Written Yesterday :)

Sunnuntai, Toukokuu 21, 2006

Green finally arrived last week around Tiistai/Keskivikko. Thankfully, it has been greening up everywhere since :) Makes me happy, very happy. However instead of steadily getting warmer it has steadily gotten colder. The first week of Toukokuu, it was plus or minus 20˚C! Quite warm considering the previous week it was around 5˚ or so. But after a warm week and a half it hasn’t been above 16˚ C Makes me unhappy ;) haha. Naw, but seriously it is practically the end of May. On May 16th, when we arrived at the site, there was snow on the ground but eventually melted. Then the very next day it bloomin’ snowed! I would compare the now to Dippin’ Dots though. It wasn’t the fluffy white snow it was hard pellets of dippin’ Dots fallin’ from the sky. It was quite fun though.












(Andre, Anna, and Dario screening)


(The Dippin' Dots fallin' from the sky)










(This is Emily, one of the McGill students, eating the "Dippin' Dots")

Well, spring/summer is arriving no matter what the weather throws at us. The reason why I know this is due to several clues that have popped up around Oulu. What are they??

1. Grocery markets have signs that say “Summer Hours” or “Kesä-Sunnuntaisin”
   a. Normally they aren’t open on Sundays or if one is it is only open from 12 to 4 or 6 (Not very convenient to say the least).
   b. They even have a sign:
2. People smile at you.
3. People nod back at you when you nod in a gesture of hello.
4. There are more red cars out.
5. More motorcycles
6. There are people EVERYWHERE. Seems as if everyone comes out of hiding.

(The sign)