Aikainen pyöräilijä aikaisen linnun nappaa

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THE EARLY BIKER CATCHES THE EARLY BIRD

”Don’t you often come to work by bike instead of metro?” ”Yes, all summer long, Basically ever since there’s no snow.” //
13 kilometers in the morning and another 13 in the afternoon. //
”You’ve probably had the time to listen to quite a few books while biking?” ”Well…” //
”I don’t listen to books when I bike. Or to music or anything.” //
”What do you do while biking, then? Since it takes that long every day?” ”Well. I concentrate on what I’m doing.” //
I observe the nature and the birds around me. //
And, in the old-fashioned way, just think about whatever’s in my mind. //
”I think it’s good to listen to one’s own thoughts sometimes and not just everyone else’s.” ”That’s for sure!”

Aikainen lintu tyhjän metron nappaa

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THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE EMPTY METRO

”Good morning!” ”Morning.” //
”How come you’re always at work this early?” ”Well, I’m more of a morning person, always have been.” //
”And secondly, coming here early means getting out of the metro before the morning rush hour.” //
Because the rush hour metro is terrible.” //
”Understandable.” ”And since I come here early, I also get to leave early.” //
”More free time in the evening, then.” ”Yes, and…” //
…I get to the metro before the afternoon rush hour!

Lääkärissä

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DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT

”Do come in and have a seat.” ”Thank you.” //
”So, what seems to be the matter?” ”My neck hurts.” //
”Is it like neck tension or…?” ”No, more like hurts-hurts.” //
”Like… Neck tension is, like, blunt pain. This is sharp.” //
”But not in a needle-stab-like way. More like slashing sort.” //
”This is somehow… purple… this pain.” ”Purple?” //
”Yeah, like… blue-ish… purple. Like so.” ”…” //
”Are you alright?” ”No, my neck hurts!”

Oikeasti en ole vielä käynyt lääkärillä, mutta niska on kipeä.
In reality my neck does hurt but I haven’t seen a doctor about it yet.

Peuroja

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FOREST REINDEER

Minulta tilattiin peura-aiheisia kuvituksia. Ostin niitä varten uutta paperia, joka toki vaati testaamista. Samalla tein vähän väri- ja materiaalikokeiluja. Ylempi kuva on ihan pelkkä lyijykynäluonnos, vesiväriä ja valkoista puuväriä (skanneri otti sinisen taivaan tosi huonosti) ja alemmassa näiden lisäksi mm. mustetta, valkoista geelikynää ja elintarvikeväriä.
I was commissioned some forest reindeer illustrations. I bought new paper for it and it of course required some testing, and I tried out some colors and materials at the same time. The first painting is just a pencil sketch, water color and white pencil (the scanner did a lousy job with the blue sky) and the second one also includes ink,white gel pen and some food coloring.

Tietovisa

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QUIZ QUESTIONS

”The Latin term ’funiculus umbilicalis’ means which body part?” //
”The – the – baby-attachment-line!” //
”You mean… the umbilical cord?” ”Yeah.” //
”I’d accept that.” ”Yes.” ”Sure.” ”Why not.”

Liinu

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Olimme Lumihevosen kanssa hoitamassa erään ystävämme koiraa maalla hänen lomansa ajan.
Snowhorse and I took care of our friend’s dog on the countryside during her vacation.

”I take Liinu out for a walk.” ”Okay.” //
”?” ”!!” //
”?!” ”Glomp!” ”Squick!” //
”Liinu please don’t eat all those voles.” ”Nomnomnom.”

”Dog in harness?” ”Yep.” //
”Kati on skis?” ”Yep.” //
”All right, Liinu, down the hill.” //
”Down — !!” //
”AAAAAHHHAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAH…”

”Okay, that was fun!” //
”!” //
”?” ”?” //
”Liinu, Liinu, that’s enough, thank you! I’m alive!”

”Has Liinu eaten today?” ”Hmm.” //
”Well. She has eaten half of what I gave her in the morning.” //
”Half?” //
”Yeah. EXACTLY half.”

