It's a warm day in Suonenjoki. My office faces south, and when they gave it to me they joked about it being rather warm. I now understand. It's like my own personal sauna. Otherwise, another day at the office... writing, reading, editing, answering email. Deb joined me for the morning coffee break, and Niklaas for the afternoon coffee, or in his case, apple juice, break. He had two missions today: get groceries and find out about train tickets to Kuopio for tomorrow. After asking around a bit, he discovered you can buy them on-line, so we are good to go, especially now that we have secured a third bicycle for local transportation. The weather is promising a great day.The Dumroeses are staying in the METLA cabin by the lake. Right next to the station (down the hill from my former apartment) is a small lake sitting in the bottom of a big hole. It's surrounded by Scots pine and birch. The cabin is all wood; logs for walls, wood floors, wood furniture, wood light fixtures and shades... I guess nothing less should be expected from the Finnish FOREST Research Institute. It has a gorgeous fireplace, and, of course, a spectacular sauna. Deb and I tried that out last night. I managed the top bench, Deb was only hardy to the medium. The Finns tell me I should be running from the sauna to the lake. I'm not sure I want to scare the local fauna...
Sorry birders, no new birds to report. However, the Great Spotted Woodpeckers have a nest tree just up the hill from the cabin, and noisy, nearly-ready-to-fledge chicks were very demanding yesterday evening. Also, the Nightingale must be nesting nearby too. We've seen one flitting around the cabin a lot.
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