For lots of Finns, today has been a day full of all sorts of emotions. The schools reopened again after the long summer holidays and that of course means lots of things. Some children were starting school for the first time, some were moving up to the next school stage and some were entering their last years.
In our family Cameron is starting his last year at Joensuun Koulu (lower school) and Lucie is entering her last year of lukio (sixth form college), so this year are important ones for them too.
Of course the beginning of school is also, for Finns, one of the first signs of the end of summer. And not many of us like that. We all try to live in denial about it, but the rainy weather this morning added to the feeling that autumn is definitely on its way. The strawberry kiosk in Somero also closed down this weekend until next summer. It makes me feel quite sad to see it gone from the centre of town!
It has been a fabulous summer though, with lots of sunshine and hot weather, and we are promised a beautiful autumn ahead. Lets hope the forecasters are right this time. At least in this country we have the benefit of four distinct seasons that are all very different from each other, and many parts of the country are truly stunning when all the leaves turn to gold and orange and brown.
The picture above was the sky in Somero on Saturday evening. It was only there for a few minutes but I was lucky to be out with the camera at the right time.
I'm off to bed now, with the sound of heavy rain beating down on the roof. I find something very romantic about that. Sleep well everyone.
1 comment:
Yes, summer has been really nice, I cann´t remember more stunning summer.
It has been too arid for farmers, pity.
May be summer is ending after some weeks, but autumn is often beautiful with it´s warm but dark nights and apparently silent lightning that occurs in thunderclouds
Kyösti
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