As soon as my daughter had returned from
California and fetched her cats we took a little domestic holiday. We stayed away for a week visiting, among others, my brother and sister-in-law at their summer cottage almost 500km to the northeast from here in the Northern Savonia region in Eastern Finland.
Most of our country is practically a patchwork of
lakes. However, I spent my childhood in a region where there weren’t any close by. Even
as an adult I never got friendly with the element of water unlike by brother
who turned boating and net fishing into a dear hobby thanks to the many summers
he was lucky to spend under his father-in-law’s gentle guidance.
Despite my slightly troubled relationship with water, it is always a thrill to be taken safely on
a lake. My brother rode us and my sisters a round on his small motorboat. The
evening was very calm and beautiful, one of the loveliest moments this season
has given us. I could get used to that kind of cottage living.
