How the years go by and so much is gone… I just found an old train-ticket between the pages of “Winnie the Pooh”-book. I was reading it on the way to Turku at summer 2005. It says on the ticket; “Civilian-service card must be presented” (for ticket was free for me). People go to do civilian-service instead of military-service in Finland if they don’t want to join army. It was my last day on service. I bought yellow flowers on the way to the trainstation, from flowershop next to the marketsquare. They were going to close that shop few days afterwards.

In Turku, it was over +20 °C warm in the park of old church of Turku. Cold wind was rising among the river “Aurajoki” and it made corners of our picnic-cloth to dance.

Today it’s -20 °C, though I’m still on my happiest mood!