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Kaitalampi

Path

Splash

Wood anemone

Forest

Swamp

Water

Fresh

I went today twice for a walk in the Luukki forests, both times with my daughters.

At noon my second youngest daughter suggested going for a walk, and we went to lake Kaitalampi in Luukki, walking by the shore looking at the scenery. It was sunny, not too hot, and the green of spring was advancing rapidly.

Later my oldest daughter also wanted to go for a walk. We went again to Luukki, this time to lake Myllyjärvi and lake Hauklampi, where there are fir forests, and rather rocky terrain.

Both times we had a little picnic at the final destination, on top of cliffs beside a lake. It was nice to be out walking, and talking with the children.

(Posting title is from a poem by Harryette Mullen.)

No one will know I’m coming

Floating

Shine

Rock

Lake

Holma-Saarijärvi

Colors

This morning, while the children were at school, I went for a walk in the Nuuksio forests, starting from the west side, Siikajärvi. I took it slow, enjoying the landscape. The weather was a mixture of clouds and sunshine, with occasional hard gusts of wind. It was rather quiet, but spring was progressing rapidly.

(Posting title is from the poem Forest Walk by Kristine O'Connell George.)

The microscopic furnace of replication warms the world

Rowan

Pine

Green

Stump

Flowers

Oxalis acetosella

Yellow

Lupinus polyphyllus

We didn't get thunder and lightning, but it did rain during the night. I went for a walk in Tremanskärr swamps and forests, taking it slow, looking at signs of spring, and they were plentiful.

(Posting title is from the poem Birdsong by Joanie Mackowski.)