June 18, 2009

Happy Midsummer




It's about the midsummer time up here! It means the days are long and nights are light. It also means a long weekend as this is a National Holiday in Finland. It also means traffic jams on mainroads because everyone is escaping from cities to countryside. That's our plan all the same. I'll hop on a car with the kitten soon, drive to pick H up from his work and head towards lakeland. We'll stop to say hi to his parents tonight and keep on driving to my parents' summer cottage tomorrow. It'll be a bliss and I wont be complaining even though I know there will be tons of mosquitos, bugs and bees. I just want to go to sauna and take a swim in a lake. And enjoy the silence.

In case you are wondering what are these pictures on this post, I took them last summer on a tiny island here in Southern Finland. Maybe we get a chance to make a summer holiday in the archipelago again.

So I'm already wishing a lovely weekend to all of you. It feels like a weekend already, don't you think?

11 comments:

Heli said...

hauskaa Juhannusta :)

Unknown said...

Oh, your long week all sounds so delightful! I love the light this time of year and the extra energy it gives. Enjoy!
~Emily

kraplap said...

have a great time !
PS what are these berries ? in the first pic ?

vadjutka said...

great plan...i would go as well! :-)
Love the 1st pic, what type of plant is that?

karuski said...

Hey girls, in the 1st picture those are wild strawberries I picked from a forest and put them on a grass straw (is this the right word in English??). This is how we did when we were little kids. Sometimes we made a mix with blueberries too:)

-minna

LeelaBijou said...

Have a wonderful time!! :)

Malene said...

Oh the ligth is fantastic!

glasfaden said...

Beautiful photos! I'm wishing you a Happy Midsummer - have fun (and less traffic jam hopefully :))!

StaroftheEast said...

Gorgeous pictures! Have a great long weekend!

Mitsy / ArtMind said...

Ohh, that last pictures just looks beautiful! Enjoy your weekend away - it can be so refreshing to leave everything behind for only a few days!
We have wild strawberries in our garden too - love 'em! :)

outofthedark said...

how can i miss a place to which i have never been?

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