Friday, June 30

Helsinki Details

If gargoyles could speak: here they have a smoke and a chat as they hold up a heavy pillar next to the Cuban tobacco shop!
Creatures of all sorts sprinkled the park lawns yesterday, toasting in the sun. A little bird even came so near as to eat a piece of bread from my sandal!

Tuesday, June 27

The Landscape of Home...

This picture is just so great I simply had to post it! My parents' new car and Cotopaxi in the background. Aaah, mi Ecuador tan bello! I miss the mountains! (and my parents!)

Thursday, June 22

Ten Points...

...for whoever can guess what this is about!

Wednesday, June 14

Inside and Outside

Bulevardin Kahvisalonki is a lovely café, and this was my view from the couch. Naguib Mahfouz and some green tea kept me company, along with my friend who works there!
It was not "duck, duck, goose!" but "post, post, gull!"

Tuesday, June 6

I Spy with my Little Eye...

I have a fetish for train station pictures, simply because I pass through there twice a day! This man was planting violets as the early morning commuters headed to work!
On Sunday, I went on a boat ride while fog and cool air hovered over the sea!
This morning, the market was alive with vendors setting out their goods and vibrant colors decorating the stalls!

Back to Sunday, the fog lifted, and the old buildings of Suomenlinna (our sea fortress) were in clear view along with all sorts of beautiful boats.