Ivory tower ;-)

Delic... Decorative Easter Flowers - Part 2

The long narrow delicious leaves are missing in this floral setup...

But these new fernlike greens are fun too...

One can entertain himself by ripping off the leaves...

... and leave the stem only... 

Exter's Hibernation Nest

The crew made the Spring's first trip to the boat yard last weekend. Slowly but surely the ice is melting and the Summer arriving. 

I am so waiting for hanging around in the cockpit, enjoying the fresh air and all the birds...

Delic... Decorative Easter Flowers - Part 1

Where are the narrow delicious leaves?!?

Looks like that my florist replaced them with these fernlike things...

 Maybe I can use them still for something fun...

To be continued...

Easter Sunday Excursion

 On the second Easter Sunday I had to use the ultimate means to get some time to myself. In three days row the crew had been cooking, cleaning, and fussing around in the house during my day sleeping time. Also my whole temp crew visited which was very nice. So on the fourth day I was really exhausted and I had to send them to an excursion to Liminganlahti http://www.liminganlahti.fi/en/home.html.

However these pics raise some concerns - this white snow field is the sea. How an earth can we sail in it in only in two months?

Delic... er... Decorative Easter Grass

Again the Sunset...

To please the first mate, who is notoriously into the sunsets, I have to post another set
of Iso-Syöte sunset pics.

But, I demand, that the next Sunset post shall be a nautical one! 

Iloista Pääsiäistä! Easter Greetings!

Benefits of being a Mountain Cat

I have considered our ski trip and found following points that support becoming a mountain cat, a seasonal one, in between the sailing seasons. A mountain cat lives in a ski cabin of which benefits for a cat are the following:

- a ski cabin potentially has excellent views of nature with birds and ... the squirrels...
- a ski cabin typically has a fireplace. It is enjoyable to relax in the warmth of a fireplace.
- a ski cabin has a sauna. The warmed floor combined with the water heater under the sauna benches are a winning combo for a day time napping hideaway and provide excellent vantage point for monitoring crew activity.
- a ski cabins usually have large porches or patios. They give great coverage for observing outdoors and breathing fresh air.

To conclude, it would be of course demanding to handle all three roles, the duties of a seacat, a citycat and a mountaincat, but hey we seacats are always up to a challenge!

Yet another Sunset...

... this time from the mountain...

Captain's Iso-Syöte explorations on X-country skis

Case Squirrel

There are certain ways the crew tries to entertain themselves between the seasons. Skiing weekends are one of those. This was very first one for me. I agree, a weekend in a ski cottage makes the trick. I will report in few upcoming posts about this new experience.

I start with the lovely morning moment I had. The sun rose from behind the mountain. I was enjoying the calm moment, all the snow, all the lovely views. A sea / city cat does not get to see this kind of views often. Suddenly someone was running on the patio and continuing on the roof. I could not do anything but run inside the cottage and try to follow the noise as well as I could. The object returned to the patio and I could do anything but watch that he stayed put. The squirrel. Oh, the amount of frustration... 

After this experience I was very tired, finished my morning duty and retrieved to sauna (yes, to the sauna, I explain this to you in a later post) and had a very good sleep. The crew went of skiing for few hours, I enjoyed the quietness and relaxed...

New surface to chill on

... and watch some snow leopard videos http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ulkomaat/art-1288546629994.html... Cool.

Wanna be Champion too?

Browsing trough today's mail while the crew has their dinner... Oh, POROK member publication, Kissankello, Issue 1 2013, has arrived. Let's see the new nominations... You know, I have one EX1, two more to go to become a champion. Maybe I should participate this Summer's local cat show... That requires showering that I am not so exited about... But it was nice to see all the colleagues in the last Summer's show... 

Maybe I should, maybe?

Under cover

Photo shoot - My first winter coat

PS I am sitting here on my favorite furniture. 

I enjoy its texture as you can see in the left hand side lower corner in the pics ;-)

Winter in Kemi Marina

Wintery views in Kemi impressed the crew as much as the Summer ones. 

The snow castle has taken over the strand boulevard. The boats hibernate in their marinas.