I found this poem that tells of the magic of scents and smells of a new little miracle. The original language is in Finnish but below is a rough translation. “Tuoksussa tässä on outoa taikaa. Miten voi tuoksua yhtä aikaa: hunajalta, apilalta, suukkojen mäiskeeltä, rakkauden räiskeeltä, talvelta ja kesältä, pikkulinnun pesältä?” There is a curious […]
Tag: summer
Brita Torte
This torte symbolizes summer to me. It is so easy, needs no fancy decorations and the flavors can be easily adjusted according to what berries are in season. Summer has arrived in full force and it is hard to believe that just a few short months ago we were skating and skiing on the lake. […]
Summer Picnics
Sometimes summer makes you wait in Finland, and it feels like it doesn’t really arrive until July. But this year summer arrived at the end of May. We have been enjoying our time at the beach just down the road. One important part of making a trek to the beach is the “picnic”. It is […]
Girls like treasure hunts too
I have chatted with my friend that often when women take off for the weekend, we have the longest list of things that need to be accomplished. A lined water-proof fall jacket for one, rubber boots for another, underwear for the whole family, indoor gym shoes for our oldest, socks for myself and the list […]
The woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and other simple pleasures
The woodland strawberry or metsämansikka in Finnish, is like nature’s candy, growing on roadsides and on the sides of ditches. This little berry has a bit of nostalgia. We filled and decorated our cake with them when we got engaged on St. John’s thirteen years ago. The perfect start for the day. Muesli, nuts, 1/2 […]
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