Hyvästi, aurinko

It's that dreaded time of year again. Time to say 'farewell, sun' in this house. You will not shine on these walls until February. Even on days of clear blue sky you are hiding behind the hill that rises from us towards the South. Last spring I said I couldn't survive another winter in this house, and here we still are.

At our little corner of the world, this is Finland at it's worst. The time when darkness increases day by day and we are still waiting for the illuminating effect of snow. (I have written about this before, at least here, here, and here.)

So like I did a year ago, let me return to images of Finland at it's best. Not a cloudless summer day, but one equally impressive.