Sky Watching Angry Birds

Who's that flying big yellow birdy up there?

Hey, it's them wacky Angry Birds!

Of course there has to be the green pig with the eggs as well. Scenes from the new Angry Birds-park in Suurpelto, Espoo.

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Symphony for the darkness of summer 2012 with three minor chords.

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People always want to go to the end of the pier, like it's good when you can't go any further. +2C (35F) and sunny today and the beach life seemed like a good idea if you had enough clothes. I always hope there is sun in the weekends when I finally have some time outside. Espoo is still a windsurfer's paradise in December even though the day is barely 6 hours long. Water was really high now and it was probably easier to go out from the pier. A loooong season this year.

That was my Skywatch Friday (saturday). See more of skies from all over the world right there.

 

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The brave new Espoo
rises to the morning light of a new weekend
The fishermen are busy on the cool still sea
looking for the next catch
What a glorious saturday this will be!

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In the autumn mornings any kind of light is a glimmer of hope, no matter what kind of light it is.

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Yesterday I had to take some time off to admire the low hanging big fat august afternoon clouds. It is dark underneath them but there isn´t much rain really. 5 o´clock traffic is still quite easy in the second week of august, but it will change next week when the schools start.

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I always have to wait for the bus
but the bus almost never waits for me
Luckily in march
it sometimes feels good to miss the bus

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I haven´t really gone anywhere. There is clouds now in march and I´m more than happy that they appeared and made me itch for the camera. These are just okay but I have to start somewhere. Judging by this blog it seems I haven´t gotten much done in the winter, just thinking about my old car. Where did the last months go? Just a long dark tube without breaks.  

My World, Suomenoja roundabout

Suomenoja roundabout in Espoo, Finland is one of the busiest roundabouts in Espoo. Over 30 000 cars go around it daily and thousands of pedestrians walk under the roundabout. It was opened in 19th Septmeber 2006. It received finnish communaltechnic award in 2008. The neighbourhood is mostly known around Espoo because it has many large and cheap stores that sell hardware, furniture, electronics, plants etc. Over 90% of the people see the roundabout and the artwork inside the roundabout from a car.

There is 4 monoliths that point to north, south, east and west. Pedestrians come to the roundabout from 4 intercardinal directions. This was a revelation to me as I have gone by hundreds of times by car but this was the first time on foot. The monoliths contain places that are in that direction. This is funny as this was the first time that I understood what the artwork was really about. Unfortunately I couldn´t find any info about the designers of the artwork. The texts are only in finnish but you can probably understand most of the places.

Taaltä etelaan - from here to south. I will leave all dots on top of a-alphabets off, as they don´t show right in every browser.

Taalta itaan - from here to east. All russian places except the first one.

Taalta pohjoiseen - From here to north. Yes, if you go far enough north you end up in Hawaii.

Taalta lanteen - from here to west. Oslo could have been there too, just to get one better known place.

 

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First snow of the winter yesterday.

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I see this watertower often. There is a restaurant upstairs but I haven´t been there yet as it´s a pretty expensive place. Some day I have to go because it´s just the kinda place where I want to go. To take a couple of photos, of course.

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