tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16406854910671734452024-03-14T01:07:51.802+02:00An amateur's ventures on lifeI’ve spent decades dreaming about the perfect life. It’s about time I let myself have one.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.comBlogger411125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-36907859471936981572018-01-24T15:06:00.000+02:002018-01-25T01:49:28.898+02:00Luminous jubilee<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I hope you’ve had a very good start for
2018. Here in Finland, the new year meant the closing of the centenary festivities of our independence. The year 2017 was filled with all kinds of events and happenings observing the landmark. Yet many celebrations both at home and abroad took
place in early December just before or on our Independence Day the 6th. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Numerous monuments, buildings and natural sites around the world were illuminated in the blue and white colours of our flag, such as the Colosseum, the Niagara Falls, the Empire State Building, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A unique <i>Luminous Finland 100</i> light art
tour was also arranged domestically lighting up several historical and natural
sites, such as the <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2013/08/castle-on-islet.html" target="_blank">Olavinlinna Castle</a> in Savonlinna and the Saana fell at Lapland’s Kilpisjärvi. Most appropriately, the tour culminated in our beloved Turku,
the oldest town in the country believed to have been founded almost 800 years
ago. And naturally, the venue was the Turku Castle, one of the oldest surviving
buildings in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We went to have a look at the lit castle on
the first night. As if on cue, some slight snowfall started the very
night painting the act all the more magical. By the entrance, scenes of winter landscapes with a few
wild animals were projected onto the walls of the Renaissance
bailey. The windows around the courtyard were shimmering in changing colours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And so were those of the medieval main
castle and of the towers at both ends of its courtyard. Light artist <i>Kari Kola</i> had turned the old stone
structures with the old-style, although renovated, windows mesmerisingly
beautiful. Some of these photos will definitely be on my Christmas
greetings cards next time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That night, access to
the park in front of the main castle was denied because of preparations of a
production for the second night. Despite the minus degrees I walked around the
fenced area admiring </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">the colours and marvelling the fresh snow. We haven’t seen
much of that this winter. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16px;">The facade of the main castle was decorated with a projection of a delightful summery seascape with two swans flying over it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I returned the second night for the grand
finale. It being the Independence Day it offered not only a walk through the
courtyards of the colour-lit castle but also a five-hour nonstop spectacle of
light, sound, dance, fire and acrobatics at the park with an ensemble of dozens of performers.
The show titled ‘The Nature of Finland’ was designed and directed by the local
circus artist <i>Antti Kulmala</i>, in
collaboration with choreographer <i>Iina
Ahola</i> and sound designer <i>Ilmari
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hadn’t followed the advice to arrive by public transport disturbing the traffic
flow, not to mention the experience at the courtyards. I was very pleased we had paid the visit the first night as mass events most certainly aren’t our
cup of tea, especially in hubby’s case. I stayed for an hour or so and actually
chatted with a couple of fellow spectators managing to make it a memorable shared
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first luminous visit to the castle was one of the rare highlights of this winter so far. We haven’t had any snow since early
December until a few days ago so you can imagine it’s been depressingly dark most of the time. All our hope is not lost yet. Should we be lucky, even this time the season might develop into something radiant in the end. And if not in southwestern Finland there is always Italy...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some of you may have wondered about my very
sporadic presence on the blogosphere these past several months. It’s not that I
would have been busy but because I’ve had such a lot of disturbance on the blog
for almost a year now it has eaten out much of the joy turning my feelings
ambivalent, at times almost estranged from the whole thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When a trivial little blog of a retiree
like myself suddenly gets hundreds of additional clicks day in day out for
months whether you post anything or not the largest group of ‘visitors’ being male in their late 20s and early
30s interested in sports, computing and electronics, and when you realise your
platform provider doesn’t even acknowledge there is an issue you can’t help
feeling discouraged knowing there’s nothing you can do about it but either quit
or wait. So I’ve waited. As I am finally seeing some indication the problem may
be settling, I will hopefully start catching up soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Meanwhile, I am returning to the summer
season I’ve almost completely ignored here so far. It offered some fabulous local
events I just cannot skip posting about. One of the most memorable and
certainly the most international of those we attended was the four-day stopover
of <i><a href="http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/events/2017-the-tall-ships-races" target="_blank"><b>The Tall Ships Races 2017</b></a></i> in July.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Tall Ships Races are an annual series of
events arranged in European waters by <a href="http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/" target="_blank">Sail Training International</a>, a non-profit
organisation encouraging international friendships by promoting sail training
to young people. Every few years, the sailing route will take dozens of
sailing ships to harbours of the Baltic Sea. This time, Finland actually had
two host ports. The first leg from Halmstad, Sweden, ended in <i>Kotka</i> on our south-eastern coast. From
there the ships sailed to <i>Turku</i>, and
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And what a feast is was! Turku is quite a
professional in arranging major maritime events having hosted The Tall Ships Races
in 1996, 2003 and 2009, as well as a unique Culture 2011 Tall Ships Regatta
that marked Turku’s European Capital of Culture year. The special vibes could
be felt all over downtown. The actual event area stretched on both sides of the
river Aura from the </span><a href="http://www.forum-marinum.fi/en/" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">Forum Marinum</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> maritime museum by the passenger harbour to
the first bridge 1.5km away. The weather was quite cloudy during the opening
ceremony that culminated in flybys of the Midnight Hawks aerobatics team of the
Finnish Air Force. However, it turned most lovely by the weekend when there was
simply no end to the pouring crowds.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are a few prerequisites for
participation in The Tall Ships Races: the sailing ship must be a monohull
vessel with a waterline length of no less than 9.14m (30ft) and at least half of
the crew must be aged 15-25 years. Therefore, the vessels attending were quite
versatile in size and status from smaller domestic yachts to
spectacular large training vessels from far-away countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This time, the number of ships moored on the
river for the public to marvel was slightly short of 100. You could also step
on board several of the larger ones to have a closer look. According to the
local organisers, the City of Turku, the event attracted a record-breaking
544,000 visitors, making it the largest of the many <a href="http://suomifinland100.fi/?lang=en" target="_blank">Finland 100</a> events celebrating the centenary
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some inventive measures were necessary to help the pedestrian masses move from one side of the river to the other. An island ferry had been
hired to complement the transport capacity of the Föri river ferry running all year round and the ‘Little
Föri’ ferry operating during the summer holiday season. Because of this and the sightseeing
cruises of local entrepreneurs, the river never stopped looking busy although it was
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were lots of activities, music performances, catering sections, vendors’ stalls, etc, all around the area to charm, refresh and entertain the visitors.
