Friday
I was exhausted, so it was a good thing I slept pretty well. Had breakfast and showered.
We left Lappeenranta around midday to go visit Harri and Mirja’s daughter, Minna. She and her husband A.P. live near Kouvola. Minna gave birth to their first child (Harri and Mirja’s first grandchild), a girl, just last Friday.
The weather was quite snowy en route. We arrived at Minna’s around 2:30. She and A.P. are remodeling their 100+ year old house, and A.P.’s parents are there helping.
We had a nice visit. Harri and I took a lot of baby pictures and played with their dog, Ida.
Mirja spent a lot of time outside doing “snow work,” shoveling around their driveway and cleaning off the car. It kept snowing all afternoon and evening…yes this is a proper Finnish winter!
Harri, Mirja and I left around 7PM and made good time driving back, despite the snow. We got to Lappeenranta, had some drinks and snacks, then turned in around 11:30PM.
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- Sindi the cat inspects my luggage, probably smelling my cat Lucky
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- Sindi’s Playboy pose
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- The front of Harri and Mirja’s house
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- The back yard, including a neatly shoveled path
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- The back of the house
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- Harri’s back yard, seen from the guest room window
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- An old airplane, now a lawn ornament at an ABC! rest stop
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- Mirja, holding her first grandchild
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- The view from Minna and A.P.’s bedroom
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- Minna and A.P.’s four-legged daughter, Ida
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- The baby was just informed she is related to me
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- Proud new grandparents
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- Hmmm, should I have dessert? Decisions, decisions!
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- Minna and A.P.’s living room, under renovation
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- A view of the old walls
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- A.P. in the recently-remodeled kitchen
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- A.P. made this old-fashioned looking baby cradle
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- A.P. and his dad install some trim in the living room
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- A snowy view from a nice warm house
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- Sleeping baby
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- Bright eyes
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- A.P.’s mom applies some stain
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- A.P.’s dad, hard at work
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- Minna and A.P.s.home. Took this with the flash on, the reflections are snow flakes
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- Mirja is a pro at snow shoveling
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- Soft lights in the distance
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- Tree lights reflecting in the snow
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- Minna and A.P.’s garage
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- Almost done shoveling!
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- We’ll leave a light on for ya!
