Day 152: Wanna-be-something!

My youngest daughter has always said to me that I wanna-be Roland - meaning that I am trying to be as good photographer as Roland. Or I have big dreams but no possibilities to achieve my dream. Or something like that.

Today I visited stand-up night where 7 wanna-be-stand-up-comedians were giving their best at the stage. Not at all bad performance - sometimes I really enjoyed - sometimes I felt sorry and sometime I was abashed: is it okay to laugh for this. But new field of art for me and cultural experience with shock effect. And what else to do on rainy Monday evening...

But the reason why I visited there was this one wanna-be, "business executive Ullgrén" as he was presented. Husband of my colleague and after all - not so bad at all. I really laughed for his story about how similar drag business and IT business is. I don't know whether that really works in English but in Finnish, it was quite good.

Day 18: What to do on another rainy day?

Yesterday it was great day: sun was shining and it was warm. Today it has been totally different kind of weather. We have not been spending time on our back yard - instead I was sitting in balcony reading "The Scarpetta Factor" by Patricia Cornwell - one of my favorite authors. My husband was mainly watching TV but spent some time with me in balcony. He was reading "The Summer of Dead Toys" written by Antonio Hill.

My youngest daughter (18 years) is here together with her friend. They got bored and asked me to play Trivial Pursuit with them. I have to say I am not very good at this game. I prefer other kind of games but since it was raining outside and reading made me sleepy I decided to show my stupidity.

Day 12: How many there are living under our roof?

I noticed one week ago that we have bird habitants living under our roof. Today I finally managed to photograph activities under our roof. There I was standing outside in the rain (yes - it is rainy Sunday) and staring corner of our wall. My neck is not thanking for doing that.

I have no idea how many young birds there are but mother and father tit were flying on and off with worms or something in their mouth. In this collage are some of the photos I managed to took while standing there in the rain. Few years ago I wouldn't have been interested at all and most likely not even noticed these birds. Photography has changed me this way - as mentioned already in yesterday's blog post.

Day 4: What to do on rainy days?

Yesterday the wheather was sunny - today it has been raining all the day. It is summer and I really would like to sit in our teracce and enjoy life with fresh air and sun. But that was not the case today. We have been watching tv and I got really bored with that - even I don't have tv in my "love nest" in Helsinki.

Then I remembered: I have started this puzzle for some time ago and it is quite challenging - like puzzles usually are.