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Announcing Catskill Pumi C-Litter, May 2015

April 3, 2015

We are announcing our upcoming Catskill Pumi C-litter in May, 2015.

Dam: Kaffogo Agyag, Hungarian Junior Champion, CM, PT, JHD, FCI Herding Certificate, Junior World Cup Winner of Hungarian Breeds, Budapest Hungary, 2013)

(D.O.B.03.08.2012),

Color Fawn (Maszkos Fako)

Health Tests: Elbows 0/0, Hips “GOOD” (OFA), PLL Clear (OFA), DM Clear (OFA) Health test certificates are available upon request

Kaffogo Agyag, HPJ, CM, PT, JHD (AHBA), FCI herding Certificate,

Sire: Pustan Helmen Karhunsammal “Daco” Finnish Champion, Estonian Champion (D.O.B. 05.01.2011)

Color Black,

Health Tests: Elbows 0/0, Hips B/B, PLL Clear (OFA), DM Clear (OFA) Health test certificates are available upon request

Pustan Helmen Karhunsammal “Daco”

Home Again…

March 31, 2015

they scanned me, and called Laszlo in New York that I will be home again soon…

Home Again… we said a heartfelt good by with Marja-Leeena and then we checked in with the airline. I could not be happier with the news that Agyag’s fee was only 75 Euro(!) . So I showed Agyag’s receipt from New York. I got a big apology and an even bigger refund for the gross over charge at JFK on the way here. I just love Finnair, I think, they just got a committed new customer. Before boarding, I kept asking one of the flight attendants wether the dog was on the plane yet. She was not too enthusiastic about my persistent inquiry, but finally she called the ground crew. She also asked me what kind of a dog I had. The magic word, “PUMI” finally brought a smile on her face and she told me that one of her colleagues also has a Pumi. “You mean Helena Matilla?” I asked… She said, “yes.” What a small planet to fly the friendly skies…

"Are you ready?" I asked, "are you ready?" she asked.

“Are you ready?” I asked her, “are you ready?” she asked me…

Agyag plans to sign up with FinAir as a sniff sniff dog (we might fly free next year…?)

The plane could not leave for an additional forty minutes. So while we were sitting on the ground, I decoded the airplane charmers’ hand signals on the tarmac watching them through the window.

the airplane charmers code to move those big mechanical beasts on the ground. It is all brain power and focus…

The flight was smooth and dry. It reminded me somewhat the prohibition era. (It took lots of button pushing to get a few glasses of wine out of the flight attendants. )

the airplane charmers’ hand signals to move those giant beasts on the ground…

Finally we landed, and we were home again. While I was enjoying the NYC sunshine in the traffic jam trying to get out of the City en route upstate, the furious periodic mini snow storms in the Catskills made me question the existence of Spring.

New Draconian measures in NYC to collect unpaid traffic tickects. Vialators are burried up to their head in the medians to inhale exhaust fumes so reduce pullution. Look at the heads, it turns out that blond types do not pay their traffic tickets more often than others…

snow flurries March 30, 2015 What is going on Mr. Weather Man?

I hope it will come in the next few days. I am ready…

City Hopping in Helsinki

March 27, 2015

The Central Railway Station of Helsinki

We’ve decided that we had enough of the dogs and went to see Helsinki yesterday. Strolled through part of Kluuvi, the commercial center of the City. It has a shopping center, the University of Helsinki, Movie theaters, museums and the Helsinki Central Railway Station among many other things. One interesting fact that I learned that the Square has two entrances, one for the public and a second one for the President of Finland…

Civic center a euphenism for a place where you smell th

“City center” a euphemism for shop until you drop dead…

The first Finnish brewery, an integral part of our city "hopping"

The indoor city market

vintage beer tanks. During WWI and WWII they justinstalled wheels and tracks and they had war tanks...

During our city “hopping” we bumped into these vintage beer tanks. During WWI and WWII they probably just installed wheels and tracks on them and they had war tanks They must have been useful during seize fires (they could brew beer until the fights picked up again…)

beer/war tanks I guess they nevermade it to the front line they were pulled over for drunk driving

beer/war tanks I would not be surprised if they had never made it to the front line the drivers probably were pulled over for drunk driving

buy buy baby who can resist in a narrow alley?

buy buy baby who can resist the great aromas of gourmet food and spices floating in the narrow alley of the city market?

Fresh fish

and the canned goods I bet I could find fermented shark fin if I looked more carefully…

Kapelli

We also checked out the exhibitions at the contemporary Art center, “Kiasma.” After the culture rush, we escaped to some fine shopping places and checked into some great food stores. It was such a breath of fresh air to spend some time in cafe houses, fine restaurants and (only…) browsing ( this is for Laszlo in case he reads this entry) in some high end department store after our local convenient stores and Walmart upstate NY.

our appropriations of one of the installations at the Kiasma:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7bOLNMGI9Q<—Click here

a very interesting drink that I learned from Marja-Leena if you want to know it contact me privately

yum yum pastries

the famous historic Kapelli cafe, bar, restaurant where the bohemians and artists, of Helsinki gathered the the past 150 years or so including Sibelius, the composer.

the famous historic Kapelli cafe, bar, restaurant where the bohemians and artists, of Helsinki gathered the past 150 years or so including Sibelius, the composer.