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Finnish Tram Cat

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Sunday, December 18, 2022, 6:23 pm — Perkins … does some of her best Finnish learning while she sleeps … red spiral notebook for Finnish notes …

… 8:29 pm … discovered Google translate works on smart tv, livingroom … What’s “tram” in Finnish? … raitiovaunu … Had been watching a YT video by “asitis” … quiet, snowy walk in Helsinki …

“Most trams (raitiovaunut) running in Helsinki traffic are of the Artic type … specifically designed to meet the requirements of Helsinki’s tram network and the Nordic climate.” … “Artic on suunniteltu erityisesti Helsingin raitiovaunuverkon tarpeisiin ja kestämään pohjoista ilmastoa.” – kaupunkiliikenne.fi …

See the green and yellow raitiovaunu / tram in action … at 5:27 … Helsinki Christmas Walk – Snowy city center after several days of snowfall (15 Dec 2022) … by “asitis”

Two days earlier, at tram stop … at 19:00 … HEAVY Snowfall after Blizzard in Helsinki Finland (13 Dec 2022) … by “asitis“

Invitation Cats

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 11:39 am — Teeny Tuxedo … “Hey, Perky … how about going undercover in the camo cat tunnel?” … (they’re under the self-heating thermal mat right here) …

1:32 pm … Looks like I’m the only one playing “undercover cat” in the camo tunnel …

… Time to find more mischief … the Kitty Kick Stix will have to wait …

Showdown Cats

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Thursday, October 27, 2022, 12:21 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … could this be a showdown, stare down at the OK Cat Corral? …

… Peaceful, so far … Perkins catnaps on the edge of the bed … shadow of her ears and head …

… Teeny moseys out of the shadows … her head and ears shadow follows along …

… Faster ‘n greased lightin’, Teen draws her claws paw … Perky does some quick skidaddlin’! …

3:10 pm … a couple hours later …

… the dust has settled … all’s quiet on the Kitty Sills OK Cat Corral front …

Finnish Movie Cat

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Tuesday, October 20, 2022, 2:02 pm — Perkins … I wonder what’s on that paper in the corner? …

3:00 pm … a shopping list … in Finnish! … notes from the Sorjonen Finnish tv series movie … Muraalimurhat, 2021 … English subtitles … Netflix … (shortened version of the Finnish series) …

Finnish shopping list … ostoslista = shopping list … laastari = Band-Aid … maitoa = milk … muroja = cereal … vessapaperi = toiletpaper … Sorjonen says at 42:40 minutes … “Can’t spell it correctly” …

All in a Day Cat

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 12:46 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … quiet times … back paws … butterfly bush … [photos, Lumix Z300] …

… 12:59 pm … How about a big yawn? …

… Is this better? …

… 11:48 pm … “loafing” in the front bathroom … still friends with the oral syringes for her (and Perky’s) medication …

Not for Me Cat

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Monday, August 22, 2022, 12:45 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … I hope that medicine’s not for ME! …

Don’t worry, Teeny … This is for Doobie … Ulcergard (omeprazole) oral paste for horses … for the prevention of gastric ulcers … once a day, 5 days, August 17-21 … Omeprazole powder in bucket, 1 scoop daily with vitamins and applesauce, 30 days, starting August 22 … She’s feeling much better now! … Thought it was colic … Dr. Lee came out first thing in the morning … blood test showed possible ulcer … Have been SO lucky … nothing like this before …

… Doobie (my Fell pony!) … several years earlier … grazing near curious hens …

Natural Model Cat

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 1:25 pm — Perkins … in front of “you buy ’em, we’ll fly ’em!” … 1942 Defense Bonds Stamps metal poster … purchased at Tillamook Air Museum, 1990s … In background, Navajo riders, Canyon de Chelly, 1904, photo print, Edward S. Curtis … purchased at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona …

… 7:04 pm … change of scenery … black and white Finnish Marimekko Pikkuinen Unikko (little poppies) sheet …

More Finnish Cat

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Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10:36 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … big stretch after catnap on corner of bed … Computer is beyond lower left corner … bed is handy work space …  Red spiral notebook and headphones are for studying Finnish via Pimsleur.com …

June 26, started a 7-day free Finnish trial with Pimsleur and continued … $20.95, month … Can now rattle off “valitettavasti” … “myöhemmin” … “rautatieasema” with ease … The method of breaking words, sentences into chunks, starting at the end, adding on, building to the beginning works quite well … Audio-based … not focused on reading, grammar … Helps immensely that I had weekly Finnish Zoom discussion group sessions, Sept. 2021-May 2022 (Salolampi, Concordia Lanuage Villages, Minnesota) … and that letters in Finnish words are pronounced exactly as they appear.

Sizzle ‘n’ Walk Cat

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Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:31 am — Male house finch … likes the new bird seeds … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”

… 10:35 am … Perkins … perambulating with a purpose … through the paper maze …