Nocturne & Heavenly Blue

Today we are celebrating in Finland summer and the poet Eino Leino (1878-1926).

His poem Nocturne is iconic.

Today it's freezing cold and in the evening I'm about to take part in

Poetry Walking in Helsinki! 

Before leaving I have to search for my winter jacket!

NOCTURNE

The corncrake's song rings in my ears,

above the rye a full moon sails;

this summer night all sorrow clears

and woodsmoke drifts along the dales,

I do not laugh or grieve, or sigh;

the forest's darkness breathes nearby,

the red of clouds where day sinks deep,

the blue of windy hills asleep,

the twinflower's scent, the water's shade- 

of these my heart's own song is made.

You, girl as sweet as summer hay,

my heart's great peace, I sing to you,

O my devotion, tune and play

a wreath of oak twigs, green and new.

I have stopped chasing Jack-o'-Lantern,

I hold gold from the Demon's mountain;

around me life tightens its ring,

time stops, the vane has ceased to swing;

the road before me through the gloom

is leading to the unknown room.

Translated by Keith Bosley 

NOCTURNE

Ruislinnun laulu korvissani,

tähkäpäiden päällä täysi kuu;

kesä-yön on onni omanani,

kaskisavuun laaksot verhouu.

En ma iloitse, en sure, huokaa;

mutta metsän tummuus mulle tuokaa,

puunto pilven, johon päivä hukkuu,

siinto vaaran tuulisen, mi nukkuu,

tuoksut vanamon ja varjot veen;

niistä sydämeni laulun teen.

Sulle laulan neiti, kesäheinä,

sydämeni suuri hiljaisuus,

uskontoni, soipa säveleinä,

tammenlehvä-seppel vehryt, uus.

En ma enää aja virvatulta,

onpa kädessäni onnen kulta;

pienentyy mun ympär’ elon piiri;

aika seisoo, nukkuu tuuliviiri;

edessäni hämäräinen tie

tuntemattomahan tupaan vie.

One of my garden happinesses this week has definitely been Meconopsis betonicifolia.

Its blue color is quite unique, no bloom can be compared to its heavenly blue.

At first I saw only two buds but it seems it blooms with ten!

They don't bloom at the same time, this morning there were four open.

She is a very shy beauty looking downwards making photographing challenging.

I have had this one & only plant for many years. It survives but does not spread.

It is in my long boarder surrounded with other plants. Habitus is not striking but the color oh yes!

Linking with 
Gartenglück
Image-in-ing

I hope you have it warmer!