It hammered down with rain in the evening yesterday and is continuing today. Still, I awoke to see a green finch and a great tit at the feeding table, having never witnessed a bird near it! We were going to head into the village and the Marsh/Willow tit (I've not quite discovered which on it is) that I've been trying to photograph well for weeks, was sat on the handrail to the porch steps and stayed there for ages while we looked at each other! Camera was not to hand so the opportunity was missed.
We were headed into the village because I needed to visit the 'apteekki' (chemists). Yesterday,when I went to fetch the washing in, I stood on two nails at the same time that both went through my shoe. Ow. I had to pull myself off the nails and the only antiseptic we had in the house was vodka! It did sting as I doused the areas. Hopefully I won't get lockjaw. I can't remember when my last tetanus shot was....The picture in this entry is a sculpture by the apteekki. It's a Wood Ant - and it's made of old motorcycle parts. I can't tell you what it's playing; a lyre, perhaps? Lovely though isn't it? Unusual to find something like this in a village as small as ours.
Still, even though it is raining; there is something primally reassuring about being holed up in a warm house with log fires burning, in the middle of nowhere. It's very cosy. There is still painting and wallpapering to be done upstairs, but Finnish wallpaper is very wide and the pieces I need are long, so with my painful punctured foot I can't stand on steps.
It's the football world cup. England are playing later. Even in the forest the football will still be on! D will watch it. I bought a copy of 'Mökki' magazine to translate.
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