I must admit I would have preferred a tighter focus on the subject matter with less
on-site hassle as was the case at the Helsinki event in 2013 (my post </span><a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2013/07/one-in-half-million.html" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">) but
the many families with young children probably felt differently.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We spent practically the whole of Saturday
walking with our weekend visitors from ship to ship only to find we hadn’t
reserved enough time to see everything there would have been to see. We also returned after dinner to watch the fireworks highlighting the last night of the
event. Now that I’m looking at these summery photos I can’t believe they were
taken only four months ago. Even if the temperature still stays most of the time slightly above
freezing point, at this precise moment in November it seems unlikely I would ever feel warm
again...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above and below <i>Sabab Oman II</i> from Oman.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Next year this great event will be arranged
in the North Sea. <i><a href="http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/events/2018-the-tall-ships-races" target="_blank">The Tall Ships Races 2018</a></i> will be kicked off in Sunderland in the UK on July 11, from where the
voyage will continue to Esbjerg in Denmark and Stavanger in Norway and finally
to Harlingen in The Netherlands closing there on August 6. But already before
that – between May 25 and June 18 – <i><a href="http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/events/2018-the-biscay-tall-ships-regatta" target="_blank">The Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta 2018</a></i> will be visiting Liverpool in the
UK, Dublin in Ireland and Bordeaux in France.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I do recommend not to skip these events
if you happen to be close by. What’s more, if you have a 15 to 25-year-old in the family they could <a href="https://www.sailonboard.com/" target="_blank">sign up</a> for </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">a leg as a trainee. No previous sailing experience is required. How is that for a treat!</span><br />
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you missed my post on the extraordinary Swan sailing yacht regatta held in Turku in 2016 you will
find it <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/09/swan-of-oceans.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-55596910535256131502017-10-26T14:00:00.000+03:002017-11-03T04:11:59.429+02:00Autumn by the sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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that of last year. Now we’ve actually had some rain, which means we’ve finally managed
to find some winter mushrooms here. They were abundant in our former neighbourhood and
we’ve missed rambling in the forest picking them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Once again, it’s proven rather fortunate we
moved to the southwestern corner of the country. Despite the occasional rain
and cloudy skies, the weather has been much better here than most everywhere
else. We even had two lovely sunny October weekends enabling the venturesome Sunday
sailors to continue the season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The not-that-patient ones have stored their
boats for winter weeks ago. It’s starting to be about time also for the rest as the nights have grown
frosty. The ground turned white last night for the first time this fall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-27752649860275864582017-10-20T14:34:00.000+03:002017-10-21T00:22:47.917+03:00Timeless elegance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Regular readers may remember my post on <i><a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/01/the-story-of-milavida.html" target="_blank">Milavida</a></i>, the museum in <i>Tampere</i>
highlighting not only the history of the industrial family who built the mansion it is located in but
also showcasing temporary design-related exhibitions. Some time ago, I was
lucky to be driving through Tampere on my own and could take my time at the latest
show of <i>haute couture</i> dresses by the
Italian maestro <b>Valentino</b>. <i>Fantastica!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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small town in norther Italy. In those days, Paris was still the one and only home
for <i>haute couture</i> so also Valentino
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Italian luxury fashion is considered to
have born in 1951 when a Tuscan businessman arranged the ‘First Italian High
Fashion Show’ at his palazzo in Florence. It was a success and soon Italian
designers became very trendy and popular. Their <i>Moda boutique</i> type of fashion was a new concept in the business bringing
out less expensive creations than those of the established French fashion houses were. The emergence of this second high fashion centre brought Valentino back to Italy
and he started his own fashion house in Rome in 1959. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk and silk chiffon beaded with stones and corals, 1964-5.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The saying that fashion is for those who
don’t have style beautifully applies to Valentino’s creations. Very early on, he
found his own style of glamorous timeless elegance never minding the general
trends in fashion. Exquisite fabrics, meticulous attention to detail, use of
traditional handcrafted methods such as embroidery, and decorations in beadwork and sequins, are
the premier characteristics of his designs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk lurex completely embroidered with flowers in raffia fiber, beads, and sequins, 1967-8.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sometimes he designed a pattern completely
covering the fabric in lavish imaginative embroidery that was then executed with
impeccable craftsmanship at the atelier of <i>Pino
Grasso</i> in Milan. Several samples of such patterns were on display from the Grasso archives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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designs, most of them from the 1960s and 70s, on loan from private collections yet it offered plenty to explore. In addition to a couple of gowns in
Valentino’s signature colour, the red called </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">rosso Valentino</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">, there were some black and white gowns plus a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk chiffon with dyed ostrich feathers, 1974-5.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">All of these designs from 35-50 years ago
would be perfectly suitable to wear also today. Even the below ‘palace pyjamas’ in
printed silk from the late 1970s has stood the test of time beautifully although the context you might see it in might be different today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Doesn’t it look like something you might spot on the streets of any of the
fashion metropolises today? Valentino certainly is a master of wearable works
of art, the last emperor of <i>haute couture</i>
as he is often referred to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk faille, 1969-70.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Valentino retired in 2008, at the age of 75.
