Tuesday, whats better than that!

Howdy-ho!
Trying to keep the flue abay (garlic, chili, lemon, ginger--- woollen socks, ibuprofein) because this Saturday we will be at Ravintola Kulttuurikulma again! This time with Thee Dizzy Daisies and Sir Willy which means you have the possibility to see our brand new "Aurora Borealis" number as a duo, plus mine and Willy´s 2nd EVER performance of "The Garden of Eden"...ya´ll should really get your tickets!

Last Saturday we saw a bunch of fun and talented acts take the stage for the first time at the Newcomer´s Night Vol.2 in Tampere! Thank you to all performers, I had a great night! Got to hang out afterwards at a beautiful appartment decorated in the 20-30´s style and spend time with good food and good friends, what´s better than that?!?

We got a new puppy to the farm, she´s a border collie and goes by the name of Elsa. One day she will be a strong and fierce shephard dog...now she´s just cute and whiny when left alone :) Our cat has been giving us the stink-eye ever since Elsa arrived haha!

I´ll leave you with a link to a marvelous article featuring the World Famous *BOB*. You can read it here, and what I really love about this inspirational woman was her reaction to the crap written in the comments was in the lines of "don´t hate back but write something beautiful". I love her <3 Thank you *BOB* for being a true Star and an inspiration!!!

Me and Pepper in Pori 08.11.13, pic by Veera

Pic: Veera

Pic: Veera

Life at the circus

Firstly: thank you all of you party people last night! I´ll admit: performing for friends and ex-colleagues is intimidating and I was really nervous beforehand. Performing for people I know is somehow much harder than for an "unknown" audience, but I can take a guess that is the case for most of us. Also, since it was only my 2nd time doing "Praline Airlines" theres always that little extra nervousness about getting things properly done. You were goddamn amazing! Thanks for the support and cheers <3

I don´t know if I have mentioned this before but we have a circus here. No. Really. I know I keep saying life at the farm is a circus (and a railwaystation) during the Summertime since it´s busy as heck around here but we really have a circus here. I´m not talking clowns, ponies with feathers on their heads and trapeze-girls but five talented young lads from a circus school close by who have put up a show in our riding hall. Since I´m leaving tomorrow early in the morning and will miss the shows I got to see it today at their rehersals, and let me tell you: it´s brilliant! I wasn´t surpriced by the fact that these guys are talented, but there is such a fun story and the whole comical part of it all that I wasn´t expecting. I don´t know that much about "new" circus, obviously :) But I do love circus and I do love a good show. Plus the boys are really nice guys.
So, the shows are this Wednesday-Friday @6pm and Saturday-Sunday @2pm. Come show your support for yung artists and local culture if you´re around! And on Sunday there is the traditional Mallusjoen Takinkääntöviikko-music festival starting! That is a free thing and huge success so bring a friend and come and enjoy the Finnish countryside!

I have no clue about internets and blogging etc while I´m in Florida but I´ll try to keep you posted if there is something important :) I´m looking forward to quality time with my mother, reading brainless books by the pool and getting my nerves back before work starts. I do want to be relaxed and nice for my students! Oh, and I´m sure the husband appreciates it, too ;)

Not eery riding hall has a huge auditorium :)

Practice makes perfect

Got dizzy just watching...

Enjoy the small things

Howdy ho! Cowgirl ready for duty, it´s back to farmlife again after the weekend shenanigans and that means the morning started with getting lots of milk from the barn so that I can cook the planned porridge in the oven for everyone here today! GLAMOROUS haha :) No, I don´t really care about that glam that much, really. WHAT is it, anyway? For me glam can be the fact that I put on lipstick in the morning, because it makes me feel really good. It´s fun, it´s entertaining but I´m a girl of simple pleasures. That´s why I put up a sticker saying "Enjoy the little things" on one of our walls, to remind myself that I should not always just plan ahead but to stop and enjoy the momentum, so to say. Sometimes people ask me if I don´t miss living in Hellsinki but truth be told - very seldomly, if ever. It was fun while it lasted, the nightlife, the 24/7-happenings, all of it. But maybe I´m old or something, I really enjoy having space around me, to be able to go outside and sit on the terrace and have a glass of wine. Realestate is sky high in the city as we speak, it´s really ridiculous. Plus theres always travel. My hubby asked me once it we should get a summer cottage (which is very typically Finnish) and I looked at him like he was mad! We live at a FARM! "Yes, a Summer cottage in Manhattan" was my answer if memory serves me right.

  Living in this big, ol´ farm where we have been renovating and working since the day we arrived makes me blind to the fact that a lot has already been done. And I have learned that the garden will probably NEVER be finished. Patience is no virtue of mine (I always thought, but then I can sit gor hours on end glueing bling to my costumes...go figure!), so it has been a revelation..... I try to have one BIG project every summer, the past years it has been in the house, wallpapers, paint etc. but since the interior is pretty ok now we moved outside. This summers project has been painting the old porch and putting down stones in the front, and our resident Italian has been extremely helpful with this. Could have not done it without him since most my days seem to be spent in the kitchen! The backyard´s terrace was finished last summer so now I need to figure out the rest of it...but that will be NEXT summer ;)
Ok, ok...I do plan ahead and I do enjoy to think about what is going to happen in the near future. Tomorrow I´m shooting some outdoor pictures by the sea with Emiliano and having rehearsals with my girls, next Monday I get to shake my tailfeathers at a party for my old colleagues from my previous aviaton-life with "Praline Airlines" and then tada! it´s off to Florida with my mother! Really looking forward to a girls-only-holiday with her! But before this, I love the sun outside today, my fresh coffee (and milk hehe!) in my Wonder Woman-cup that was a prezzie from my sister and th luxoury of having the house quiet and non-demanding for the morning!
The Burlesque Assassins movie was brilliant! I laughed SO much, the humour was right up my alley!!! Great burlesque acts, too- I´m in love with Koko La Douce once again... Later Xarah rocked the house and even if we could have had more audience the feeling and the atmorphere was very lovely. Thanks Olivia, T.t and Seah aka the Tampere Troublemakers for inviting me and letting me a part of this event <3

Ready to go! No make up and rollers, this is it, baby :)

Backstage, listening to my song before the show.

With Sophie le Sucre, redheads galore!

The wonderful and gorgeous Xarah von den Vielenregen. P.S (my dress is from Olivia Rouge)

Hay work!

It´s that time of the year again when people on farms are crossing fingers and hope for sun. Same here, we have asked people over to help today so we can pack in some 2000 hay bails but unfortunately it looks like we´ll get rain and have to do it tomorrow... Bleeeh! Let´s hope we get it done today - it´s much more fun to do with lots of people (than not). I´m driving up to Northern Carelia for just a couple of days as soon as the hay is in and by this time I´m counting days to our trip to Berlin-Wien-Klagenfurt! To get ya´ll in the mood for farmlife, here are some shots of me and Pepper, all taken by Emiliano Melandri.

Ta! 

P.S if you wonder my dress is Pin Up Girl Couture, Peppers is Olivia Rouge.