{"id":82,"date":"2021-01-11T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?p=82"},"modified":"2021-01-11T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:44:55","slug":"an-old-fashioned-finnish-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/2021\/01\/11\/an-old-fashioned-finnish-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"An &#8220;old-fashioned Finnish winter&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let me state the obvious: it is cold here.&nbsp; Walking to work at 8 AM requires bundling up in (a) snowpants, (b) scarf, (c) hat, (d) mittens, and (e) reflective vest (sun doesn\u2019t come up for a few hours).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210111_075955-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"84\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=84\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210111_075955-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210111_075955-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Getting ready to leave for work.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210111_082227-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"85\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=85\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210111_082227-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210111_082227-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Selfie outside work.  Wearing glasses makes it hard to see with a scarf (or a mask!). FYI:  It is 8:30 AM<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The short-term bad news: the cold is going to persist.\u00a0 According to the news this is an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/osasto\/news\/finland_sees_return_of_old-fashioned_winter_weather\/11726493\">old-fashioned Finnish winter<\/a>\u201d \u2013 which means we won\u2019t get off easy. I love this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi\/weather\/kuopio\">graphic<\/a> from the Finnish meteorological institute, which lists the long term trends with a confidence interval + meteorologist\u2019s prediction.\u00a0 A+ for data visualization!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-11-at-6.25.58-PM-1024x783.png\" alt=\"Long term trends for Kuopio\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-11-at-6.25.58-PM-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-11-at-6.25.58-PM-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-11-at-6.25.58-PM-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-11-at-6.25.58-PM.png 1412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with this weather are some stunning scenes of winter beauty.\u00a0 I have never seen the trees wearing the blanket of snow like I have here.\u00a0 The picture below is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpuijo.fi\/en\/\">Puijo Tower<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-gallery-3 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210110_123811-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"86\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=86\" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210110_123811-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210110_123811-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210110_123811-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/20210110_123811-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5ee77471208c68533d30a9897cfeaec8_cdbe80b2_1280-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"87\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=87\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5ee77471208c68533d30a9897cfeaec8_cdbe80b2_1280-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5ee77471208c68533d30a9897cfeaec8_cdbe80b2_1280-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5ee77471208c68533d30a9897cfeaec8_cdbe80b2_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5c06444e17b834c86cfbc08becb413dd_ec1f0dda_1280-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"88\" data-link=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/?attachment_id=88\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5c06444e17b834c86cfbc08becb413dd_ec1f0dda_1280-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5c06444e17b834c86cfbc08becb413dd_ec1f0dda_1280-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/files\/2021\/01\/tumblr_5c06444e17b834c86cfbc08becb413dd_ec1f0dda_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to the tower on Sunday to do some snowtubing, plus also went up in the tower to see a panorama of the city.\u00a0 I should note the tower is enclosed, so you can enjoy a fancy hot cocoa as you look across the landscape.  Fortunately the sun was starting to break so we had an expansive view.\u00a0 It was late afternoon (1:30 PM, so the sun was setting in a few hours) with some really interesting colors in the sky.  The pictures invariably don&#8217;t do it justice, and we really are surrounded by lakes that I can wait to explore when the weather warms up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk to work tomorrow promises to be even more cold.\u00a0 I will still bundle up, hoping that all this walking is good for my health!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me state the obvious: it is cold here.&nbsp; Walking to work at 8 AM requires bundling up in (a) snowpants, (b) scarf, (c) hat, (d) mittens, and (e) reflective vest (sun doesn\u2019t come up for a few hours).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/zobitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}