Already ten years prior to that, he and the co-founder of the business <i>Giancarlo Giammetti</i> had sold the Valentino
group to an Italian holding company HdP. A few years thereafter, it was acquired by
the Italian textile manufacturer Marzotto, then by the London-based private
equity fund Permira, and finally in 2012 by the Qatari royal family’s
investment fund Mayhoola.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk taffeta, 1969-70.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know why but this design makes be think about Angelina Jolie.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve been wondering how it would feel to follow
the passing around of your brainchild when you no longer have any say in what
used to be your empire. Since the latest acquisition there is at least enough
financial backup the emperor doesn’t have to worry about the future of his legacy in that
respect. And he certainly doesn’t have to ‘sweep the streets he used to own’. But
still, how would it feel to let go when you have created something this grand? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Aren’t we mere mortals fortunate not to have
any empires to worry about. After all, everything will have to be left behind
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friday was depressing as ever, dark and
grey with a drizzle. Saturday was from another world completely, sunny with a
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-83051075763328509762017-09-19T15:57:00.001+03:002017-10-15T23:40:21.044+03:00Show of an icon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s been quite a number of interesting
exhibitions ‘on offer’ recently and we’ve managed to visit several, such as
that of the renowned French photographer <b>Robert
Doisneau</b> at the <i>Turku Art Museum</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Doisneau (1912-1994) was one of the
pioneers of photojournalism whose passion was to capture meaningful moments of
the everyday life of ordinary people, both young and old, most often on the streets of
Paris. According to his own words, however, he didn’t photograph life as it was
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His most iconic photo <i>The Kiss (by the townhall) </i>or <i>Le
baiser de l’hôtel de ville</i> published in the <i>Life</i> magazine in 1950 has become the symbol of young love in Paris. Even
I happen to have a copy of it inside my Paris travel guide. (I haven’t been
this old forever, you know.) Some 40 years later a couple sued Doisneau
claiming they were the lovers in the photo that had been taken without their consent and demanded the rights to it. It was then revealed <i>The Kiss</i>
was to some extent staged, which was a bit of a sensation but actually a storm in a teacup
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never have taken such an intimate photo without permission, especially in those days, especially in a country where he might have lost its rights because of that. In fact, he had seen the couple kissing and had asked if they would
repeat the kiss for him, which they readily did. He had also given the lady in
the photo an original signed print which she sold half a century later at an
auction for €155,000!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sculptor <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/11/more-than-curvy-babes.html" target="_blank">Niki de Saint Phalle</a>.</td></tr>
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were also shown at the exhibition. But most of all I enjoyed the 77-minute biographical
documentary <i>Robert Doisneau: Through the
Lens (Robert Doisneau, le révolté du merveilleux)</i> directed by his
granddaughter <i>Clémentine Deroudille</i>
that was running nonstop on two tv screens throughout the show. I found myself mesmerised by it. Personages like Doisneau who led a
balanced life despite all the talent, success and fame preferring to keep themselves in
the background are a rare resource these days. Do not miss the film if you ever
have a chance to watch it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Turku exhibition closed some time ago but there is one
ongoing at the <i>Lucca Center of Contemporary Art</i> in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy (until
Nov 12) and another one at the <i>Tourist Office of Urrugne</i> in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France (until Oct 13). For more information
and photos of Doisneau’s works you can visit the <a href="https://www.robert-doisneau.com/en/" target="_blank">website</a> of Atelier Robert
Doisneau founded by his two daughters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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swans than last year. Although they’ve continued to appear in pairs we’ve seen none
with any little ones. I have no idea whether our late spring might have had some sort of an effect on nesting or whether the lack of cygnets was a coincidence.