Kaali

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CABBAGE

Omistettu kämppikselleni Ranalle, joka ilmeisesti on muusani, kun sarjisideat loppuvat.
Dedicated to my flat mate Rana who, apparently, is my muse when I run out of comic ideas.

”Why is there a cabbage with bite marks on it in the fridge?!” //
”It is mine. This is how I eat cabbage when I don’t bother cutting it.” //
”I take it out of the fridge and take a bite. Then I put it back.” //
”It is the morally right way of eating cabbage.”

Salamajärvi 3: Kuukkeleita ja pingviinejä

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SALAMAJÄRVI 3: SIBERIAN JAYS AND PENGUINS

”The people in the neighboring hut are way too loud.” ”Yeah. The wall isn’t that thick.” //
”Which of the following is not a prime number: 419, 615 or 827?” //
”I wouldn’t necessarily want to listen to their quiz all nigh long.” ”Me neither.” //
”Besides, the answer is obviously 615!”

”On last year’s winter trip the temperature was around minus 30 degrees Celsius. Now it was only about minus ten.” //
”And I have now learned the most important difference between the two.” //
In -30 C going to the outdoor toilet is just plain terrible. //
”I’m freezing!” //
”I’m freezing!” //
”I’m freezing!” //
”In minus ten degrees going to the toilet is tolerable.” //
”Like — I’m not sitting here for the fun of it but it’s not that bad.”

”I often take my woolen cape along on hiking trips. It’s very useful.” //
You can wear it indoors or when going to the toilet. //
You can also wear it as a skirt. //
When sleeping, you can use it as a blanket… //
…a pillow… //
…as well as a bed sheet. //
You can use the cape to protect your hands from hot pots and heater lids. //
Inside a proper cape you can fit a friend, too.

”The taxi will be here in half an hour. Let’s get going.” ”We have less than a kilometer to walk.” //
”Yes, but it’s better to leave on time.” //
”Hey! Was that a Siberian jay?!” ”?” //
”Where?” ”Over there?” ”Can anyone see it?” //
”It went that way!” ”Could we see it again?” //
”…and this is why we leave on time.”

Waiting for a taxi on a national park parking lot: ”I’m a bit cold.” ”Shall we play the penguin game?” //
”HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PENGUIN?!?” //
Waiting for a bus at the bus stop of a small town: ”I’m a bit cold.” ”Shall we play the penguin game?” //
”Have you ever seen a penguin?”

Loppu // The end

Salamajärvi 2: Suksin suolle

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SALAMAJÄRVI 2: SKIING ON A SWAMP

”This is some… small, white polypore.” ”Polypores are funny in the way that…” //
”…their habitat is not just ’forest’ or even ’old spruce forest’.” //
”Rather, it’s something like ’in an old spruce forest under the trunk of a spruce that fell 20 to 40 years ago’.” //
”You’re right there. What’s also good about polypores is that…” //
”…they don’t fly or run away when you’re trying to identify them.” ”Haha, true!”

”Z” //
”Z — ! I’m a bit cold.” //
”I wonder where my woolen socks are…?” //
”Oh, no! They’ve probably fallen down on Ilu’s face!” //
”!” //
”Thank you! And sorry.” ”No problem.”

A note for my non-Finnish readers: the Finnish proverb ”suksi suolle” literally translates to ”go ski on a swamp” and means pretty much the same as ”get out of my sight”. Skiing on a swamp is pretty nice, though.


”When I was a kid I always wondered why they told you to take a sitting pad on a camp.” //
”I don’t need a sitting pad!” //
”I’ll just sit here on this rock.” //
”Oh the sweet childhood summers! Then I started hiking and camping in other seasons as well.” //
”And I learned that you don’t sit on a rock in the winter because your butt gets wet or freezes.” //
”Unless you have a sitting pad which is a great piece of equipment. Recommended for everyone.”

Jatkuu // To be continued