fresh out da hood

Signed the contract for our new apartment today. Movin in in 2 weeks. Check.


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snow on my birthday

....is a good sign. God showing his presence. Thank You. We all wish for a decent winter up here. Il-lumi-nation. I'm looking forward to the stillness of the forest, sounds muted by the snow..... Ah.....

the plastic bag

Since this blog is my mouthpiece I might just as well give my opinion:

Producing plastic en massa and dumping them in our own surroundings is primitive. Shitting in your own nest. Nothing else. Most animals are a bit more sophisticated than that.

But I like to look at it from the bright side: Seems that people are getting aware of the problem. A lot of countries already put restrains on plastic bags. That's progress.

Personally I'd like to erase the damn thing from my life. There's a dilemma though. Waste-processing companies often expect you to put your trash in a trash bag. A solution might be the decomposable bag. In Finland you can get those in at the check-out in supermarkets nowadays. Getting rid of the plastic bag is all the more reason to recycle: The less stuff that ends up in the 'energy-waste' (=trash bag) the better. Thank God they're collecting paper, cardboard (incl. milk cartons), cans, glass, organic waste, hard plastics... nowadays! Progress.

plastic bags

The Dangers Of Plastic Bags

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vihti

A Sunday afternoon grilling some sausages in the forest. Alone. Might be a good strategy to get through my birthday.

metsämessut

Checked the Finnish Forest Fare 2008. It was nothing compared to Elmia Wood. No hanging around in the forest watching the most bizarre harvesters at work, the always present sound of a huge-ass grinder taking care of 50-60-70-80-whatever diameter logs in a split second, lots of free stuff (food \m/ ), racing around on squads, .... None of that. But it was nice to take a look around anyway. And I pride myself for actually approaching people, opening my mouth and getting some phone numbers / business cards.

obama

First black president!

It is beautiful to see that so many Americans (notorious for being stupid) did this together!

"Out of many, we are One." Barack Obama

Promising.....

kuusijärvi

Lazin' on Sunday afternoon with Tomi, Reetta and the adopted Russian street-dog Poika (=boy). Saw some weird shit. Some chick dressed up as a bunny(?) selling pancakes and sausages(!).

And a sign telling you not to pour bits of paper in a drain that was nowhere to be seen in the middle of the forest. WTF?!

taika!

This beauty was born 2-3 weeks ago. Some 16-18 weeks too early. Her parents are my lover's brother and his girlfriend. At first her survival was very uncertain and that stressed everybody out, of course, but despite all the uncertainty and harshness surrounding her birth she slowly but steadily started shining her light into this world. The happiness about her arrival soon took over.

I was very lucky to get a chance to visit her only a few days after her birth. That was one of the most beautiful experiences in my life. I experienced one of those rare moments of total happiness, I couldn't do anything else than smile. ...widely.... A tiny little girl and very much alive.