Older images (Spring)

I found a folder full of images I already had resized to fit the blog, but then forgot to put them here... Since I'd already seen the trouble of choosing and resizing them, I thought I might as well put them here, even though they come a bit late. So, here's a potpourri of different events from the Spring.

Lina's cousin Ella's 4-years birthday party. Uncle Arni is performing stunning magic tricks:


Cousins:



Lina reading a book with Kauppi. It's actually a Japanese (hiragana) picture book, very nice one. If you zoom in, you can spot some Japanese delicacies on the page, such as もち (mochi) and せんべい (senbei).



Artist at work:


Lina likes puzzles (the biggest one she has done so far is 104 piece-Moomin puzzle - I only helped with few pieces).



Another her favourite is a children's educative dvd full of all kind of activities and games. For example, she learned the Alphabets with this!



Sleeping:


Having fun with a swing in a park:




In another park on another day:


A pretty tall slide:


Afternoon tea with Mummi:


On the lakeside promenade in Lahti with Mummi and Heino:


Finnish hanami! Last year, the Finnish Japanese friendship association has planted few cherry trees in a park in Helsinki. This Spring, they organised a hanami there. I must say, after seeing the real one in Japan, this wasn't that impressive... But it's a good start!





Hanging out at MattiPappa's and Raija's place in Lohja:



Visiting Greatgrandma in Hartola in May:


On a walk on a sunny Spring day:


A certain sign of Spring: lots and lots of flowers called "valkovuokko" emerge. (Wikipedia says it's windflower or wood anemone in English.)




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