Dream away, I say
There’s nothing like
A summer day
Pots and cans
Chairs for tans
Sunflowers so tall
You admire them all
With a house so blue
What would you do?
Open the gate
Guests are its fate!
Look at that lawn
And everyone’s gone
May I enter, please?
(I like to tease)
But truth be told,
With houses so old
Charming like beauties
And hiding some cuties
What more could you ask
In the sun I’d bask
Home sweet home
If it were my own
I’d bake apple pie
And invite you to try
Take a large bite
Is the cream too light?
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Cutie! And pie! I’d be there all the time, you’d have to beg me to leave. 😀
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Welcome to my fictional house! The apple pie I bake there has no calories – big bonus of being made up! 😀 (I wouldn’t ask you to leave, bring bestia!)
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This is delightful!!!!And what pretty pictures too:) Hope you are doing well, Snow! How are the boys?
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Thanks Moon! We are fine, thanks for asking! And your little ones? We’re back at daycare and work (from home) 😊
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Good to know!! We are doing okay-ish! Things are not under control as much as it should be (you must be rolling your eyes when you read about, what can only be termed as, ‘absurd and lacking in the most basic of senses’ acts many are engaging in here). And so work is still from home and schools are trying to explore the option of all virtual instruction once they open in September. Cases keep rising along with the number of people who are losing their lives. It is a very grim situation overall. But our state is doing much better and that gives me a little hope in taking the kids out for some playtime. Otherwise, it’s all indoors for us. Stay safe!
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Indoors is tough with two kids!!! Wow. Hang in there & stay safe!
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Ps. I quite like working from home. (As long as the kids are in daycare- looking after the kids at home at the same time is near impossible. I can’t imagine not going outside with them, they have so much energy they need to burn!)
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Lovely poem and Pretty houses
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Thanks dear Tanja! (Hvala!)
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What a very cute fun read!! 🙂 Perfect captions for your photos.
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Thanks for taking the time! 🤗
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Something different in your post today, Snow. And of course I am drooling over the houses. I want them all! Although I imagine they would need lots of maintenance, as old Queenslanders do here?
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I imagine they would (need lots of maintenance), especially in the winter. I’ve never lived in such a house, so I really have no idea of the amount of work/cash required! 😀 But to an outsider, they look inviting – the yard, particularly. I miss having a little green patch of my own, haven’t had that since we moved from Australia.
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Helsinki is not that large a, city so how far would you have to move outward to get a small patch of garden with a house? Would it be within commuting distance?
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Well, the area in the photos is inside Helsinki, but there are only a limited number of houses there as they are very wanted. Many of my friends have moved out of Helsinki after having families so they could have a backyard of their own. But there is no way to commute to work except with your own car, while in Helsinki it’s very usual for everyone to use public transport and not everyone even wants a car.
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That is environmentally friendly of Finns to not want a car. So different to Australia where everyone wants a car indeed needs a car because of the distances involved in travelling to work.
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I don’t know if the environment is the reason, it’s just more practical. It’s a small city, public transport within its borders works well, and having a car is super expensive plus getting a parking spot near impossible… Your distances are so much larger and the infrastructure/city plan built differently
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That is right. I suppose if not many have cars there is not many dedicated car parks. Need fuels demand
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There are some car parks but the prices can easily be 7€/h
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That is about the same if not cheaper than here. Car parks in the city have become ridiculous. They must be in hot demand, as Melbourne where there is trams everywhere and they are much used in addition to trains, the price for a car park might be $7 for a whole day!
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Ah, for a whole day it’s more like 36€ over here. That’s around 60 Aussie dollars. (One place even costs 42€/a day, that’s 69 AUD)
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Cheaper than Briso!
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Over 70 AUD a day? Sounds like a lot for a place where cars are the main transport
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Indeed. Come into the city for lunch and you could be stung with a parking bill of $90 – although Covid has changed that. Many car spaces on the streets are vacant.
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So do people commute by train?
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The majority do travel by train, or else they go for early bird parking which is in before 7am and out after 5pm, then you might only pay – I don’t know, $30 a day?
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OR bus….
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Beautifully penned! Blends perfectly with the pictures…
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Thanks very much!
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What a lovely neighborhood. First time I’ve ever seen a Yield to Hedgehogs sign 🙂
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Thanks, Sandy! It felt amazing to think this area is in a capital city – far from the bustle of London or Madrid! And yes, the hedgehog sign was adorable
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Looks very much like summer is still around! Lovely poem 🙂
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Thanks! 😊 Sunny but chilly, but as long as there’s sun I’m fine! Take care xx
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A lovely summery post. Is that a hedgehog crossing sign?
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Hah, yes it is! Don’t know if it’s an official one, I’ve never seen one before! Haven’t seen any hedgehogs in years, either
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Perhaps it’s akin to the rattlesnake crossing sign I have!
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Someone somewhere is collecting these
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Very cool!
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Thanks Matti!
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Lovely poem and great pictures that perfectly go with the words.. 😉
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Thanks Lisa! The poem just happened 🤷♀️
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Lovely. I read it all out loud til the end!
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Aww 💕 So sweet! Thanks for reading it!
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Sign me up for that apple pie.
Gorgeous pictures and rhymes.
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One piece of apple pie coming up!
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Nice rhyme, and sunny views…
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Thanks! Sunny but not that warm! 😊
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Light is good.
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It is!
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🌞
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That’s the area on your way to the pool , right? How dreamy and picture-perfect!
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Yeah, the same area! It was a nice change of scenery!
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Such a nice summery post! Your pictures look gorgeous!! 😍
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Thanks so much!!
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Lovely poem..you should make more poems more often..maybe Children poems as well?
Or do you have a Finnish version as well?
Those little nooks and gardens…Oh we have those here as well!
I love these tiny gardens, but here most of the people who have it are old, pensioners.We called it “Kleingarten, or Schrebergarten”.Lovely place full of blooms and herbs.
I would love to have one when I grow old..!
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Over here, people of all ages have these little garden plots – more hipsters than old people, for sure! But those plots are almost impossible to get, they are rented from the city and I don’t know how they decide who gets one (probably by nepotism!!) but the lines are years-long. They are all taken and very sought after. Same as those houses – exactly the same, except the city isn’t involved. Just the neighbours. If a house is for sale, they will already have decided who they will let buy it. As for poems, I’ve never tried writing one in Finnish… also I have no enthusiasm to write in Finnish! It’s a business + get-things-done language for me, English is where my heart and soul is…. I do have some poems on my blog, they are not very popular posts usually though!!! 😀
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Nope
The cream tastes
And feels, just right 🙂
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I’m happy you had a taste 😊
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I enjoyed reading through your posts.❤️😊
Beautiful!
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Thanks very much!
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