Hot and even hotter

Field, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Water, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Blue, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

The heath wave continues, and continues. It is almost unbelievable - for Finland - that the temperature hovers around 30 °C for days now. Swimming is one way of escaping the heat. Another is to go outside early in the morning or late evening.

Here is the forecast for next five days, according to the Finnish Meteorological Instutute:



A note about cameras: Dpreview has published their much anticipated review of the Samsung EX1 (TL500). A good camera, but not better than the LX3, which is almost two years old. I would have thought some improvement would have happened in this time. Well, perhaps Panasonic does better with the (rumored) LX5.

Summer flowers

Campanula patula, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Clover, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

It is hot, and will continue to be hot. Having a swim helps a bit, but not for long. But flowers seem to like the weather.

Visiting Korkeasaari Zoo

Red birds, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Gull, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Today we visited Korkeasaari Zoo, where it was cooler thanks to the sea wind. Some birds were in cages, some outside.