global shwarming.: 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.