It feels strange to return blogging after a full year of busyness
at work and laziness at leisure time which prevented me from blogging.
I have
dozens of pictures and memories of time spent on the island last summer, but now
it’s too late to go into details. The most joyful thing was the new baby girl,
Vappu, who spent her first summer in Kemiö this year. Vappu is JD’s fourth
grandchild, and I could practice being grandma.
In the autumn we have spent a couple of weekends in Kemiö. We spent one day, November 16th, checking that everything was OK after the storms. It was full moon, clear sky
and unusually warm, +9 deg. C.
The only flowers left were Japanese lanterns and some sage and mint leaves. But because of the warm and wet autumn, bright green
moss had covered all the stones. That was beautiful. A woodpecker was knocking
hard to find some worms in a tall pine behind the house. The compost had cooled
off. The sea was calm and there were still boats, most of them fishermen.
The sun set at 4 pm! We left right after that, before it
became pitch-dark. Next time we come back, it is most likely winter.