Nevertheless, all the cranes we’ve spotted now have also been without offspring
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cottage include foxes and roe deer. The latter, although beautiful to look at,
are losing their popularity because they act as hosts for ticks that may carry infectious
diseases. For the bacterial one, Lyme disease also called Lyme borreliosis,
there is no other definite prevention than avoiding tick attachment and the only cure is
antibiotics. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We’ve had ourselves vaccinated against the
viral one, tick-borne encephalitis or TBE, just in case because we spend a lot of
time in the Turku archipelago where a risk exists. Today it is rather low but
climate change is expected to increase these kinds of risks even in our secure
corner of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Already this very moment, we are evidencing the
furious effects of climate change all around the globe. I find it unbelievable
there are still people, let alone world leaders, who keep ignoring the expertise of
the scientific community and deny the phenomenon. It is intolerable to see there
are those who are wilfully contributing to turning many parts of this irreplaceable
planet of ours uninhabitable. A spectacular sunset won’t give you much joy if
you can’t bear the sight in daylight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-82833550140832336102017-09-02T12:47:00.000+03:002017-09-02T12:47:35.423+03:00Cool summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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been sweeping towards autumn for quite some time now. The only positive thing
about the weather was that we got less rainfall than most of the country. I suppose we could take some consolation in knowing that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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must look back on the time spent at the cottage, especially the flowering, for no other reason than to remind myself there actually was some. I must also introduce the smallest of our summer guests, the two who stayed for weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please meet <i>Unna</i>, the housecat my daughter found at a cat rescue home to keep company
to Sheena since <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/10/he-is-no-more.html" target="_blank">her older Maine Coon</a> passed away last autumn. Unna is young and
playful and loves to sit on your lap, which is wonderful as our late Jack never
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were most memorable. We also attended some great events but more about that
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-43601747999964362072017-08-25T20:43:00.000+03:002017-08-26T22:50:22.188+03:00Sorrow without fear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We weren’t downtown a week ago when it
happened having spent the previous day and night at the cottage with friends.
The first reports of the horrific Barcelona van attack had reached us sometime
between dinner and sauna bathing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">On Friday afternoon, when we were on an
outing on the Ruissalo island my son living in Helsinki called checking on us.
He had just read an alarming piece of news about several stabbings in <b>Turku</b>
only one block from where we live. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Moroccan – should those be his actual age and nationality – had managed to stab
eight women plus two men who had rushed to the rescue of the victims. He
started the attack at the market square and tried to flee running two blocks
towards another square, the one under which we have our rented parking space, slashing
his knife or maybe two arbitrarily stabbing female passers-by on his way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intensive care connected to a ventilator because of injuries in the neck area.
For the very first time in our country the crime is now investigated as an act
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My first emotion was disbelief. Surely not
in our beautiful tranquil hometown with less than 200,000 inhabitants, surely
not in the middle of a sunny Friday afternoon in Finland, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/safest-countries-in-the-world/" target="_blank">the safest country in the world</a>. By the time of our first visit to the site on Saturday, the feeling
had turned into sorrow not only because of the innocent victims but also
because of the disturbing fact that even in this day and age there are
people who can be lured to believe in violence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intolerance, the people who are eager to label every innocent foreign-looking
person, even children who were born here, somehow accountable for the actions
of a misguided madman. Even after they’ve learned that several of the men rushing to help or running after
the attacker were immigrants, one of them an asylum seeker even.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thankfully, there’s been no
sign of hostility on the site where the tragedy started. My steps have taken me
there many times this past week. There’s been a continuous flow of candles and
flowers to the corner of the market square. Standing by them feels like you were observing last Sunday’s one-minute
silence inside and all around you over and over again. Everything is quiet and
peaceful there. It’s been a shared experience of healing and empowerment. Most
importantly, there’s no place for fear in our hearts. After all, how could you
ever safeguard yourself against the random madmen of this world other than through
education and caring.<o:p></o:p></span>
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events, June wasn’t what we had hoped for. There isn’t exactly any sign of any heat
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-69006964609106528822017-06-09T14:06:00.000+03:002017-06-12T01:23:38.878+03:00Singing again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just when we thought we had at long last reached summer several days with record-low
temperatures messed up everything. We can’t be sure it’s final yet but thanks
to a couple of lovely sunny afternoons at the cottage I’ve at least managed to
steer my heart back to the singing mode.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s
been much to enjoy outdoors recently and not only naturewise. For the two last weeks in May, a stretch of the downtown riverbank was once again
adorned with a <i>Knit ‘n’ Tag</i> event.
