You
must have read my silence: we haven’t been sitting idle, rather the contrary as
we signed a couple of deals recently. First we sold this house in the
countryside 45km from downtown Helsinki and the next day we bought an apartment
a good 100km further westward in downtown Turku. In fact, both the transactions
took place in early January but I wanted to keep it quiet until everything was
settled.
You
see, the rules of the 1920s building where the apartment is located still hold
a rare old-world clause stating that any existing owner could have bought out our
shares at the same price within a set period. We didn’t face any problems –
such a clause is practically never utilised these days – but I’ve been far too
busy to post anything since everything was finalised.
The
past few weeks have flown. We are finally taking serious measures to
clear this place out while having some redecorating and renovation made at the
new place. The plan is to move within four weeks from now.
Luckily,
this has been another mild winter. For a while in early February we did
have something that resembled a proper cold season with snow sticking on every
surface, even the vertical ones. Before too long, however, the snowmen keeping watch on the yard
melted away and it started to feel like spring.
What a spring it will be!
Nothing like a sunset –
although I am pushing 60 – but the dawn of a new kind of life for us and I’m
excited.
