Sunday, April 29, 2012

oh, brave new world...

this was couple of days before x'mas, looking out our back patio.  very strange that there was no snow yet.  last year on christmas when we came to helsinki there was about a meter of snow on the ground and it was -30*
 took the bus into turku, then dressed the tree
 x'mas morning the town gathers and sings
 long nights of opening gifts made us a bit sleepy.
 the next day we hopped on a plane and embarked on the new world
 woke around six in the morn and went on a fairy to scope the big apple

 times square was hell.  they were getting ready for new year's.
 home alone 2
 got the horse tour

 went to my friend, butthandler's work and went on the roof to check out the city from above.  it was epic.

 central park
 water tour outside our hotel room in china town
 panhandler sculpture.  i gave him some euro coins
 lady libs

 new york's finest on wall street
 ended up in times square again
 where's waldo?
 sprinkling at this place
 hotel view by dusk
 inside butthandler's work they had this wu tang painting.
 central park aquaduct
 anna wanted to check the famous skate spots
 brooklyn bridge
 from brooklyn, there's manhattan over there
 went home to az on new year's eve day.  you'll see those pics in a second.
my folks had arranged a party for those who didn't make it to finland for our wedding, so they could party with us.  cheers, folks!  and cheers, friends who came through!
 mandatory 'dinger ride.  it broke down and we had to push it back.
 mineself, marcarr, shifferbrains, and shmeeeeeeee
 cheerio!
 new year's at the compound
 me n squintz
 happy new year, mates.
 this was flying in to az, somewhere over flag, i reckon
 greesewood flats.  mandatory, cowboy!
 we had a buck up in there from our first wedding.
 i miss these things
 jammed over to sandy eggo in hopes of seeing some fresh baby face.  they weren't ripe yet, though, so we've still yet to see 'em.
here's my misses at the dunes.
 here's those buns i spoke of earlier.  my niece, juniper, and nephew, oliver, all safely tucked away in their mother's belly.
 cyriss crackin jokes.
 isaac and his hat
 walked the standard balboa park route

 here we are.

 auntie anna placing a kick.
 father and son

 went to this hidden bar in downtown s.d. that had an alice in wonderland theme.
 while finland is dark and cold...


 went to this lighthouse
 whale watching!
 cemetary

 good looking out to the pritchett's for allowing us to drink your booze again and sleep in your beds! best view in town...

 family portraits

 got this pic sent to me after we'd come back to finland.  as you can see, the stork was kind and brought my niece and nephew safely out of stephanie.
 met up with latenite link and he's gone n touched up the dinosaur tattoo i'd given him a couple of years back.
 we went horseback riding and it was amazing.
 anna's horse, warming up the river. patti smith.


 majestic
 saw this bald eagle perched above his nest.  god bless america.  though this was on indian reservation.  god bless you, redman.

 into the sun
 my gals.  wifey and m'grandma.
 steed's goat.
 this night was rough.  next day i woke up on top of my bed still grasping that goldshläger.
 had to beat some elders at some golf.  no big deal, i only play once every couple years, heh heh.  sam had to poison me which was distracting to say the least, and somehow whiskey made it's way into my system on the back nine.

 buds.  miss these two nuckleheads.
 the bush man
 micah came by with his gal, we played some games then he slithered onto my floor and passed out while i star gazed.
 coka & cola.
 marcarr and my tattoo
 ...until we meet again.  que sera...
 baby shots.

 i'm quite fond of fondue. thanks for the great time, familia!

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