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eyes drawn by BLOGitse

eyes, shadows and Sibelius

  photos of the weekend #49   I’m trying to learn how to draw eyes. I cut these eyes from a magazine and tried to copy them with a  soft pencil. Huh, not easy but I’m not giving up. More coming later! 🙂       It’s dark outside. In Helsinki we have daylight from

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ARS 11 in Kiasma, Helsinki by BLOGitse

ARS 11 – contemporary art in Kiasma, Helsinki 2.

    photos of the weekend #47 / ARS 11 – contemporary art in Kiasma, Helsinki part 2.       Previous post is here > 18.11.11   Left: Statue of Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was the military leader….Mannerheim is widely regarded, by many Finns and non-Finns

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ARS 11 in Kiasma, Helsinki by BLOGitse

ARS 11 – contemporary art in Kiasma, Helsinki

  photos of the weekend #46 / The ARS 11 exhibition in Kiasma, Helsinki part 1.   “The ARS 11 exhibition investigates Africa in contemporary art. In addition to artists living in Africa, the show also features others who live outside the continent, artists of African descent as well as Western artists who address African

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my jogging views in Helsinki…

  These pictures I took yesterday. It was perfect weather for a long walk/jogging. (Normally I don’t have camera with me, nor mobile phone.) 🙂                     I use Polar heart rate monitor to measure burned calories, exercise time, my target zone etc. Yesterday I burned 342

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Espoo, Helsinki go-go

  The sun in Helsinki 4.6.2011 at 9:56 PM     The other week we did some shopping in Espoo… These pics I shot from a moving car..                             On Saturday we went to a party. In the afternoon my hubby made

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walking around Tali area, Helsinki, Finland…

  We had a two hour walk around Tali area on Saturday. Oh, boy how beautiful it was! The weather, nature…perfect!       I didn’t know there’s an area where you play disc GOLF. We’re going to try it one day 🙂   Tali Disc Golf Park       Talin tallaajat had a

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white, green and red…

  Renovation started today. Our bedroom and my room are empty and waiting for the big change. 🙂 Even if our whole weekend was mainly moving our stuff we had time to have long Nordic walks in fresh air!   WHITE Poor Wood anemones were freezing yesterday, it was windy and not very warm…  

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a weekend full of work and fun…

  This Easter weekend was warm and sunny here in Helsinki! We had time to remove more wallpapers and Nordic walk in fresh air!     It was hard work to remove this wallpaper…old paper and glue, argh. But it’s almost done!                       We had

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hop, hop, run, run…

  Sunday was a beautiful spring day here in Helsinki. We had a long walk but these guys run. It was time for traditional ‘Länsiväylä run’, 17 kms/10.5633 mi.       Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa Here’s a great picture shot above the hotel.             Finally I saw these…   first

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