waiting.....

for the spring thaw

Ready to take off.

WEEK 5

LIGHT
8am to 4pm
temperature 0F

VOTING

for the new president started Wednesday

one person is missing, don't know why.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

More lights on the riverbank.  Celebrating the anniversary by lighting 570 candles.

and some other lights on my walk last night of the year 2011:

peek through the church window

very light snow was magical, perfect ending for the year.

CHRISTMAS DAY

still grey and drizzly

Every Christmas Eve afternoon volunteers place candles along the Rauma river:

Art Museum's Christmas project, himmelli made out of plastic coat hangers:

Himmeli is a traditional Finnish Christmas decoration.  It is usually made with pieces of straw.

STILL NO SNOW

just rain and grey.

My favorite part of town:

Beautifully kept old wooden houses and large yards with fruit trees

MERRY CHRSTMAS! 

NO SNOW yet

Just some wet flakes last Friday, snow lasted a day, then the rain started again.

AND today Wednesday it was sunny for two hours. 

This is an old police station , now an art museum

Sun and Blue Sky