Persistence

(William O’Brien State Park, MN) 4 years ago

Saturday was just fantastic…I met with Mom, we had brunch with her Mom’s cousins, learned a bit about family history, and concluded in plenty of time for me to enjoy a beautiful afternoon stroll at Como Park! : D 4 years ago

_{That poor common nettle became part of my lunch. :D}

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_Ants.

_{A blueberry plant that’ll get leaves soon.}

_{Lingonberry plants.}

_{Pajunkissoja, ‘willow’s cats’. No idea what you might call these in English. :)}

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My lunch today:

_{A very simple green salad.}

_{A blueberry smoothie with leafy greens, sesame seeds, etc.}

_{All of the drawings are from the Finnish author Tove Jansson’s Moomin books.}13 months ago

It’s very grey and rainy in Finland today and I seem to have the knack for finding the most depressing subjects ever to photograph, so these aren’t very cheerful and colourful. :-)

13 months ago

...and I think that’s probably one of the things that makes them so good and precious. :) After 19 hours – three hours by car, four airports, three flights, a taxi drive and 37 hours of no sleep – I’m back in Finland and so the Turkey diary will come to an end with this post as well. I’m planning on continuing with the photo diary though, just with photos of Finland or some other country next time. :-)

A few photos from my last walk in Turkey:

...and then the travelling back home started.

13 months ago

I tend not to share much of this side of my life here (or elsewhere) – even though I talk about health from time to time, I quite rarely talk about the health challenges I’m currently experiencing or the treatment I have.

And so it came to my mind to give a bit of a different kind of point of view to my life in Turkey: my immunoglobulin infusion I’m giving myself right now at this moment when I’m writing this. I need to have it once a week and have had it for a few years now; it’s made from healthy people’s blood and it gives me antibodies and immunoglobulins (IgG) my body doesn’t produce.

13 months ago

My furry babies. ♥

13 months ago

I adore this creature. ♥ _{And want to ask her owner whether I could cut her nails.}

The newest furry friend. :)

13 months ago

Failed attempt number 12567854 to get proper photos of the dogs.

I haz a tan. :D _{I don’t know why my wrist looks so weird in this picture.}

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(The view from my front door. :)) 13 months ago

The most beautiful place I’ve ever been to:

_{Quite obviously couldn’t really capture its beauty, but it was truly breathtaking in person… the tranquility and serenity is hard to describe. It was almost a meditative experience to be there.}

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I shouldn’t pick favourites, but she’s probably my favourite new furry friend so far. She’s so wonderfully calm and in some kind of a meditative state all the time. :D The others are just kids and don’t quite have her wisdom and philosophy to life. I love them too, though!

The gang.

It looked gorgeous in person but I couldn’t quite capture it… it’s the Mediterranean Sea down there.

A couple of my failed attempts to get proper photos of the dogs. They’re just too difficult to photograph!

_{Sorry about the crappy quality; it’s been such a bright and sunny day I haven’t seen at all what I’m doing with my camera but have just hoped for the best. :-)}13 months ago

Just came to my mind to share a couple of the many reasons I think I can thank for not having had the flu in over four years. :-)

Took two of my old friends and one new friend for a walk.

13 months ago

The cats hate the camera.

The dogs don’t mind the camera, but are so super energetic and curious that they’re almost impossible to take photos of!

...it becomes easier after you’ve exhausted them with a long walk. :-)

13 months ago

After four airports, three flights, and four hours by car, I arrived in a small mountain village in the Turkish countryside. I’m absolutely loving it so far, and I’ll be busy with all my Turkey related goals for the next three weeks, so I doubt I’ll be around as much as usual (I’ll try to catch up with the cheers when I can – the cheer fairy hasn’t been too friendly lately, so I’m several pages behind in returning them). But I’m planning on trying to post something in this diary at the very least. :)

_{This photo diary will most likely never be very personal – I’ll never post photos of people for example to both respect their privacy and also to maintain the level of anonymity I want – but more of a general kind, random glimpses into my days kind of a thing.}13 months ago