April 6–10: miscellaneous

Signs of spring.

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Ducks foraging in the soggy ground, near our apartment. Do they eat worms or something? What are they even looking for?

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The TKK main quad, mud-season style.

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On the back way from TKK to Helsinki — northeast and then southeast around the bay — a glimpse of the Salmisaari power station.

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Stuff getting all ripped up in front of one of downtown Helsinki's more polarizing buildings, across from Rautatieasema, a shopping center nicknamed Makkaratalo (Sausage House) for the rounded bumper partly visible at the top of this picture.

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Tram going by Aleksi.

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Oh ho! The tables have turned. No more 18 hours of darkness. (This is PM, note. Otherwise the last sentence would have been nearly or actually a lie.)

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At the bus stop at TKK, the lane is visibly rutted by the weight of the buses.

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These crows will not hesitate.

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Soft spectrum cast on the bathroom wall. I think the red at top is from the brick buildings outside the window, and the blue is from the sky.

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Late sun, getting further to the north.