CUT, SEW, WEAVE, repeat ...

NEW PROJECT:
hit and miss placemats

SUNNY AFTERNOON in NYE BEACH
visitors have arrived.

He could be my mailman but he isn't.

 

My Christmas cactus (at least twelve years old) always blooms before Thanksgiving, 

Playing with my camera settings, still learning.

WEDNESDAY'S CHORES

Leaves have started to fall even though the weather is exceptionally warm.

Most sidewalks downtown are divided: one side for walking and the other for biking. Some are shared with bikers and walkers. Most people just walk or bike where-ever. It’s safer to drive a car than walk or ride a bike.

Libraries in Finland are very popular and no wonder when hardcover book, regular novel can cost $50.00.

Kirjasto,  Front door

riverside side

back side

Kansalaisopisto (People's School) where I'm taking weaving and spinning classes this fall and winter. They have all kinds of classes: writing, painting, crafts, languages, exercising, woodworking and more.

Kela building, where I applied my heath insurance. Application is sent to a bigger town (Turku),  the process will take two to three months. I might get to taste socialized healthcare before I leave Finland.

Back home over the river.

Rauma river has its own species of fish and some common ones also. You are not suppose to fish here but on her evening walk my sister saw somebody catch a fish from this spot and not a tiny one but big enough to call it a fish.

LOCAL FOOD RELAY

Bicycle relay promoting local food production. Cyclists came from Pori, north of Rauma last night and new crew continued south towards Turku and from there to Helsinki

When the old courthouse (now a museum) clock struck 10, the bikers took off. First a police car then a policeman on a bike after that the VIP people, whoever they might be, maybe town council members?

Not a big hit in this little town. The children from nearby daycare were amazingly well-behaved and attentive trough the ordeal
Spectators (Aija and I) stayed in tori, sampled some local food cooked by local chefs. We skipped the black and brown sausage and tried some veggies

And of cause we bough some potatoes and flowers for my mother.

On the way home we stopped in a local coffee shop bakery (no Starbucks anywhere in Finland) for a refreshment.

Through old town streets and over the Rauma river home we scampered.