After getting in late from Helsinki last night, I was hoping for a quiet day of chilling out and enjoying the few days of extreme heat, where it is nearing 30°C - which is rare and must be enjoyed to the fullest when available. Instead, from half eight in the morning, I was out helping to build the terrace instead. It was pretty warm work out there, but was satisfying and now at least, I can say that I have done some significant portions of it. And I have homework over the weekend to do some more.
But after I had finished up what I was doing and, after we ate some barbecued meat and veggies, we headed down to the lake for a swim - where the water has finally warmed up and is really, really pleasant. Supposedly, the water temperature is around 25°C itself, because the part of the huge lake we are close to, is in a sheltered bay and traps some warmth.
We went swimming at a different point I hadn't visited before, where instead of a bit of rocky beach, it was just a dip in from a deck. It is also positioned next to a fancy new house that looks out of place in what is an old suburban area. It is definitely not built in the normal Finnish style, and is more concrete and glass. I wouldn't mind a mini version for a summer place.
There were only a couple of people who came and went around the same time, so much of our short time there was spent just the three of us, talking about the warm water and how rare it is to have days like this, and about what we plan to do in the next couple days which should be similar. For me...
My patio homework.
But might squeeze in a swim too.
A family of four ducklings came to say hello too. It seems that they have been fed at this point before, as they were so tame and came so close, but we didn't have any food to give. Nature is pretty clean around here and there were heaps of fish darting in and out of the reeds to the side of the pier.
But even after the evening swim, the work for the day wasn't over, as the grass needed to be cut. It was too hot earlier in the day to do it in the sun, so it was after eight before I fired up the lawnmower. I even trimmed the edges. Other than the short walk to swim, I haven't left the yard and have collected over 15,000 steps. That is 65,000 in four days.
Feels like a holiday.
Taraz
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