I have told you about our visit to Kustavi last summer. We stayed at the summer cottage of DH’s daughter Nana. The place is on the seaside and the views over the sea are very peaceful and beautiful. They have there the old cottage with sauna, a boathouse and a new cottage built two years ago. It is a cape with a lot of granite cliffs in sight - that I love.
At the summer cottages we Finns have mostly outdoor toilets called huussi!
Nana and Sami have a brand new one.
Unfortunately their brown Tibetan terrier Sisu died a couple weeks ago
and the black Milo is now alone.
Me and DH did there some gardening jobs. Among other things made
this small planting with Stachys bysantina and Physocarpus opulifolius ’Diablo’
and some low spireas - all seedlings from my garden.
On the shore there was a rotten salix where tens of Vanessa atalantas lived!
They looked stunning in the warm evening sun. Somehow I am not able to upload the video.
Last weekend we celebrated the 50th birthday of Nana and the 18th birthday of her son Anton.
Anton here in a black t-shirt. Essi hugged her aunt.
Looking longingly forward to the summer.
Thank you for the all lovely comments last week. Wishing you a bright & sunny winter weekend!
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Such a beautiful place to visit. Lovely beach and surrounding. Pretty butterflies. Wonderful double birthday celebration. Have a great weekend.
VastaaPoistaThank you Nancy for your lovely words.
PoistaGood morning Riita,
VastaaPoistawhat is all this beautiful
Longing for summer? Let spring really come first. Summer is coming and let's hope we're doing well.
Your celebration must have gone harmoniously, as the pictures show.
Eva wishes you a nice weekend
Hope the translation works.
Have a nice weekend
Greetings Eva
Hello Eva,
PoistaYour translation is good, thank you for that. Allthough I read German as well, but of course not all visitors of my blog…
I miss the spring of course first! I want all this snow to melt and the sidewalks safe to walk, without ice. Then I want the temperatures to rise near to +20C and sunshine would be great, too 😃😊😃
I am so sorry to hear about Sisu, my love to Milo. Happy Birthday to Nana and Anton, a beautiful place for celebration.
VastaaPoista-Soma
Loosing a dear pet is always tragic. Thank you Soma.
PoistaOh yes, I remember and I still love this place. Just in this moment I would like to beam me there. So quiet, so pretty and just feeling the nature and hearing the silence of the water and wind.
VastaaPoistaSo good to read that you could celebrate the birthdays with family and friends. For sure you had a good time and thanks for sharing these moments and also the wonderful spot above.
Wishing you a hopefully sunny weekend I am sending you hugs and greetings
Nova
Thank you Nova for your nice comment. It is a beautiful sunny morning in Finland. The kittens are quiet too… and DH is sleeping because he has a strong cough, not feaver though. An ordinary flu or Coronavirus, he has not yet made the test. I am ok. Warm hugs & lovely weekend.
PoistaLiebe Riitta,
VastaaPoistadieser Platz am See ist traumhaft, das sieht alles so schön aus, da muss man einfach gerne sein.
Schade, dass der Hund gestorben ist, das ist immer ein großer Verlust.
Ich wünsche Dir ein schönes Wochenende und hoffe auch, dass bald der Sommer kommt.
Viele liebe Grüße
Wolfgang
Losing a pet is always tragic. Sisu had some kind of heart disease and was on medication. But then he started to get seazures and other severe problems. There was nothing to do, Sisu was 8 years. A great, great sorrow for the family.
PoistaThank you for your caring comment ❤️ Wishing a sunny weekend.
A very relaxing place where to enjoy the good season.
VastaaPoistaWishing you a lovely weekend too!
Finland is a great country, but our winters are way too long!
Poistatodella kaunis kesäpaikka
VastaaPoistaNiin on Sussi, aivan taivaallinen paratiisi!
PoistaWer weiss was bis der Sommer da ist was noch alles passiert. Hoffentlich dürfen wir dann unbeschwert Reisen und an so schönen Orten, wie auf den Bildern uns erholen.
VastaaPoistaL G Pia
The world situation is so unstable and dangerous. I wish the US, EU and Nato find an efficient way to support Ukraine and defeat Putin’s Russia. Warm greetings over to you Pia.
