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I guess you can see it. They really show how old they are.
A pinhole to nature in Enonkoski
Which way? Left? Right? Straight? I saw this sign at the end of the small platform. It speaks a language I do not understand, known only to the train staff. There are four passengers’ trains passing through this small rural station each day. Just two carriages linking Joensuu and Pieksämäki plus few villages in between. Now and then a locomotive passes by on its way to pick up a train at the next station. I […]
The farm is small. Four wooden houses and a barn.
Over the years when passing by this wooden house near Kontiola, I have wondered whether it is abandoned or not. I
I remember when the top of the Niinikumppu hill was full of trees. It had always been like that. Then, a couple of years ago during the summer, a strong storm hit the hill and many (if not most) of the old pine trees fell. Luckily no buildings were damaged. It took a while the clear the hill from the fallen trees. This morning I was walked past the hill and took the photo of […]
I remember when the top of the Niinikumppu hill was full of trees. It had always been like that. Then, a couple of years ago during the summer, a strong storm hit the hill and many (if not most) of the old pine trees fell. Luckily no buildings were damaged. It took a while the clear the hill from the fallen trees. This morning I was walked past the hill and took the photo of […]
The first day of the year. I am bed with running nose and maybe some temperature. The home C19 kit test gave a Neg result. I asked my daughters to take some photos when they went cross country skiing on the lake. The light must have been magical. In the cottage I watched a nice documentary about Italy at Euro 2020. Good memories and an emotional watching Gianluca Vialli reading to the team a quote […]