Harakka

I almost wouldn’t have written this post! At least I wondered if I would survive after joining a nature excursion to an island that is located only some 100 m from the seashore in front of Kaivopuisto, but felt like being located at the Northpole. I could have done with a few more layers of…

Best nature photographs 2015

After a disappointing Christmas season, at least with respect to the weather, Finland has arrived at snow and ice. Today -31 °C were reported from North-Karelia. Helsinki is presenting us with mild -13 °C. In any case, one is staying more time inside and it is a good time to look at the new winners…

Fall / Herbst – Original & Art / Kunst

Hundreds and thousands of migrating birds gather each year in September on the large fields of Viikki Bay in Helsinki, close to where I live. Helsingin Sanomat, the main Newspaper in Finland, took a video of a tremendous cloud of Canada-Geese a few hours ago.

Here they come

Just imagine you are going on a ride with your bicycle because the weather is gorgeous, you have a free day and you decide to browse some parts of the city that you haven’t seen for a while. Helsinki is changing so quickly in the last years that it is at times difficult to keep…

Is faster, higher, more…

…better? I commented on an interesting post , because this question seems to  be connected to the relationship of  humanity  with the planet? Generally I would say that “better” is anything that we believe will be more of a benefit to us compared to what we have now or will be less of a disadvantage…

A dream?

This morning I had a dream. It was very simple. I was in a building and entered an elevator. I pushed a button to go up, but the elevator went down and I couldn’t stop it. At some point, I got out and I felt confused, it was all gloomy and only concrete around me.…