Sunday, January 30, 2011


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

Monday, January 24, 2011



old steamer --
snowgulls
still overwintering?

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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

Friday, January 14, 2011


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

Sunday, January 09, 2011




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!

Saturday, January 08, 2011

smoke from chimneys --
global warming theories
cancelled?