Wednesday, February 24, 2010

new home/ uusi koti

olympics opening ceremony...

kitchen...


washing machine being put into place...



from our balcony; ez's preschool is the building with the yellow sign. behind that, the public pools...


boys on the balcony...

birds! lintuja!

some of our feathered friends... höyhenystäviä! (suomennokset toimii!)
cockatoos... 
rainbow lorrakeets on our balcony...

and a kookaburra, as seen from our dining room window...

Thursday, February 11, 2010

kumipuita sun muita/ gum trees and other things


park life...


and beach life...


new home...our place is the top balcony on the left.
ez and glenn infront of our building. we're slowly taking stuff to the flat, but not living there yet. but we now have a fridge, so hope to be in some time next week!

                                                                           ciao!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

traveling / matkalla

-10°C in Lohja, the morning that we started on our way across the globe...

then, onto the plane...

and then arriving at our residence in Chalfont St. Giles...


awesome times with the awesome weeks family. Glenn and Riia also had a night out in London town...

and then a day out in oxford with some more special friends. such a gorgeous place...

we also encountered another badger at the oxford university's natural history museum:

then we did a lot of flying, and sleeping in various positions...


and finally, arriving in Sydney. Until we find a place of our own, this is where we're staying; at our friend's flat that's joined to their house. 



Enjoying the smells and sounds of the aussie summer, running around trying to get all the official stuff sorted, meeting people, driving in the blue nissan we have to use. Going into the OM office next week to start discovering what God has for us to do here at this time...



Going to look at a house this afternoon. It's good to be here. it's also challenging, as many things are still to become clear. It's also oddly familiar, in amongst all the newness. So there is more to come! stay tuned...

Thursday, January 14, 2010

laatikoita ja lunta / boxes and snow





             *miska on the move  *God's eye for detail  *candles and sculptures *glenn's breath