Nocturnal snow creatures

 

Here is a portrait of some snow creatures. 

New hopital

This is a new extension to the hospital of Seinäjoki. It is under construction at the moment.The emergency room will be one of the services to move there when it's ready.

Snow

Now we have some snow and more is falling. It's just too dark to take a photo of it. Hopefully it will stay until tomorrow.

Metallic swans

This metallic work of art has 7 swans flock. 

A bit hard to catch the whole thing into a same photo.

Crown Electricity

Some years ago, if I remember correctly, art students decorated some electrical cabins and transformers with crowns. I have no memory why they were decorated and why of all crowns.

Birches

Some birches standing together.

Christmas lights

The christmas lights. Nothing so grandiose here. ...no snow yet.

Wind's nest

We had some snow this morning. Too bad I didn't get a photo of it before it melted. 

This is a photo of a wind's nest in a birch tree.

Grand Opening of Christmas Season

It was the traditional Christmas Season Grand Opening event today.  The town shops have been arranging it for as long as I know. Every year it culminates into some fireworks.

Sunny day

It was a nice sunny day today. No ice or snow yet here. 

Southern finland had it's first snow last night.

Books, Records and Magazines

This antiquarian store in an old building buys and sells second hand books, music and magazines.

Old Granary

This is an old big granary. I think it nowdays serves as a storage for the fodder factory beneath it. This time of year it's always dark on weekdays when I get the camera out...that's why there is going to be some indoor and night shots on this blog. Soon we will have the first snow and you will see a photo of it(hopefully).

Christmas decoration

Some cristmas door wreaths and other handmade cristmas decoration. 

These are also from the weekend's major market.

Major market

An ostrobothnian major market is held here every year in november. It gathers artisans, home bakers and other stall holders to sell stuff. In the photo above some buckthorn jam is being sold.

The market is held indoors, in Seinäjoki Areena.

Some model cars.

English Fudge.

 Salt lamps.

Handmade woodwork.

Strange lamps

These strange lamps are hanging from the ceiling of a local shopping center.

The old kiosk

This old kiosk stands in the center of Seinäjoki. There was an article about it in a local newspaper just a few days ago. It was originally kept by a foundation for disabled. It was written in the article that the city will still preserve it and keep it in shape.

It hasn't served as a kiosk for a while, because it doesn't meet the modern standards. It's too small. It has some art hanging on the windows and it even has a sign on the roof saying:"Kioski Galleria Karmi", meaning "Kiosk Gallery Frame".

In the article it was confirmed to be just a legend that there would be a secret access to an underground air-raid shelter from the kiosk. A city employee told that there is only a storage cellar of the size of the kiosk under it.

Sorry about the bad angle...the traffic signs are kinda disturbing.

Mystic river

This is the river near the place where I live. As you can see the river is not very wide and people from cities with "real" rivers cosider this as a creek. Here it is in it's narrowest, because what you see is only half of it. The other half flows behind the island seen on the left.

Funny Balconies

Here is some unusual architecture, at least in Finland. The shape of the roof is not very common here and the colorful balconies make it even more unusual. If I remember right the apartments are for rent and they are heated partly with solar power and partly with geothermal energy.

Start of ice skating season

The ice skating season has already started here. The temperature is around +10 C, so it can be concluded that this is not a natural ice field, it's artificial.

Rounded edges for a change

I did some tune up for the layout and gave it some rounded edges for a change. The old layout was kind of grayish for my taste.

All Saints' Day evening

All Saints' Day or in finnish "Pyhäinpäivä" evening at the Seinäjoki Grave yard. 

People bring lot of candles in memory of deceased loved ones.

 This is the place where people can remember their love ones that have been buried somewhere else.

This angel stands along the urn grove and the walls have the names of the deceased.

Tags

I understand graffiti as art, when it's done well and with a permission. But somehow I don't understand these tags that usually are just a mess and done without any permissions. On the otherhand this rundown house doesn't get much worse with some tags on it.

Harley Davidson statue

This is a stone for the Harley Davidson International Super 

Rally that was held in Seinäjoki little over two years ago,

Autumn park

Not all leaves have fallen. Here is a nice scenery with 

some leves on the ground and still in the trees.

Antique

Some antique is being sold in this antique house. This house looks like it is going to dismantle itself some day. I will post a full photo of it some day.