Category: Photos
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Northern Lights in My Backyard
It’s very rare to see the Aurora Borealis down where we live, but apparently due to a geomagnetic storm yesterday, we got quite a show. The photo is a bit blurry but you get the idea!
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The Scent of a Mattress
We bought a mattress from Ikea a week ago and it still smells so much of chemicals it’s impossible to even be in the same room without getting a headache, let alone sleep on it. I guess that’s why they have such a long return policy.
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Trip to Denmark
This Summer we made a trip to nearby Denmark. We spent a week in a cottage in Jylland by the North Sea, and a few days after that in beautiful sunny Copenhagen.
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Easter Photos 2013
A series of photos I took this Easter near the centre of Tampere. Spring is about two weeks late this year, I’m hoping the snow melts soon!
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Christmas 2012
This Christmas, there was no shortage of snow! Or books, for that matter. The top three in the above picture I’ve already finished, the encyclopaedia of Wine (Viini) will probably take some more time to wade through though, as will the bottle of fine Caol Ila single malt. Happy New Year everyone, let’s hope 13…
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Downtown canoeing, part 2
This weekend my wife and I took a kayaking course at the Varala Sports Institute here in Tampere (Varalan urheiluopisto). The highlight of the course was definitely paddling into the center of town for a cup of coffee on Saturday morning. We couldn’t have asked for better weather!
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Venus Transit
This morning was the last chance for over a century to witness Venus transiting the Sun. I got up at 4:00 to make sure I got at least a few good shots. After cycling to a nearby golf course to get an unrestricted view of the Sun, which had just risen, I got a few…
Daniel Koskinen 