Foxy in the rain
2008.
Rain in Åland and rain on the flowers on the yard
2008-08-08. Foxy in the bus in Åland (Finland) in the town Mariehamn. Foxy went from the boat Cinderella to the bus. This took only 2 minutes but the rain was pouring down.  Foxy went wet and has a rain pearl on her chin :-)
2008-08-10. Of course Foxy need a rain coat if it's pouring. Like this one. But she had not that coat with her on the trip.
But Foxy always takes her lilac poncho with her on trips. This picture is taken in Stockholm July 2007. This poncho is easy to put on over the clothes and Foxy keeps her backpacking and camera dry under it. But Foxy did not want to get the poncho wet for the one minute walk from the boat to the bus.
But the Foxy coat 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 while we were out.
2008-08-08. This is an art museum and we were looking inside there.
2008-08-08. Foxy in the country at Åland
2008-08-08. Foxy on a country road. While she 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. Here a famous artist lived.
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. Foxy put a little stone on it and said: "Now the whole thing will tip over if you put more stones on it”. Foxy went laughing, then the others went 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 they grow a lot of apples. 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. Foxy 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. Foxy 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 Foxy put on her 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 Foxy met a man with a dog. That man HAD to go out because of his dog.
2008-08-08. 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 Foxy coat 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 Foxy put on her 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 Rodluvan enjoyed the wonderful smell after the rain. And the rain pearls on the leaves and flowers are beautiful.
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Wilhelmina Schedin 2011-02-17