This time the theme was ‘My Finland’ to celebrate the centenary year of our
country’s independence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In addition to knitting and crocheting, diverse other kinds of handicraft techniques were also presented in the
creations mounted on the trees: weaving, sewing, quilting, appliqué, even
macramé and felting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I couldn’t help feeling some of the pieces had
been just patched together out of a pile of random items, which is of course a
perfectly valid way to demonstrate each contributor’s individual relationship
to crafting. However, I always prefer those with a more tight-knit approach to the
theme, especially those designed to the finest detail taking every lump and
bump on the tree trunk into account. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My favourite creation entitled <i>The Landscape of my Childhood</i> was one of
those holistic pieces of art. The swellings on the trunk had become clouds. An
orange sun was resting where the trunk branched out into three. There was even an owl sitting in a hollow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My other favourites included a couple of
striped pieces just because of their colourful beauty, the wrap of crocheted
portraits because of the brilliant idea, and the piece with a string of lemons
because of the positive message. When life gives you lemons use them to make lemonade
the last one was indicating. Some optimism would certainly be welcome for a nation
with ‘a brutal sense of realism’ as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Diamond" target="_blank">Jared Diamond</a> characterises our people. It is naturally a strength in our kind of a big picture, but many of us could use a generous dose of joviality in the less grave things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn’t know about the event beforehand
and will try to keep better track in the future to consider reserving a tree for
myself next time. I took most of the photos around mid-May when the riverside lindens
showed hardly any shoots yet. Now the scenes are completely transformed into
an intoxicating greenery, my favourite season under the sun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Have a look also at my post of the previous yarn bombing event in 2015 <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2015/06/clad-trees.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-29102008744324694422017-05-18T23:21:00.000+03:002017-05-18T23:22:42.980+03:00Can't stop singing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-4467715004882229102017-05-17T05:11:00.000+03:002017-05-17T11:55:36.539+03:00Turning green<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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one is now turning towards something that might develop into summer one day
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at the cottage. The coltsfeet have been flowering an amazing period of a months
or so under the reeds from last year. Those and the wood anemones were no
longer the only delightful living things there. When you looked closely, there
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The cold sea keeps the shore temperature at least a couple of degrees lower than it is a few kilometres inland, not to mention the wind-chill effect. Therefore everything has progressed a bit further downtown,
especially in the microclimate of courtyards bordered by buildings on all
sides. The most striking example of that is the horse chestnut below. I wonder how many more days it will take for the specimen at the cottage to reach the current blossoming phase of the courtyard tree I zoomed through our bedroom window yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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post more of the blossoming <b><a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2017/04/first-time-in-tenerife.html" target="_blank">Tenerife</a></b>. This isn’t any </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">comprehensive introduction, only a listing of certain plants I photographed in the neighbourhood where we stayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some of them are familiar from areas with
warm climate, such as the magnificent bougainvillea above. They were blooming in
various colours including white although I didn’t happen to shoot that one. Note
that the colourful parts are, in fact, bracts acting as attractors of pollinators
as the actual flowers are so tiny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are only a few examples as my attention was most of the time drawn to the more
conspicuous bright-coloured flowering, I’m afraid. From the top: crown of
thorns (<i>Euphorbia milii</i>), prickly
pear (<i>Opuntia</i>), and Canary Island
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do quite a bit of searching to find the name of the blossoming ornamental tree I
spotted arching above the bougainvillea at our hotel. As far as I could tell,
it is <i>Tipuana tipu</i> also known as
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flamboyant (<i>Delonix regia</i>) sometimes
called flame tree. In early April, it was only just beginning a new growing season. Its ripe dried pods hold loose seeds inside and can be used
as toy rattles. Unfortunately, we only came across pods hanging far too high to
be picked as souvenirs. Not that we’d have any babies in the family yet but our
travelling companions do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It requires quite extensive networks of automated
watering systems to keep the garden and landscaping plants flourishing in these conditions. On
contrast, here are a few typical local wild plants with rather unassuming
flowering. From the top: broom (<i>Genista</i>),
tree tobacco (<i>Nicotiana glauca</i>), fountain
grass (<i>Pennisetum</i>), and <i>Aloe vera</i>. The last one can also be seen
below as a garden plant. With some heavy cropping I’ve taken the photo to the
tropics. My hunger for … <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/05/six-oclock.html" target="_blank">you know what</a> … is starting to call for desperate
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The coastal area lends its name from the majestic cliffs, the Giants, on the
north-western corner of the island. The rugged volcanic landscape, the subtropical
vegetation, the rich blossoming and the ocean charmed us from the start with
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Canary Islands off western Africa in
the Atlantic Ocean have been the main winter holiday destination for Europeans
for decades but I had never been to any of the seven islands before. Even hubby
had only stopped over when he was sailing on merchant vessels for a couple of
years in his teens – some fifty years ago! As we generally travel in our early spring and late autumn, we just never thought about anything else than
cultural holidays, most often in a Mediterranean country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Although mass tourism is today at most locations much more ‘civilised’
than what its reputation used to be, I must admit we had been a bit prejudiced against
such a destination. The friends who won us over to join them for this holiday are
seasoned Canary Island visitors and knew better. They had picked out the resort
carefully: an apartment hotel quite close to the ocean in an inviting neighbourhood
with practically only human-sized man-made structures. They proved us there are
ways to avoid the blatant tourist traps and greatest masses if you choose
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It was somewhat warmer than usual, the temperature rising to an ideal +25–+28°C
(+77–+82°F) every day through our stay. We attended a couple of great guided excursion but didn’t make it to the northern parts of the island where the greenery is
even more abundant. And then there’s La Laguna with the UNESCO-listed old town
not to mention the many other towns, villages, nature sites and microclimates
to explore. Needless to say, we’ve already started to talk about the next visit as we absolutely loved it. Thank you so much for inviting us, dear friends!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am hoping a few more posts on this trip will follow while we
are waiting for our ‘spring’ to be brought to life. It seems we haven’t seen
any real progress since our return.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-28012674089340377752017-04-23T17:40:00.000+03:002017-04-23T17:40:06.532+03:00Faint signs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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holiday, we had the renting of the seaside cottage secured for another year. A
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cold to take up some raking and other landscape clean-up. It was +4°C (+39°F)
both outdoors and indoors, actually also in the sea. As the wind made it feel
even colder we attacked our picnic lunch instead later walking around in search
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spring flowers, the signs were still very faint. I just couldn’t get excited
about the tiny buds. Fortunately, one of the mute swan couples spending the summer
season in the neighbourhood had already settled down bathing and grooming rather close by.
