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| picking wild strawberries at Midsummer |
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| Midsummer stepping "stones" |
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| midsummer strawberries strung on a "tiimotei" |
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| the beach in Kaarina where we swam in the sea |
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| next to the church yard in Rymättylä |
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| Chive Flowers - the regional symbol for the Archipelago |
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| a ferry on the Archipelago |
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| Rymättylä Church |
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| The roof of the church in Rymättylä |
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| The Church in Naantali |
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| A summer version of "that" view! |
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| beautifully handcrafted shoes at the Medieval Market |
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| ..at the Medieval Market |
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| making medieval rings |
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| 2am after a midnight swim |
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| Turkun Turkun! The official launch of the City of Culture programme for 2011 |
Rearranging these photos is a nightmare!! so you'll just have to wade through the mess to figure out what we did... here's some clues, though: at Midsummer we went to Karjaa and picked wild strawberries, in July we spent a day on the Archipelago, we also enjoyed the Medieval Market, swam in the sea and generally enjoyed the great weather. I even went for a midnight swim & picnic to celebrate a friend's birthday.
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BUT the reason I popped in was to broach an idea - a photo a day. I love taking pictures (you might have noticed!!) and several friends are doing the same thing, for various reasons. I was thinking of a different theme each week. The BBC viewfinder Blog suggests a weekly theme for their readers and I've been enjoying their images, so I will use that, starting with BACK TO WORK from now until 7th September. I may or may not include a bit of blurb - hopefully most of the pictures will be obvious.
Please do let me know what you think - I'm going to start with my first pic tomorrow.
