The second I looked at these I was reminded of the Antikythera mechanism said to have been made by Archimedes. I have a feeling these are far less complicated than that but interesting just the same.
Susan, I’ve not heard of that – wow! You sure are a fount of fascinating information. It would be intriguing and fun to think about this being one, but we know it’s really something very prosaic. Hmm, I feel a possible art piece here…
all the way back to Archimedes? I glanced at the Wiki, but I have to say that I didn’t understand a thing! Maybe something, but someone has certainly made a study of the ship.
Thanks for the info for changing the link to your blog. It did work, second time. I had to be so much in a hurry of not reading the text thru…
Ripsa, I had difficulty understanding how the Antikythera works. Isn’t it astonishing how long ago it was discovered, an example of very early technology. I passed it on to my husband who loves science and engineering history.
I’m so glad you managed to update the RSS link to my blog. Why do these things have to be so difficult? I’m still re-editing years of posts that lost things like line breaks for instance, and there’s more waiting to be done by those more skilled than I.
same happens here! Once my husband gets back from the opening of Botnia group opening. He’s now the chairman of the group and it appears that group is growing and people are enthusiastic in participating in it. The group has taken new members, younger ones. It’s about the time!
He’s been working a lot with getting things going, never having had this big of responsibilities of some group. So, he just walked in and said everything went fine! I could not get there, because the steps of Mikola-gallery are too narrow and steep for my healing knee yet. There’s a law that people with difficulties, invalidities of any kind, should be taken into account. The building is a Jugend-house (Art Nouveau) from early 1900-hundreds, Wasaborg. I wonder if you visited it.
I have to hurry to say that what beauties your newest photo’s are. What comes to my mind is some kinda volcanic activity! But I guess it’s enough that it rains all the winters. What fine ferries you have. And envious of all that fine visual landscape you met.
I got to hear what’s up, from the opening. I’ll report!
Ripsa, congratulations to your husband on becoming the chairman of the Botnia artists group, and wish him best of energies in managing those reponsibilities. Let these inspire him in his own art work! I think connections with other artists is very important.
We were in Vaasa most recently in 2000 and 2002. (I wish we’d known each other then.) In one of those years, we visited a Mikola gallery near the water, but I seem to recall it was a modern low building wtih lots of glass. Has it moved to this older one you describe? I love the Jugend style of architecture, of which I saw in some parts of Helsinki. Here too most public buildings must have wheelchair access, but in very old ones it may not always be possible. The Burnaby Art Gallery, which we recently visited, was formerly a large home and so, too difficult to add an elevator. I leaned hard on the railings or husband’s arm going upstairs and down, but those who are unable to walk at all would not be able to visit.
Kiitos, thank you for your kind words about my photos! Volcanic – that’s funny, but I see what you mean when I enlarge details. All this rust activity on board the ferries must be quite normal in any marine environment, then our coastal rainfalls add to it! Lots of maintenance work for the crews, but lots of photo ops for me!
Hope your knee is much improving! Maybe a visit to our west coast is in your future? Tervetuloa! (In the meantime, my travels are the short kind with my own knee issues.)
by Marja-Leena
The second I looked at these I was reminded of the Antikythera mechanism said to have been made by Archimedes. I have a feeling these are far less complicated than that but interesting just the same.
Susan, I’ve not heard of that – wow! You sure are a fount of fascinating information. It would be intriguing and fun to think about this being one, but we know it’s really something very prosaic. Hmm, I feel a possible art piece here…
Marja-Leena & Susan,
all the way back to Archimedes? I glanced at the Wiki, but I have to say that I didn’t understand a thing! Maybe something, but someone has certainly made a study of the ship.
Thanks for the info for changing the link to your blog. It did work, second time. I had to be so much in a hurry of not reading the text thru…
Ripsa, I had difficulty understanding how the Antikythera works. Isn’t it astonishing how long ago it was discovered, an example of very early technology. I passed it on to my husband who loves science and engineering history.
I’m so glad you managed to update the RSS link to my blog. Why do these things have to be so difficult? I’m still re-editing years of posts that lost things like line breaks for instance, and there’s more waiting to be done by those more skilled than I.
Marja-Leena,
same happens here! Once my husband gets back from the opening of Botnia group opening. He’s now the chairman of the group and it appears that group is growing and people are enthusiastic in participating in it. The group has taken new members, younger ones. It’s about the time!
He’s been working a lot with getting things going, never having had this big of responsibilities of some group. So, he just walked in and said everything went fine! I could not get there, because the steps of Mikola-gallery are too narrow and steep for my healing knee yet. There’s a law that people with difficulties, invalidities of any kind, should be taken into account. The building is a Jugend-house (Art Nouveau) from early 1900-hundreds, Wasaborg. I wonder if you visited it.
I have to hurry to say that what beauties your newest photo’s are. What comes to my mind is some kinda volcanic activity! But I guess it’s enough that it rains all the winters. What fine ferries you have. And envious of all that fine visual landscape you met.
I got to hear what’s up, from the opening. I’ll report!
Ripsa, congratulations to your husband on becoming the chairman of the Botnia artists group, and wish him best of energies in managing those reponsibilities. Let these inspire him in his own art work! I think connections with other artists is very important.
We were in Vaasa most recently in 2000 and 2002. (I wish we’d known each other then.) In one of those years, we visited a Mikola gallery near the water, but I seem to recall it was a modern low building wtih lots of glass. Has it moved to this older one you describe? I love the Jugend style of architecture, of which I saw in some parts of Helsinki. Here too most public buildings must have wheelchair access, but in very old ones it may not always be possible. The Burnaby Art Gallery, which we recently visited, was formerly a large home and so, too difficult to add an elevator. I leaned hard on the railings or husband’s arm going upstairs and down, but those who are unable to walk at all would not be able to visit.
Kiitos, thank you for your kind words about my photos! Volcanic – that’s funny, but I see what you mean when I enlarge details. All this rust activity on board the ferries must be quite normal in any marine environment, then our coastal rainfalls add to it! Lots of maintenance work for the crews, but lots of photo ops for me!
Hope your knee is much improving! Maybe a visit to our west coast is in your future? Tervetuloa! (In the meantime, my travels are the short kind with my own knee issues.)