Blue . . .

Apple flowers

Last year and the year before and probably also the year before I said I would not take any more pictures of apple flowers because I have way too many photos of them. I have been photographing them every year since I bought my first digital camera in spring 2001. This time the apples blossomed for a very short time. Once again, I was not able to resist the temptation. I took some photos right before the blossom time was over. Guess what ! Yup, I’m sure there also next year will be photos of apple flowers 😉

Mother’s Day & Wedding Day

Here are some random snap shots, taken with my phone, from both Mother’s Day on Sunday 13th and wedding day on Monday 14th. Glorious summer days. Sunday was + 27 degrees Celsius and on Monday 28.

Cherry Blossom

My favorite cherry tree is in full bloom.

I’m so happy that I happened to see this three years ago. I still wonder how it is possible I had not noticed it before because the tree must have been there for years. Well, happy I now know 🙂

So green . . .

Look how green it is. This time the spring turned into beautiful sheer green superfast. It happened in just two days. Wonderful !

The Sinebrychoff Art Museum

On Saturday we went to the Sinebrychoff Art Museum. The exhibition the Lure of Italy and the Orient – paintings by Ippolito Caffi ineterested us. The office and home museum of the Sinebrychoff brewing family on the second floor also was very interesting as was the exhibition the Speaking Ruins by the graphic master Piranesi in the Red Cellar. Outside on the sidewalk, on two metal boxes for electrical wires, someone painted these beautiful birds.

 

Mojito Cheesecake

As last year we also this year had homemade potato salad with sausages (not homemade) for dinner. The potato salad and sausages are common, traditional May Day food. Last year we had a chocolate mint cheesecake for dessert. Yesterday I made a mojito cheesecake. Delicious. I like the taste of lime, mint and rum.

I hope you all had a great First Of May ! Here, rain was pouring all day. Luckily on the last of April was nice and warm and we were able to open the grill season 🙂

Happy First of May !

Glad Valborg ! Hauskaa Vappua !