Such a sight will never fail to please me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our Easter break was very quiet, almost to
the point of uneventful. Much relaxing at home, some good food with a little bit of
traditional delicacies, a few films on TV, some walks on the downtown
riverfront – mostly by hubby on his own, but also some snowfall. In mid-April,
can you believe that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The concert we attended at our local
church, the Turku Cathedral, on Easter Monday formed quite a surprising highlight
for the weekend. It was the young symphonic wind orchestra <i>JBO YoungStars</i> from Germany that was performing music from England,
Scotland and Ireland under the title ‘A Night on the Isles’. The show included rhythmic
arrangements ranging from pop classics, eg by Coldplay and The Beatles, to more
traditional songs and tunes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What we didn’t expect was that the orchestra really took it the-last-night-of-the-proms style. The aisle and band area were
decorated with flags of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. There were Union
Jacks hanging from the gallery. The spectators were handed flags they could wave
just like in the real BBC Proms. The conductor Natalie Hönemann even put on a special
waistcoat for the final part of the concert. Had I known about all this I would
have taken my camera with me. There was nothing whatsoever to complain about
the most delightful event except perhaps the acoustics of the high medieval
stone Cathedral.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The story how the orchestra of youngsters happened
to come to Finland and Turku in the first place is a fascinating one. A girl
from here, while working as an au pair in Hanover, had played in the JBO
YoungStars during her stay in Germany. She now studies music in Tampere and had
invited the band for a visit. As the group arrived by ferry from Stockholm to
Turku a concert was naturally arranged also here before continuing to the girl’s
present home town where the orchestra performed last night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I had a look at the
programme of <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ecc3d4" target="_blank">The Last Night of the Proms 2017</a>. Sakari Oramo, the Chief
Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 2013 and a Finn, will be holding
the baton once again. It’s going to be, among others, tributes to Zoltán Kodály
and Malcolm Sargent, who both died 50 year ago, some John Adams, and <i>Finlandia</i> by our greatest composer Jean Sibelius to mark the centenary year of Finnish
independence. It’s about time we revisited London so I just decided I will send
an application for tickets by <a href="http://www.royalalberthall.com/extra/booking-tickets-for-the-last-night-of-the-proms/" target="_blank">the open ballot</a>. I already marked September 9 on my
calendar. That way I will at least remember to glue myself to the TV that
night. But please, no snowfall that time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We recently returned from a most relaxing,
warm and sunny holiday and I’m finding it hard to return to the blogosphere.
Firstly, because there’s little sign of any spring back home yet. Secondly,
because we had a project completed while we were away and I’ve been finally doing some arranging in the spare room. There is also a third reason I will share later at some point. I am working on finding the blog bug
again but first things first. Here is the second post on our visit to <b>Orta San Giulio</b> in Piedmont I kind of
promised last time. (If you missed the first one click <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2017/03/rainy-orta-san-giulio.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When walking along the wet alley away from
the<i> piazza</i> towards the cape north of the old town we noticed that the gate to
the garden of Villa Bossi was open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Even on a rainy October afternoon the
little garden looked most inviting. It’s easy to imagine how lovely it will be
in the springtime – that is at about now I suppose – when the archway of
wisterias leading towards the lake will be cascading with flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In fact, the place will provide a most
enchanting venue for civil weddings any time of the year as the 17th century
villa now serves as the town hall. The bride can make a grand entrance by boat
to the little pier and through the lakefront iron gate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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continued towards the waterfront <i>passeggiata</i> rimming the tip of the cape, peeping into the gardens of the villas and admiring
the views across the lake. Never mind wetting your shoes a bit when you can
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Later when we were at <i>Monte Mottarone</i> we spotted <i>Lago
d’Orta, Isola di San Giulio</i> and the cape down in the distance. The poor weather was all forgotten by then and we were rather pleased when looking back at our few hours at the pretty little town a few days earlier. But should we ever return to Lake Orta such a short visit won’t do that’s
for sure. (My post on the mountain excursion </span><a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/05/mountain-panorama.html" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">.)</span><br />
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299152873788609754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640685491067173445.post-39734699154794808852017-03-22T18:54:00.000+02:002017-04-18T02:18:18.475+03:00Rainy Orta San Giulio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Late last year, I thought I’d spend the
winter season busy posting travel stories. I should have known better. A glance
at the blog archive revealed a clear pattern: it’s only in March that I
generally revive enough to return to any systematic endeavour. I’d better get
going then. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There is much more to tell about our holiday
in Northern Italy I posted about exactly a year ago. One day when we were staying
at the gorgeous little castle I described <a href="http://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/03/living-in-castle.html" target="_blank">here</a> the forecast showed rain. We decided
to play it safe and visit a place that would be beautiful whatever the weather.
