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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Mennesket ved havet (Men by the sea) is a monumental sculpture in Esbjerg, Denmark. It was done by Svend Wiig Hansen. The sculpture was completed in 1994 for the 100-year celebrations of Esbjerg. The height of the sculptures is 9 meters (29 feet).

The sculpture has a beautiful place by the North Sea and it's relaxing to sit on the legs of the sculptures and share their view out to the ocean and the rapidly changing skies of coastal Denmark.

The paint on the legs of the sculptures have worn out as many people have been sitting here.


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The location of the sculpture in Google Maps

   

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Lately I have wondered about the angry senior citizens. Not the fact that they are angry, because there is nothing wrong with that. It's just that I often see them in the large grocery store of the mall at saturday noon. It's the time when the store is absolutely full of customers. Every parking lot space is crammed with large family wagon- and SUV-cars. There are small crying kids running and playing everywhere and all the cash registers have long cues. The parents are mostly easy with that since that is pretty much the only time of the week when they can properly spend time at the store and get everything they need. Then there are these angry retired senior citizens who are frustrated that the cue takes so long and it's crowded everywhere. Sometimes they even yell how stupid it is that they can't pay their few items fast. I just wonder why they come there at saturday noon? They could come there any time of the week and get the huge store almost all to themselves. Even at sunday 3pm it's quite easy to shop now that the shops are open all sunday. So why go there at saturday noon?

I would like to shop, say, at tuesday 10am. I don't even know what that feels like since I haven't had any time out during ordinary weekdays between 8am and 4am in the last 11 years. In the monetary situation that I have I won't probably see the light of the ordinary weekday until it's 2030 or something. Maybe there has been a few days in the summer but that doesn't count as summer is unordinary time of the year. I would feel like a king walking the aisles all by myself at tuesday 10am...or would I? Would it be creepy to be there in the huge store by myself? All surveillance cameras and store detectives looking at me. Maybe even some salesman would try to give me some advice and, god forbid, interact with me somehow. Trying to sell me these incredible new bananas or yoghurt or something. Simply because I was one of the few people around. I would like to be more free somehow to shop whenever I want but would that freedom only make me angry like those angry senior citizens? Do they come there at saturday noon just to see other people, even if it's all a bit too much and it makes them angry?

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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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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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First of July
Life speeds up fast
Summer full of promises
Last day at work
A finishing touch here and there
New things ahead
Old things ahead
Water
Skies
Rain
Sun
Today and tomorrow

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Kadriorg Palace.

The old city of Tallinn.

Near by the harbour.

The many faces of Tallinn.They have buildings that Finland just doesn´t have. Palaces, raw concrete houses, very old houses, flashy luxurious houses, ruins etc. They have plenty of variation.

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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.  

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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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It´s so good to have friends who drag me out to the forest
every once in a while
To see old places with new eyes
To see new places with old eyes
This birdwatching tower feels a bit shaky for me
but it´s not going to fall when I´m on it