The shortest day of the year sees us three going to the lake Iidesjärvi for a short walk. It's two pm and the sun is setting. Thankfully it's couple of degrees below zero and the sky is clear. The two brothers are impatient - I promised they may open gifts this evening since I'll be away the xmas eve.
I thought a big grin might brighten up this gloomy day. Xmas is a little more than a week away. That there is no snow might not be uncommon but when we had a walk today I found plants that were about to blossom. At least to me that's strange...
It's one week from December and this is what we can see outside. Plants are blossoming. I don't know what this brush is. Nevertheless, it's odd to see this when we are supposed to see winter.
It does look like autumn doesn't it?
Yesterday I wrote a short piece for the local entrepreneurial monthly. It occured to me that a lot of what I see written, is about products and marketing. But very little about processes and innovations within. Also, I know there's a network creation program for small subcontracting firms in metal industry. Someone should write about those topics as well. Ig me...
My ex-wife called and asked me to join her and the kids to go to the medieval fair at the Hämeenlinna castle. The event is a three day fair with many shows and artisans exposing. Nice event, there were actually so much to see that for the next time I would propably book a hotel so that the children can come and go as they please and see everything. But it was nice. I recommend.
The forest that lies between Orivesi and Teisko has good rambling ground. Human habitation is sparse, it's easy to reach from Tampere and landscapes are varied. And the forest has some secrets...
I think it was in 2003 when I was in the forest, close to lake Pukala, with a friend of mine that we passed by a hill top. And there we saw these stone mounds, some were bigger and some smaller and some in a group. A cemetery, I said to my friend. And on a hill top in the middle of forest. We counted ca. 10 - 12 of graves and perhaps more under the moss.
Yesterday my mother's elder brother called. He had rented a small mine sweeper and called me to ask if should we go and prospect some lost treasures.
Well, to make it short, we did find something. A rusty old saw blade.
Nevertheless, it's always a pleasure to make a day's escape into forest.