PoistaDear Riitta, hello. I worked out the link and it's good to meet up with you. The lake looks so tranquil and a beautiful place. So glad that you could take a break with happy memories of Summer days. I enjoyed seeing the family celebrations. I'm sorry to hear about Sisu - a much loved pet. Take care Riitta. Hope DH recovers soon. Wishing you a good weekend.
VastaaPoistaThank you Linda. DH is better today after 5 days of coughing. It is covid most certainly but he is too stubborn to make a home test! The main thing is that he is recovering. Wishing a sunny weekend.
PoistaDear Riitta,
VastaaPoistagiven these beautiful memories, I'm not surprised that you're longing for summer! The place where the cottages (and the pretty huussi ;-DD) are located is simply gorgeous - this is pure Finnish summer and brings back fond memories of the trip to Hailuoto and my days in Kemijärvi! How sad that cute Tibetan terrier Sisu crossed the rainbow bridge and Milo is now alone. I hope he's not too sad and lonely. But it looks like he has a big human "pack"? Congratulations (belated) to all birthday "girls and boys"!
I wish you a wonderful weekend!
All the best,
Traude
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/03/zeit-fur-ein-rückblick-auf-den.html
Thank you Traude for your kind words 💕 Indeed Milo has a big pack to cherish him. He was very depressed for a while but better already. Warm hugs.
Poista...summer will be wonderful, but I need to enjoy the coming of spring first!
VastaaPoistaI totally agree with you Tom - please spring, hurry up!
PoistaThese are beautiful memories and the cottage and the place looks relaxing and peaceful. It is good that you could even involved in some gardening activties.
VastaaPoistaHave a great day!
I have had this garden for 20 years and the plants selfseed and spread and need dividing. I have donated a lot of plants to our three children who have a garden or summer cottage.
PoistaVery nice summer impressions. It will take some time, but we can dream a little bit.
VastaaPoistaMagdalena
Yes Magdalena, nobody stops us dreaming!
Poistawhat a beautiful family... i love seeing family pics and love your summer space. Reminds me of our fave spot in Lake Placid New York... praying for peace
VastaaPoistaWe have a large family: seven children & nine grands!
PoistaWhat a beautiful spot.
VastaaPoistaSo wonderful to see a family celebration with beautiful smile all around.
Happy Spring, Riitta! It is at hand.
Thank yoy Dixie - happy spring to you too.
PoistaI especially loved the rope swing. Such a charming place, would love to visit and try the sauna with you!
VastaaPoistaOh, you noticed the swing Sara! Now all the kids have grown, hardly no one uses the swing.
PoistaFamily birthdays are always fun! Summer seems still far away, so have a happy Spring first:) Emille
VastaaPoistaLet’s keep on dreaming about the spring!
PoistaWhat a beautiful place for making memories with family. Summer days are coming, and I am impatient for them, too, but I cannot complain for here in the most southern part of Canada, we have mild winters and spring is already here.
VastaaPoistaI saw your wonderful spring impressions Lorrie, here we have to wait for a while…
PoistaGorgeous! I am curious about the outdoor toilet. Australia also had a history of this for a lot longer than most of the world. I really don't know why. Looks like a magic spot!!
VastaaPoistaHi Lydia,
PoistaNow the regulations on waste water are tightened and people have had to build special sewage systems at their summer cottages, too. This outdoor toilet collects the urine and feces, nothing is let in the nature - and that is good!
We are enjoying early spring weather here. Sorry to hear about Sisu.
VastaaPoistaSo happy for you Linda, enjoy! We are going to have pretty wonderful weather over the weekend, too.
PoistaHappy spring!
VastaaPoistaAmalia
xo
Likewise!
PoistaSe ve que fue un bonito día. Besos.
VastaaPoistaGracias.
PoistaA lovely getaway -- and how nice of you to do some gardening while you were there (they will be inviting you back often ;>) (I'm sure they would anyway because they love you!).
VastaaPoistaI love to help the busy children in gardening jobs. The invitation is on 😃😃
Poista