paleta de blancos - shades of white

At 9:00 and 12:00 this morning
A les 9:00 y a les 12:00 esta mañana

Some days is better to stay in bed

Hai díes que ye meyor quedar na cama

Paseín

Yesterday we had a 2:30 h walk at -12. Condensed in the video into 2,14 min
Ayer paseín de 2:30 hores a -12 graos, condensáu n'esti video de 2,14 min

Eero's first doll

La primera muñequina d'Eero

Nimiaiset

We had yesterday a little celebration with the family. Anne baked this delicious red currant cake
Ayer tuvimos una celebración cola familia. Anne fizo esti deliciosu pastel de groselles

yesterday...
ayer...

Y en paté

To finish up Fermin's happy sausages I've made them into pate. A happy idea indeed!
Pa finar les morcielles caseres de Fermín fice un paté con elles. Vaya ocurrencia más buena!

Kastanjan kakku

These days one cannot leave aside the chestnuts. Feeling a bit home sick I've baked a chestnut cake
Unu que nun puede dexar de lláu les castañes, y acordándose d'Asturies, fizo un pastel de castañes

Morcielles

To mantain our insulation against the Finnish winter we eat Fermin's "happy" blood sausages with salty corn pankakes
Pa que la capa aislante se mantenga comemos les morcielles alegres de Fermín con unos tortos de maiz

In November the snow comes and goes (above our street by car, below from the subway to Kalasatama)
En Payares la nieve va y viene (enrriba la nuestra calle dende'l coche, abaxu dende'l Metro a Kalasatama)

Publish Post

Marañueles

first time I've made these Asturian pastries (marañueles) with excellent results :)
primera vez que les fice y quedaron mui bien.
Candás o Lluanco?
Helsinki!
: )

Talvi Ikkunat

Right now that's the situation. Así ta la cosa agora

Lens Politica

Next Wednesday kicks off the fourth annual Lens Politica, film and media art festival, dives once again into the topical questions of world politics and societal issues. The festival program includes documentary films, fiction, short films, art exhibitions, seminars and panel discussions as well as groovy club nights.
El prósimu miercoles entama la cuarta edición de Lens Politica, festival de cine, periodismu y arte, metése'n temes d'actualidá política y social. El programa tien documentales, ficción, curtios, esposiciones, seminarios y alderiques amás de nueches marchoses.

Marimekko

Recently, "El maletero" was commenting on how nice and expensive Marimekko clothes are. This week we visited Marimekko's warehouse. The atmosphere is more relaxed than in the official shops and you can get some stuff at 30% off.
Hai poco El Maletero comentaba lo prestoses y cares que son les coses de Marimekko. Esta semana pasamos pel almacén de Marimekko. L'ambiente ye más relaxáu que nes tiendes oficiales y pueden pillase algunes coses con un 30% de descuentu.

This morning. Hoi pola mañana

Thinglink.com

Long time since I last blogged about design stuff. Some feedback with el maletero de la viajera set the mood for this. Surely Finnish design lovers will be interested in the beta of thinglink.com. A web platform where designers can upload their catalogs and these can be commented by the visitors to the site.

Había tiempu que nun subía nada de diseñu. Un contactu reciente con el maletero de la viajera animome a ello. A los que-yos guste'l diseñu Finés gustará-yos el beta thinglink.com. Una plataforma na rede onde los diseñadores suben los sos catálogos y los visitantes al sitiu pueden dexar los sos comentarios.

Welcome to Thinglink from Ulla-Maaria Engeström on Vimeo.

Autoja

Walking around Helsinki sometimes I bump into nice old cars. This time was this Dyane model with the foldable trunk.
Paseando per Helsinki ye facil topase con coches vieyos prestosos. Esta vegada fue esti Dyane col maleteru plegable.

Herttoniemen siirtolapuutarha

Today we had a very nice walk around the small village of cabins close to our place. The autumn colours are at their best
Hoi ficimos un paseín mui prestosu pel pueblín de cabañuques cerca la nuestra casa. Los colores de Seronda taben a tope

Tortilles Españoles pero Franceses

Vacuum "Spanish" tortillas can be found in the fridges of some Helsinki supermakets. The thing though is that are made in France. Interesting the "all i oli" tortilla concept since the regular Spanish tortilla already has garlic and egg. Click the photo to se it better: "Tortillas Espagnoles", priceless. Vive la Francia!
Nes neveres dellos supermercaos en Helsinki pueden topase tortilles "españoles" de patates. La cosa ye que tan feches en Francia. Llamóme la atención el conceptu de tortilla "all i oli", cuando ye habitual que les tortilles yá lleven ayu y aceite. Calcái na foto pa velo'n grande: "Tortillas Espagnoles" . Vive la Francia!

De vuelta! Kotona taas!

Back at home after a month in Asturies. We found out that the autumn already arrived to Helsinki while in Asturies was still summer

De vuelta dempués d'un mesín n'Asturies. Decátamonos qu'en Helsinki yá llegara la seronda mientres que n'Asturies tovía yera branu