Carwash picnic, neon pompom & just stuff.

The reason why I started to write this blog was to force myself to see good stuff around me, if not everyday then at least once a week. No matter big or small, meaningful or insignificant, but something  that catches the eye and makes life worth experiencing for a person that tends to fall on the gloomy side far too easily :) So here is another collection of everyday this and that. aka mondo dis'n'dat.

Fresh laundry!

A gift, that had been waiting for me many years. 

Matching fringe & pompoms in neon.

New high heels waiting to see the world.

Going across the new bridge in town!

Having a picnic at the car wash - a special Sunday tradition for us.

Old Sign I

Old Sign II

Lovely yard of the building where we had Hawaiian Hula course.

Varissuo suburb bathing in autumn sun.

Love in the harbour.

Old Sign III

Housing area in Pansio designed by Erik Bryggman.

Coloured containers next to military zone,
from where we were asked to leave.

Amanita Muscaria lurking in the grass.

Parthenocissus taking over the building.

Sightseeing spot in Pansio, view over the harbour to the Ruissalo island.

Young coconut juice with fresh pineapple and maybe just a little bit of rhum. Served in a original Trader Vic's seahorse mug.

New matryoshka found from Artjärvi second hand shop.

Maro the Dog enjoying "the scents" of the autumn.

The colours of the autumn.

When you have time to see the details.

Legoman by the river Aura.

Turquoise water pool.

Spiegeltent from the 1920´s.
I wouldn't mind if it stayed in Turku permanently.

Mannequin man observing.

Lanterns by night.

Some one got married. And some one (THANK YOU) 
ripped off the stupid patriotic poster.

A pair of birds.

Made in Finland rubber boots, checked in the factory by a lady name Pirjo.
And yes, there was a sticker saying this inside the boots.

MaxiMini.

I'm a bit confused. This is allowed by the city officials but
in many cases public art is not.

Flowers in the sky.

Simplicity. I love it!

Sometimes You need to take a photo before realizing details.
Like what is the thing connecting the wings?

Ah, good old times when they had craft, time and money to put on details.

The fence! The fabric! Perfect combination!

Urban jungle. Dull grey meeting sinful red.

And last but not least - The only way is up, baby!

Work holiday

Despite of 12 hour working days, I feel I've had a mini holiday for the past two weeks in Maaria neighborhood. Especially today, 'cause circus came to the town!

Beautiful junction of bourgeois and nomad lifestyle.

I've been working in local library as Art Janitor, meaning "repairing" different kind of targets in a need of an artistic touch.  My target this time was the library wall where the paint was peeling off (because a) somebody had tried to burn the building few years back and b) the house was painted in autumn in rain).

I scraped the paint off and like in the Rorschach test tried to see what kind of figures are being born. The work resulted in some loose, imaginary "The Wind in the Willows" -theme, where the viewer can make her/himself up what is happening on the wall.

I know, there is still work to do! And a good reason to go back to Maaria!

The head of the library called this silhouette graffiti. And I like it.

Spending more and more time in the countryside has made me long for the little red cottage and the potato field (how typical Finnish I am) again, more and more.

It's May!

 And it's good that I finally washed all the windows in the house! Now I got a good photo from the old cottage standing sad and alone in front of our home. I do not know if this belongs to some of the owners of the houses next to it. If so, shame on them - this cottage is perhaps only reminder of what kind of houses used to fill this hill in early 1900's.

 On other side of our home is a strange shelter for men and women and one of them has a fenced balcony. I don't know what kind of home it is except that people living there 1) have a shared kitchen 2) smoke a lot and 3) are not that keen on decorating their homes.

 Birch is my favorite tree. The combination of fresh green leaves and the white & black trunk is irresistible! I almost become a tree hugger when I see these trees!

 And what did I find! I strange greenhouse attached to a barn?! Didn't yet go any closer but will do so later on and check what's growing inside!

And this is a ditch called Kovasoja, there are really beautiful and strange miniature worlds along the ditch - small rapids, tiny jungles of hay, fallen branches and so on. Would be great to do some "project" there one day!

One sunny day

 The site of the mystery house.

 Maro the Forest Dog.

 Modern times.

Junction of urban & nature.