Today we had a short walk by the Turku Art Museum. There is a small V. I. Lenin's statue. He is heading his eyes eastwards, down to the market place and over the River Aura. It is about seven hours trip by train from Turku to St. Petersburg, ex. Leningrad.

       Comrades ! 
       Let's all head 
       eastwards!

See also my Finnish blog:

http://juhanitikkanen.blogspot.com/2011/01/kaytiin-paivakavelylla-taidemuseon-maen.html
Three liner in my Finnish blog is something like this:

   from pure white snow 
   rising 
   Lenin's bare head

    old steamer -- 
    snowgulls 
    still overwintering?

Sleepy snowy winds

Yesterday I visited Helsinki again, this time by an Express Bus. Two hours sitting. Tried to read some haiku; slightly the misty morning woke up into a dim light. Mist. Soft.

        misty morning -- 
        snowy winds 
        still sleeping



   sleepy wind --
   slightly warmer day 
   for the forest

I visited Helsinki and returned yesterday. The train arrived as planned by the Time Table. This time. Turku is westwards from Helsinki.

     To the west!
     Red light 
     disagrees

parking lot
filled with
snow-capped cars

(Published today in Taro Kunugi's Facebook as my comment.)

This weekend we have got some rain. Plain water. +2 Celcius. This winter's beginning so early (in November already!)was one of the coldest I do remember. And usually winter begins here in January, (as today), and February is the usually the coldest month. (In March the sun is getting higher and is able to warm during lenghtenig daytime.) Let's see what is going on in near future.

Here is my own car:

    A happy car 
    sheltered by soft snow --
    peaceful January!

smoke from chimneys --
global warming theories
cancelled?