Foxy in the rain

 2008.
 
Rain in Åland and rain on the flowers on the yard
 
2008-08-08. Me in the bus in Åland (Finland) in the town Mariehamn. I went off the boat Cinderella and walked to the bus. This took only 2 minutes but the rain was pouring down.  I went wet and has a rain pearl on my chin :-)
2008-08-10. Of course I need a rain coat if it's pouring. Like this one. But I had not that coat with on the trip to Åland.
I always take my poncho with me on trips. This picture is taken in Stockholm July 2007. This poncho is easy to put on over the clothes and I keeps my backpacking and camera dry under it. But I did not want to get the poncho wet for the two minutes walk from the boat to the bus. That time I had not my red poncho yet.
But my Fjällräven jacket is rather water proof too. Here you can see the rain pearls on the fabric.
2008-08-08. We hade to be most in the bus and made a bus trip with a guide. But on this place in the country we were out a while and it did not rain.
2008-08-08. This is an art museum and we were looking inside there.
2008-08-08. Me in the country at Åland
2008-08-08. Me on a country road while I heard the thunder in the distance. But fortunately it was not raining that time.
2008-08-08. Ove standing by the bus.
2008-08-08. Country house and barn.
2008-08-08. A famous artist lived here.
2008-08-08. These cans are for the milk.
2008-08-08. Ove in the country in Åland.
2008-08-08. It was common on Åland with these old stone houses.
2008-08-08. In Åland they have much red granite and they use it for the paths and in gardens.
2008-08-08. In this house we could buy art.
2008-08-08. A bridge and a pond.
2008-08-08. We hade lunch in a country restaurant. The dessert was coffee with real Åland pancake. That looks like a cake. You eat it with cream and prune cream. There is cardamom in the pancake.
2008-08-08. They made this milestone of different heavy stones. And people could put more stones on it.

2008-08-08. The square stone is polished granite. The text says:
See God in nature.
2008-08-08. I put a little stone on it and said: "Now the whole thing will tip over if you put more stones on it”. I went laughing out loudly. Then the others started laughing too :-)
2008-08-08. Art in a church on Åland.
2008-08-08. In former times it was common with this kind of windmills on Åland.
2008-08-08. In Åland are many apples growing. There are rain pearls on the apples.
2008-08-08. Open air museum on Åland.
2008-08-08. Ove at the open air museum.
2008-08-08. I like this fence and the house.
2008-08-08. The may pole in Åland looks like this. There are no leaves and flowers on it. They have a special kind of decorations instead. In former time these were made of paper. But now they make them of a kind of fabrics so they can have them a long time.
2008-08-08. A closer view of the decorations. I never had seen anything like that before
2008-08-08. Here you can see a close-up of the decoration.
2008-08-08. Our bus in front of the hotel.
2008-08-08. We lived at Hotel Cikada in Mariehamn.
2008-08-08. I needed a walk when we came to the hotel. But it started raining and I put on my hood. Ove took the picture from the hotel window.
2008-08-08. The harbour. Here we arrived with Cinderella. But Cinderella was in Sweden that time of the day. The sea looked very grey.
2008-08-08. This boat is named Pommern and it's a museum  boat.
2008-08-08. A Finnish boat.
2008-08-08. It started raining more and the poppies went wet.
2008-08-08. Rain pearls  on a poppy in Åland.
2008-08-08. This is the maritime museum in Mariehamn.
2008-08-08. Nobody was out in the rain. But I met a man with a dog. That man HAD to go out because of his dog.
2008-08-08. The bell belongs to the maritime museum.
2008-08-08. The wet terrace of the hotel.
2008-08-08. Our hotel room. My Fjällräven jacket had to dry.

2008-08-08. We had dinner in the hotel in the evening. Fillet of beef with fried potatoes, brown sauce and a white sauce. Stallhagen beer an Lapinkulta beer. The dessert was a dish with cloudberry.

I cannot translate all the food and type this for myself so I will remember the food: Oxfilé med stekta kulpotatis, brunsås oxh bärnässås. Hjortornpertet med grädde och vaniljsås och hjortron.
2008-08-07. We had a pause on the E4. Then it started raining and I put on my hood.
2008-08-07. Ove put on his hood too

Rainpearls on the flowers on the yard
2008-06-09 Leaves with rain pearls.
2007. This picture is taken in Stockholm 2007. A wonderful rose with rain pearls.
2008-06-20. African Daisy (Osteos permum) with rain pearls.
2008-06-20. Crimson crane's-bill with rain pearls.
2008-07-01.  The rain was coming.
2008-07-31. Rain pearls on the yellow flower.
2008-07-31. A close-up picture of the yellow flower.
2008-07-31. Rain pearls on the pink flower.
2008-08-01. A thunderstorm over our yard.
And then the rain came
2008-08-21.The rain was pouring down!
2008-08-26. Leaves with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. Leaves with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. Rain pearls on the dogrose.
2008-08-26. 2008-08-26. Rain pearls on the apples.
2008-08.26. Leaves with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. A flower with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. A flower with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. A sad flower with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. Leaves with rain pearls.
2008-08-26. Gorgeous rain pearls.
2008-08-31. Rain pearls on the African Daisy.
2008-08-31. Leaves with rain pearls.
2008-08-31. Leaves with rain pearls.
2008. Poppy in the rain.
2008-06-22. Rain pearls on the leaves.
2008-06-22. Rain pearls on the leaves.
2008-06-22. Rain pearls on a dahlia.
2008-06-22. Rain pearls on the leaves. Just look at htes pearls. Is not it gorgeous?
You need a big red hood when it's raining in the vacation :-)
But I enjoyed the wonderful smell after the rain. The rain pearls on the leaves and flowers are beautiful.
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-03