So we drove to <b>Orta San Giulio</b>, a
small lakeside town facing the pretty little island <i>Isola di San Giulio</i> in Lake Orta. We weren’t disappointed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lago d’Orta</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> in Piedmont is the
westernmost of the lakes in Northern Italy. It is less familiar to tourists
than the great lakes although I am sure the adorable Orta San Giulio is getting
its fair share of visitors during high season. We happened to choose entrance
via the hillside road instead of the lakeside one. We stopped at the lookout by the lovely
little church of <i>Madonna della Bocciola</i> for some foggy scenes before entering the serpentine road
down to the town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The <i>centro
storico</i> is practically only a narrow strip by the lake with a fishbone-like
plan. There is a single long alley parallel to the shoreline with a few short
traversing ones leading towards the lake. As soon as you’ve descended from the
parking lot to the stone-roofed buildings and zigzagged your way down to the artery
of the old town it will take you to the most important sites of the place, the
square <i>Piazza Motta</i> and the
magnificent views to the Isola di San Giulio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The boatmen were pacing by the lake with
their umbrellas. It was a rainy October afternoon but they hadn’t given up hope to find tourists anxious to be taken to the island. We settled for the view as
we are – still in our sixties – suffering from this
we-can-always-return-for-a-closer-look syndrome. Nevertheless, it was hard to
turn your eyes away from the picturesque island. Its skyline is dominated by
the tower of the basilica believed to have been built on the site where hermit
San Giulio lived originating from the 9th century; and the huge 1840s seminary
building now housing a Benedictine abbey with a dozen or so nuns founded in the
1970s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The square itself is also most charming. Whenever the weather is fine it is a perfect place to sit back at a
table in front of one of the cafés and study the details of the surroundings. I was
particularly fascinated by the neglected potential of the deserted hotel and restaurant
at the waterfront in desperate need of some serious restoration. It was shut down
by an administrative order of some kind, presumably issued because of safety
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Renaissance <i>Palazzotto</i>, the former town hall, by the square dating
from 1582 is an amazing piece of architectural history. It rests completely on arched porticoes providing
a great meeting point or shelter underneath. The exterior of the building is decorated with fabulous trompe l</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16px;">’oeil windows and</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> frescoes of coats of arms, religious themes, and other decorative motifs. Access is through an external staircase. We took the liberty to climb the stairs to admire the views from the top landing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve understood the best vistas in town would
have been from the nearby <i>Sacro Monte di Orta</i> dedicated to St Francis
of Assisi. A path with 20 chapels leads from the square to the top of the hill which
is one of the nine sacred mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy having a <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1068/video" target="_blank">joint entry</a> in the UNESCO World Heritage listing. The German philosopher and poet
Friedrich Nietzsche reportedly counted the site among “the most
evocative places in the world”. Next time…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I must add a few words about a dilemma we always face when travelling in the Mediterranean: the mealtimes. By the hour we would
be in need of some ‘bread breaking’ the restaurants are often either closed for
lunch or not yet open for dinner. In Orta San Giulio, we were lucky to find <i><a href="http://www.ristoranteederaorta.com/en/restaurant-edera-orta-san-giulio-lake-orta/" target="_blank">Ristorante Edera</a></i>, a
rustic little family restaurant where we were served a nice late lunch of pasta
and prawns while the staff were having their meal with their family around a long table by the
kitchen. Their low-season ‘out-of-hours’ service couldn’t have been friendlier. We left the place
most contented and ready for new experiences, that time a walk along the paved path
circling the cape north of the old town but more about that <a href="https://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2017/04/walk-by-lake-orta.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">An exhibition by <b>Hannu Palosuo</b>, the Finnish painter sharing his time between Rome and Helsinki I posted about <a href="http://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/11/a-romanised-finn.html" target="_blank">here</a>, was just in town at
the <i>Auran Galleria</i>. Needless to say, I made it to the show on the last day even
though the art gallery is located very close to where we live. My main excuse
is my last-minute disposition, of course. But it didn’t help that the
exhibition only lasted for three weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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representing several of Palosuo’s thematic series from recent years. The most
impressive of them were the two large floral arrangements above entitled <i>Vanitas vanitatum</i> (2015) as a reference
to the 16th and 17th century ‘vanitas’ still lifes. They were painstakingly painted
on Brazilian coffee sacks salvaged from a café in Rome. In fact, the artist had consulted
a leading Roman conservator-restorer to work out a ground enabling painting on
the coarse but loosely woven fabric in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The above pieces from the series <i>What remains is tomorrow</i> (2015) with the bright object and a
shadow of something completely different beautifully combine the notion of a busy present with that of a serene memory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I particularly liked the paintings from the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So would the small ones from the series <i>The empty realm of dreams</i> (2016) above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In general, a monochrome scheme – such as
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lastly, a couple of
paintings from the series <i>I honour you
for keeping secret some things</i> (2014) (above) and the chandelier from the series <i>Today is the
frightening tomorrow of yesterday</i> (below). The exhibition showed a
comprehensive selection of Hannu Palosuo’s current work. Despite the price range
from €1,100 to €12,000 it was also a commercial success for the celebrated
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we started out rather late in the afternoon as it often happens and I can’t say
