This cherry tree was a free gift from Tahvoset's Garden Shop when we had the ice-cream kiosk in Fiskars. This is the first year we have had a good crop of cherries but they are not ripe for eating yet.
A baby heron perched, rather ridiculously, on an alder tree on the lake shore. Mum had gone off fishing and this little one sat and waited for some food.
A white-tailed deer, on the back field around 10pm on Mid-summer's Day. Looking straight at me.
A crane - grus grus - on one of the Rosendal fields.
This little fella is a raccoon dog ("supikoira" in Finnish) and he wandered under our window while we were eating breakfast. He was looking for frogs in the ditches, we had toast.
The river that flows down into Ovanträsk. A gurgling stream with clear water and mossy rounded rocks along the banks. Very pretty - why hadn't I ever walked over there before?!
A very, very old bridge that crosses the river that flows into our lake (Ovanträsk). There is no longer any trace of the road that crossed the bridge and continued up to Rosendal.
The five hives in Espoo. The really nasty hive is second from the right. As you can see, it has been impossible to do any weeding, strimming or pruning etc for a few weeks.