Friday Bliss #154 - Glimpses Back to Summer

During our visit to Kustavi we stopped at Mietoinen where my husband spent 

his childhood summers. This farmhouse belonged to hubby’s grandfather Malakias

who had to leave his home in Karelia after the war. Malakias cultivated the fields

 around the house and raised a big family of 12 children.  Today it is difficult to understand 

how they  all fitted to this small house.

Hubby’s cousin’s son is now living in the house, but he has a construction business,

no cultivating anymore.

This week I combined white chrysanthemums to late summer garden flowers.

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Halosenniemi & Väinö Blomstedt Art Exhibition

This year it is the 150th anniversary of painter Väinö Blomstedt. The exhibition at Halosenniemi celebrated the friendship between Pekka Halonen (1865-1933) and Blomstedt (1871–1947). These two painters became acquainted at the drawing school of the Finnish Art Association in 1888, and later their joint journey continued on trips to Paris and Italy, among other places. In 1893 they both received a state grant of FIM 3,000 for a trip abroad and they traveled together to work in the studio of Paul Gauguin, who had just returned from Tahiti.

 

Beforehand, Blomstedt was totally unknown to me and it was not allowed to take close photos of the paintings. So this post mainly presents the interior of this impressive log building from 1902.

Blomstedt: Pompeiji, 1900

Blomstedt worked also as artistic director of Friends of Finnish Handicrafts,
designing tapestries and rugs. Works designed by Blomstedt can still be ordered from  

the Friends of Finnish Handicraft online store, e.g. Dragonfly pillow and Horses rug.

Halosenniemi, the studio home of painter Pekka Halonen, was completed in 1902.

He designed himself the house and his brother Antti helped to build it. It is an impressive

log building, the studio is high and has a stunning big window.

The house is situated on the shore of Lake Tuusula and the views to the lake are wonderful.

A fun oven door, designed by Halonen’s cousin.

Blomstedt: Alder peeler, 1892

Blomstedt: An episode of the Kalevala. Kullervo carves the oak trunk, 1897

It was a wonderful summer excursion!

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Friday Bliss #153 - Housing Fair & Physalis

The Housing Fair (part II) is not only the largest housing and living event in Finland, it is also a significant idea bank and marketplace both in the real world and on the internet. Every year, for four weeks in July-August, various living solutions and residential areas are showcased at the Housing Fair. The needs of different demographical groups are taken into consideration at the planning stage and a wide range of building, renovation, interior design and landscaping solutions are presented every time.

This year The Housing Fair was in Lohja, the next in Naantali. Me & hubby visited the Lohja fair with friends and took a few photos. I liked a lot the simple Scandinavian decoration in earthy tones. My own home is not this stylish, but you can always dream!

This children’s room was adorable. There was a lot to see!

This is Designtalo’s Idyll. If you wish to walk through the house, clic to the video HERE!

On the video you can see a luxury walk-in-closet that was in many houses.

I could not resist this beautiful Physalis alkekengi in pot.

I have somehow lost it in my garden and shall later plant this into the ground.

As to colors I think it fits the color sceme. Photographed in front of my old

and withered picture fame where I have put a mirror.

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Summer Memories

The summer 2021 was hot and beautiful! It was wonderful to see friends and family,

and make sightseeing visits nearby and to visit museums.

I picked here some photos which present my summer.

The above photo is from hubby’s granddad’s place in Mietoinen, near Kustavi.

The Winter Garden of the City of Helsinki.

Grandson Hannes got his white student cap.

Grandson Kalle’s birthday party in Sipoo.

Summer party treats made by hubby’s daughter Milla.

The house of writer Eeva Joenpelto in Sammatti.

Ainola, the home museum of Jean Sibelius in Tuusula.

Wonderful summer days at Nana’s summer cottage in Kustavi.

Ilya Repin exhibition at Ateneum Art Museum.

The Blue Planet & Kimmo Kaivanto exhibition at Sinkka, Kerava

Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sipoo.

Painter Venny Soldan-Brofelt’s home museum & doll house exhibition at Ahola, Tuusula.

Housing Fair in Lohja.

The Church of St. Lawrence in Lohja.

The summer has not totally been sunshine. We got our share of rain as well!

My summer is not over yet. There are blogposts coming!

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