I saw a denier sitting outside

Trollius europaeus

Cornus suecica

Myosotis decumbens

Trientalis europaea

Pedicularis lapponica

Here are some flowers to be seen at Kilpisjärvi. The photographs were taken on Salmivaara fell on July 15th.

(Posting title is from the poem On Returning to My Hometown in 2035 by Idra Novey.)

There is a feverish famine in my veins

Rock

Clouds

Birch

Saana

Lamp

It has been hot, today the temperature rose to + 31 °C. Yesterday I rode the bicycle for 1 1/2 hours, and went swimming with my daughter. Today I went swimming, and read books, feeling tired because of the heat. Tomorrow may be a bit cooler, some rain is in the forecast.

Here is a second installment of photographs taken while climbing with my daughter to Salmivaara fell in Kilpisjärvi. My daughter had a camera with her, and we discussed the settings on her camera (LX3), as she doesn't always get a photograph the way she wants it to be.

(Posting title is from the poem Laus Veneris by Algernon Charles Swinburne.)

The very soul in all my senses ache

River

Flowers

Saana

Birch

Lake

We arrived in Kilpisjärvi on July 15, driving there from Rovaniemi, where the night train from Helsinki stopped in the morning. When we arrived in Kilpisjärvi, there was rain and thunder.

Later that evening the rain eased up. The weather forecast promised about two hours of clearer weather near Salmivaara fell. I went for a walk with my daughter, walking to the top of the fell which was close to the place we were renting.

I'm posting here photographs taken during the walk to Salmivaara fell. There will be also a second posting of photographs taken during the walk.

Later we learned that a teenage boy had got hit by lightning on top of the Saana fell on July 15th. Saana is visible in the photographs; the profile of the fell is easy to recognize.

(Posting title is from the poem Laus Veneris by Algernon Charles Swinburne.)