Hospitalizing our home

Things you find (and buy) from flea markets...one of our newest posessions is this old hospital lamp. My husband just had to have it and it kind of suits our home in an old factory. I haven't seen anything like it before so it was a good catch for 40 euros.

Emigration

As we normally go to Vårkulla for Friday evening and come back on Sunday to leave for work on Monday I decided to move most of my summer flowers from the cottage to Vårkulla. Then they don't have to wait for watering as long as when they were at the cottage. In addition, I'll like to have a lots of summer flowers at Vårkulla as there is otherwise mostly only gravel and green bushes at the moment.

Paint effects

Kolomikta vine (laikkuköynnös in Finnish) is a fun vine for the garden. The leaves get pink/white "paint" effects after the vine has rooted. The kolomikta vine is related to kiwifruits and if you are lucky you'll get fruits of the size of a gooseberry. Well, luck is not quite a right word - you´ll need two plants of different genders or a monoecious (yksikotainen in Finnish) plant. In addition to this you'll need a very warm and sheltered spot to plant in. I have gotten no fruits but am happy enough with the fun leaves.

A rabbit in a right place

The only place to enjoy rabbits is on the wall!

Collecting in nutshell

When we start collecting something things happen very quickly. One day we didn´t have any ice buckets and then suddenly we had three and need no more.

Fishing for compliments

We don´t usually go to the local flea market on Fridays but yesterday we did. I found a couple of good books cheaply. The big fish cookbook was only 2 euros! The coasters and the holder are from H&M Home.

As we had saved so much money we went for an early dinner to Loviisa´s Ölvin restaurant. The food (salmon burgers) was good and the weather warm - we sat outside to celebrate the summer.

Missing them already

Paeonias are lovely. They do well in bouquets if you have a heart to cut them out. I usually don't, at least when they are in their prime. But they do look good even if they are not in the best condition...