LATELY

 

 

 

catching up with some random images

taken over the last month or so.

celebrations,

our kitten Amandine entered the scene,

late summer shifting 

towards deeper autumn tones,

personal projects, 

alluring light amid the strangest of times.

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FLOWERS

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"𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚜, ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎, ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚎 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚔 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚜, ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
- 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚖 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚢 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚖 ⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎⁣ –⁣⁣⁣
 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎⁣⁣⁣⁣
– 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎⁣ – ⁣⁣⁣
𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 ⁣– ⁣⁣⁣
𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐."⁣⁣⁣⁣
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𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛⁣⁣⁣, 𝙻𝚞𝚔𝚎⁣

𝙿.𝚂. 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚐,
𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔,
𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗.
𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜.

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MORNING MOOD

"for some things 
there are no wrong seasons.
which is what I dream for me.”

― Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings

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RAINY DAY

rainy day, baking day.

the soundtrack of Normal People on repeat.

summer calls for no recipes,

simplicity, spontaneity.

fresh raspberries & blueberries

crush and melt in the mouth.

I taste freedom,

I taste ease,

I'll say it

– happiness.

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SUMMER ESCAPADES: KASKINEN

an evening walk

around the sleepy coastal town of Kaskinen. 

it felt like sleeping beauty!

time stood still,

the beauty of the intricate old houses

entwined with an air of melancholy.

a special place

that got under the skin.

then towards the tiny old harbour.

the weather-beaten fishing huts

still show the names of the fishermen

who kept their boats there once upon a time

when back from afar to be with their families.

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Deux cafés, s'il vous plaît!

a peck on the cheek

& two coffees please.

we'll find a corner table

so we can hear each other

above that darling soundtrack 

of background chatter punctuated by

the clinking of coffee cups.

we talk for hours,

goodness is that the time,

a warm hug,

until next time.

(jeeeez, I'm missing being a human! 

but we adapt

& we find the good things

within our bubbles for now.) 

glimpses from Verlet from last summer.

I realise my knowledge of Parisian cafés

is much more limited than I'd love it to be, 

but two visits in

I declare it a fave.

(despite the initial shock of a renovation

having taken place since the first time

– but  trust the French to get even those right

& not at all too polished and shiny looking! ) 

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CITY WALK

scenes from yesterday's wanderings.

lately, my walks have mainly been the nature kind,

now I yearned for some quiet streets in my hometown. 

nature is calming,

but roaming the streets of the city

gives an energy kick

& a strange sense of normality

that did a world of good.

small joys:

takeaway coffees on the sea front, 

slowly sipped in the sun.

dogs going wild in a park.

an elderly couple walking past

holding hands, beaming as they chatted. 

crocuses & scillas pushing through the soil.

back home,

a virtual get-together 

with some of my closest friends.

we decided to make it a regular thing.

love hasn't gone anywhere,

light hasn't gone anywhere.

poimintoja eiliseltä kävelyltä.

viime aikoina ovat ulkoilut vieneet luonnonrauhaan,

nyt iski kaipuu oman kaupunkini kaduille.

luonto rauhoittaa,

mutta kaupungissa käyskentely antaa virtaa

& toi eilen jonkinlaisen illuusion normaaliudesta. 

pieniä iloja:

takeaway-kahvit merenrannassa,

hitaasti siemailtuna.

puistossa riehuvat koirat.

vanhempi pariskunta käsi kädessä,

keskusteluun syventyneinä, hymyt kasvoilla.

maasta puskevat krookukset ja scillat. 

kotona virtuaalinyyttärit rakkaiden ystävien kanssa.

rakkaus ei ole kadonnut mihinkään.

valo ei ole kadonnut mihinkään. 

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