Blooming June in the Neighbourhood

Walking in my residential area is a real treat right now as there is so much blooming.

Big shrubs of white and pink Syringa josikae look fabulous! 

Rose spinosissima shrubs add their white charm. 

It is a traditional rose shrub in Finland and we call it Midsummer Rose.

Along the road cow parsley and lupines in abundance.

I had just time to pick a few until the maintenance guy mowed them all down.

Wishing everybody a sunny summer week!

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Garden Mix Early June

Finland has bathed in the sun and I have enjoyed to the fullest.

The summer & blooming proceed fast, some flowers wither, others start.

Lilac blooming was not that fantastic this year, but the scent was gorgeous!

Phlox subulata in matching tones to the lilacs...

Rhododenron ’Haaga’ is bright pink...

Silene dioica matches the tone...

Polygonatum odoratum bends so artistically... 

I have Centaurea montana in three colours...

Papaver orientale ’Olympia’ has funny crooked stems...

I had a sweet summer guest who loved to clean our icecream bowls!

Well, the summer is a woman’s best time!

Alliums are in full bloom and the roses are starting. Me and hubby have some projects.

He is washing our pavements with pressure washer and they look clean and nice!

Then he has to fix our concrete outdoor stairs, I try to guide the plants.

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Friday Bliss #143 - Family Celebration

This week’s garden bouquet is a colorful & joyful one.

I combined a bit of this and that what is blooming right now.

In Finland high school / college graduates get their white student cap after the examination.

Four years ago we celebrated the graduation party of my granddaughter Helmi, 

last Saturday it was her brother Hannes’ turn. The tall & handsome grandson will have

a year off because he has to think what he wants to study. In these four years Helmi finished 

her phsychology studies in Aberdeeen. My congratulations to both of them!

The celebration took place this time too at Fanjunkars Cottage in Siuntio. The totally rebuilt cottage

 is historically important as one of our most important writers, Aleksis Kivi 

lived here between 1864 - 1871. His landlady was Miss Charlotta Lönnqvist who offered 

home and creating peace for this poor writer. Those years at Fanjunkars were the most productive 

in Kivi's life. He wrote there also his famous novel Seven Brothers. 

In the cottage there is a museum room showing portraits and the desk of Kivi. 

I said before that the cottage was totally rebuilt. The reason is that after the war it remained 

in the area that had to be rented to the Soviet Union. Sadly under those years the cottage 

got ruined, only the stone foundation was left. The idea to rebuild Fanjunkars Cottage 

lived for long and gladly finally in 2003 the construction could be started. 

Three years later this pretty culture house was ready. 

This kind of mobile decorations made of straw are traditional

Christmas decorations in Finland, even today.

Hannes with his mother Elli, my sweet daughter-in-law and some guests. 

It was a gorgeous sunny day and we enjoyed the party very much. I am not in the photos, 

but here one of Hannes’ pretty little cousins.

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