Five on Friday

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I read a brand new and very fascinating book Almost a Geisha by the Finnish professor and researcher Minna Eväsoja. She has spent over 20 years in Japan and studied tea ceremony in Kyoto and Japanese aesthetics at Kobe University. You can find my post here.

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I was so thrilled about Japan and Hanami that I had to google some photos. This photo is borrowed online. Great soft pink & amazing beauty!

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To Barbara's Paint Monthly I chose the Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt. He lived 1854 - 1905. More of him and his style you can read in my post.

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Spring is definitely approaching! Small hints, flowering snowdrops... They made me so Happy!

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My correspondent in Croatia let me use some of her photos. Elli is my dear daughter-in-law. This is the post I made...

Linking with Amy's Five on Friday

Have a lovely & sunny weekend you all!

We have had a cloudy and rainy week. But almost all snow has melted!

My correspondent in Croatia

I was a bit envious because Sara had a Primula correspondent in London :) But I am happy to announce that me too had a correspondent abroad: my daughter-in-law Elli and my son made a short trip to Croatia and let me publish some photos. 

This is the fourth time they have visited Croatia and Rijeka. And of course visited the opera every time. She is a fan of the Finnish opera singer Waltteri Torikka who performs in Rijeka. Now they saw Eugene Onegin... Waltteri is a baritone, handsome, tall and young - he has great personal charm!

I chose mainly some narrow alleys and stone walls because everybody knows that there is the lovely Adriatic Sea!

I myself have not been to Croatia yet. But looking the many wonderful sceneries from there I think I must one of these days.

Photos by my daughter-in-law Elli. Thank you dear ♥

Linking with Judith's Mosaic Monday

Have a lovely week you all!