree-dimensional puzzle which is hedge? With force. Mutta eipä oo enää vaahteroita pensasaidassa! (Ei oo paljoa muutakaan...) Kaikki muu puutarhanhoito on turhaa, paitsi pienten puiden tappaminen, eikä sekään ole niin tärkeää. ~Kiinalainen sananlasku Lempparipuutarhatyökaluni ovat vesuri, viikate ja lapio. Terveisin maisema-arkkitehti.

// ... / Oh get a job or something! / ... / Think Tank //

Kokoonnuttiin hyvien kaverien kaa syömään aamiaista. Juustot varastivat show'n.

// Wake up in 10hrs 46min //

Olin töissä luontoleirikoulussa Turun saaristossa. Lapset oli ihanii. Mut oli myös ihanaa, kun ne oli jo menny nukkuu.

Tarjoutui tilaisuus matkustaa Karjalan tasavaltaan Venehjärven kansallispuistoon Vienankarjalaan. Tässä kokoelma reissussa syntyneitä matkaskissejä. // I had a chance to travel to Venehjärvi National park in the Republic of Karelia in Russia. Here's a collection of travel sketches from the trip. Kaikki reissulla näkyneet koirat näytti samalta. Kamu oli vaan tulla tupsahtanut ja asettunut taloksi kylään. Kyläpäällikkö arveli sen olevan alunperin valkovenäläinen, koska se totteli vain venäjää ja sen ilmaantumisen aikaan lähistöllä oli ollut Valko-Venäjän kilvissä oleva marjanpoimijoiden auto. / All dogs along the road looked the same. Kamu was likely born in Belarus and came to Venehjärvi with some berry-pickers. No-one knows for sure, because one day the dog had just come to the village alone and settled down. Majavan kirous! On aina hyvä idea ottaa juomavettä pari metriä majavan padon alapuolelta... Majava itse ei ollut tavattavissa. / Beaver's curse! Always a good idea to fill water bottles downstream from a beaver dam... The beaver himself wasn't home. Aurinko valaisi pikkusaaren, maagista. / Little island got a spotlight, magical! / Upeinta vanhaa metsää! / The most beautiful old forest! Vuokkiniemi Pakollinen jättitrampoliini / Compulsory outdoor trampoline Pakollinen Lada / Compulsory Lada Kostamus Kostamuksen kaivoksen jätekivikasat ja hukkunut metsä oli epätodellinen ja vaikuttava näky. / Residue stone walls from Kostamus mine and sunken forest were an unreal yet impressive sight.

Venehjärven reissun tapahtumia // We'll walk along this line to the other end of this forest fire site. / / What's this line anyway? - It's a soviet quarter line, used to keep track on forest reserves. / / Spruces grow only on the other side. Has the fire stopped on the line, then? - I guess. In the Soviet Union, even the forest fires were bureaucratic. // // What did you find? - A polypore. - Which polypore? - Some random polypore. / / It's orange, grows on pine and smells like coconut. - Maybe it's an orange pine coconut polypore, then... // // For goodness' sake! Get a room! // Oli sensuelli kelo...

Sattumuksia Venehjärven reissun varrelta Suomen ja Venäjän välimailta. // Look! Silage bales wrapped in black plastic! - Rather heavy metal / They're like giant salty liquorice pastilles! - Kinky // // Lappeenranta / Clearly-not-a-local. Locals. / / Huge baggage. Half an hour change time left. / Emm where are you going? / / To Lauritsala. / Oh, in that case welcome aboard! //

Yhteinen kaverimme Romeo pyysi mua ja MacKativeria piirtämään kuvan jonka aiheena on aurinkomäyrä. Ja googlettaa ei saanut! Olin aika varma, että tää liittyisi vähintään johonkin larppiprojektiin, mutta ilmeisesti kyse oli vaan puhtaasti mielenkiinnosta. Oli miten oli, tässä näitä aurinkomäyriä nyt olisi! Kay katsomassa myös MacKativerin tulkinnat täältä . Märkää märälle! Lähdin tekniikka edellä tähän leikkiin. Oikeasti hyvä akvarellipaperi on kullan arvoista. Tässä on efektinä käytetty ruokasuolaa. Pari muuta akvarellitulkintaa vähemmän eeppiselle paperille. Nopeita hubailuja Sokerina pohjalla illan viimeinen hyvä idea, eli mitä jos se oliski avaruusalus. Sunbadger 71 lipuu aurinkokunnan halki voimanlähteenään aurinkopurje. Tilaajan suosikki.

Moi! Täytän kohta vuosia ja on varmaan hyvä aika toteuttaa tämä jo vuoden takaraivossa muhinut idea. Eli koota asioita, joita olen näiden elinvuosien aikana oppinut, hokannut ja sisäistänyt, aina yksi per ikävuosi. Jos ja kun julkaisen näitä kaksi päivässä, kamppis päättyy syntymäpäivänäni. Jee! Listalle päätyneiden aforisminkaltaisten lausahdusten valinnassa ei ole käytetty kovin tiukkaa seulaa. Olen riemulla lainannut ja varastanut. Näitä saa tulkita vapaasti - joskus arkisimpiinkin asioihin sisältyy suurta syvällisyyttä. Tai sitten ei. Myös jonkinlainen komiikka tai hauskuus on välillä ollut valintaperusteena. Mediana käytetty kuulakärkikynää ja kännykän kuvanmuokkaussovellusta. Ykkönen, olkaa hyvä:

Siis jos ihmisen kehitykseen vaikuttavat eniten geenit, kasvuympäristö ja kotikasvatus, niin vanhempasi olivat vastuussa niistä kaikista. Heidän vika!

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