it’s not my fault. Anyway, on our way to the car after sunset it was still so light we
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look at a ferry pushing through ice towards the harbour ever since we moved
here, even more so since last summer when we were watching the incoming and
outgoing ferries daily from the shore of the cottage (my post <a href="http://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2016/08/observing-sea.html" target="_blank">here</a>). But it’s been either too
dark or too cold for such an outing. Now the conditions were right and we were
already in the neighbourhood. Naturally, we hurried to wait for the ship in the park by the strait through
which the ferries glide towards the estuary of the river Aura. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dinner that evening but it was takeaway from the Chinese restaurant across the
street instead. No big deal, we just let the pork fillet soak in the marinade
overnight and had our Sunday dinner with wine on Monday. Aren’t we happy to
live downtown with all these easy solutions to allow spontaneous changes in your
plans. We couldn’t even dream of any such options in the little village with no
services whatsoever where we lived before. I think in your sixties you totally
deserve the luxury to be able to improvise as often as you like. In my opinion, i<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16px;">t’s almost your duty to do so when you finally can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">We’ve visited many great art
exhibitions these past few months. The most energising of them was that
of the young South African painter and sculptor <b><a href="http://www.lionelsmit.co.za/" target="_blank">Lionel Smit</a></b> we saw at the <i><a href="http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/eng/" target="_blank">Didrichsen Art Museum</a></i> in Helsinki in January. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The artist is only in his mid-30s but he is already something of a star in his home country. In recent years, his fabulous colourful works
have also gained international acclaim including sell-out exhibitions in London
and Hong Kong. It is easy to see why.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Helsinki Exhibition entitled
<i>Faces of Identity</i> consisted of soulful paintings and sculptures of faces and heads, both big and small. Lionel’s fascination
with the face sort of grew on him at home. He was exposed to art very early as
his father <i>Anton Smit</i> is a sculptor
who primarily created, and still creates, faces and big heads in his studio that
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">In his early teens, Lionel was
planning to become a sculptor, too. However, when he was 16 his parents
separated. He suddenly had the studio all to himself and started to utilise it
for painting. He has continued with both painting and sculpture also since art
school with an individual and inventive touch of his own on both. He likes to work on
his paintings as he would with a sculpture, adding layer after layer until he is
happy with the result. And he likes the surface of his sculptures to have
painting-like texture resembling the strokes of a paint brush.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lionel Smit was born and raised
in Pretoria. He later moved to Cape Town. The Cape Malay community in the new surroundings
turned out to be an endless source of artistic inspiration for an Afrikaner. He has been
exploring identity ever since portraying the local mixed-race women of African, European and Southeast Asian origin he meets on the streets there. For him portraiture is not that much about a specific person but rather a study into the multifaceted formation of identity in the globalised world.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span id="goog_1818416978"></span><span id="goog_1818416979"></span>I particularly loved the large bright-coloured canvases. As the Didrichsen Art Museum is a 1960s gallery extension
to a home built in the 1950s for the owners of a trading company, a few
smaller-sized paintings and sculptures were placed in the home-like interior of
the present lobby and library. The building is an artwork in its own right designed in
every little detail by the Finnish architect <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viljo_Revell" target="_blank">Viljo Revell</a></i>, whose best-known international design is the Toronto
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">A typical Smit model must be quite
an eyeful to provoke such strikingly beautiful pieces. The large ‘coin-coated’ bronze
head with a little hat of snow at the entrance to the building, for example, was simply astonishing. In fact,
it was a sculpture by none less than Henry Moore that had been moved elsewhere to give the most prominent place in the museum’s sculpture garden to this
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a month ago. A new one under the same title was opened at the
<a href="http://www.everardlondon.com/" target="_blank">Everard Read London</a> gallery last week. Should you be around I would recommend a visit to 80 Fulham Road by 25 March. The not that lucky ones will have to settle for the 16-minute documentary on the artist under <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aReBY_ElZh8" target="_blank">this link</a>. Either way, I can guarantee you will be energised.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">I am linking this post to <a href="http://coastalripples.blogspot.fi/2017/03/paint-monthly-march-2017-places-of-mind.html" target="_blank">Paint Monthly</a> of the <a href="http://coastalripples.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Coastal Ripples</a> blog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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snowstorm (see my <a href="http://amateursventuresonlife.blogspot.fi/2017/02/belated-winter.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>). It is sometimes followed by a brilliantly sunny day. When returning
from my mother-in-law on Saturday (she turned 90 last summer and still lives in a house on her own), we just had to stop to admire the pure white
and blue views across the lake of hubby’s childhood and youth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lake is now some 40cm, which is about two times what is required to bear the
weight of a car. We saw several people ice fishing there. Some of them had
driven to the middle of the lake by car. Sadly, an incident had taken place on
this very lake the same morning. Because of the fresh snow a group of three heading for ice fishing hadn’t noticed a crack in the ice and the front of their car had sunken in it.
The two passengers were unharmed but the driver couldn’t be saved, not because
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motor vehicles away from ice, perhaps with the exception of snowmobiles in the
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