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Monday, October 14, 2013

If you´re bored, take a walk

It's popular to walk for something important. Don't you think someone is walking around this globe for some cause all the time? Let's do a quick search. It's interesting to find out what things people are walking for. Here we go. Walking for the suicided veterans, Guinness Book World Record, cancer and global issues awareness, looking for happiness and so on.

Alright. I think it's good for the health to walk. Some distances at least. One man walked for 11 years around the globe. Jean BĂ©liveau did the probably world's longest uninterrupted circumnavigation on foot.

There are many other people, who are continuing their walks for years and years. As long as their legs move forward, I guess.

Don't you think that there would be other ways of finding happiness than walking for years and decades? Some people collect money for charity and try to achieve something good with their walking. There are several good causes worth walking for. And of course, you don't have to spend whole your life walking.

Come on. People do these walking things only because they are bored and don't want to go to their regular work. They do it for selfish reasons. Most of the walks might have started on Mondays. Ugh, I have spoken.

 








Monday, August 19, 2013

Playground fixing








We fixed our playground a little bit (or my husband did). Now there is a rope ladder going up to the top, "the ship". The wheel and periscope are waiting there for the captain.

Downstairs is a kiosk, with chairs and a place to play inside.

Last weekend we had a lot of kids here playing at Marie's birthday party. They enjoyed it a lot.

 
 
 This pirate flag is new, we added it in September.


Monday, June 10, 2013

Finnish summer

Here the summer is again. The time of the year when you don't want to waste any time sleeping. And people usually spend a lot of time outside. Always when it's possible.

That's why you might find more pictures than text this time. Do you think that I will spend too much time on the computer when it's finally possible to enjoy good weather? No way. All the winter we keep waiting for those five warm days of summer. During the winter we almost forget what summer is. What is it? Is there something else than snow, snow and cold? Yes, there is. At least for a few months.

In May people start planting flowers in their gardens and also barbeque the first time outside. In the beginning of June some people also start thinking about winter. It goes like this. "Soon it's winter again". Other popular thoughts are also: "Oh no, I don't want the winter to come again" and "Only six months until Christmas". And in the moments when it's "too hot": "I miss winter".

In May the media usually starts warning people about the summer weather. "It might be dangerously hot this summer". Or the worst scenario: "This summer it will rain everyday" (forget about having holidays, and book a trip to a warm country instead).

Enjoying summer.





Sunday, January 20, 2013

Global warming and cold winters

While walking to the train on Friday morning I wasn't too worried about global warming. I think -24 °C is quite freezing. Somehow I can remember they promised some years ago, that the climate in Finland would be more like Italy in the future. That was good news. Unfortunately it's obviously not true. You see, this year the forecasters think the climate and especially the winters will change to similar than in Siberia. Which means freezing cold. Goodbye, warmth of Italy. Winters will be cold and you never know how the summers will be.

It seems like nobody knows for sure how the global warming will affect this globe. However, one thing is sure. There will be even more changes in the weather. Of course, the weather has been quite messed up lately. Extreme heatwave and bushfires in Australia in the beginning of this year, floods, drought and hurricanes here and there.

Maybe in the future it would be good to live in a few different countries. When it becomes too cold, you could pack your bag and go to Spain for a while. And when it becomes too hot, come back again. Great idea. Problem solved. Of course it doesn't help global warming. When people are flying here and there, the effects of global warming won't stop. They won't stop for a while anyway, because the ecosystem is messed up for some time.

So let's focus on other things instead. It's Monday tomorrow and I feel tired. You see, sometimes it's just enough to concentrate on everyday life and it's challenges. Ugh, I have spoken.

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