Things I love

I love the wind on my face.
I love books. I love how they feel and smell. I love the sound they make when you open them for the first time. I love the way it feels to hold a book.
I love trees. I love the bark under my fingers and the shadows of trees on a forest path. I love the sound of wind blowing in the trees.
I love the sky. I love the shades of blue and purple and red mixed and mingled. I love the horizon that goes on forever.
I love a bright starry sky on a cold winter night.
I love the rain. I love the curtain of rain that makes everything look misty. I love the sound of rain on my window. I love the rain on my face. I love jumping over rain puddles.
I love the fall. I love the scenery where the colours have blended like in a watercolour. I love the darkness that lets you sleep peacefully. I love the cool air that you can breathe deeply. I love the rustle of yellow leaves on the pavement. I love piles of brown decading leaves at the side of the road.
I love the way the lamplight makes snow glisten. I love the sound of snow under my shoes.
I love the smell of mud. I love the smell of tar. I love the first warm day of spring when you can wear summer shoes.
I love the first day of school at fall. It smells like new clothes, fresh school books and chalk.
I love a cup of tea when I'm cold.
I love a blanket that you can wrap around you.
I love poems.
I love the opera.
I love the wrinkly faces of old people.
I love watching children play.
I love seeing an old coupple give each other a kiss.
I love hearing my friends laugh.
I love watching people do good things to each other.
I love being taken care of when I'm sick.
I love bringing people good news.
I love the sound of a train passing in the night.
I love being seen.
I love not having to take myself too seriously.
I love to dream.
I love dreams coming true.

Summer according to Saija

It's July and I have one week left of my very first summer holiday. I'm not a summer person, but this year I found myself actually enjoying the sun shine. Might be because this is the first summer in 5 years when I'm not stuck in an office all the time. Here's a picture tour of my summer so far:



Working hard as you can see...making sure those 15-year-olds don't drown themselves.





Walking in woods. My favourite type of free time.




Mrs. Duckie and little Duckies. So cute!

My greatgrandmother's name in stone.

And my fascination with cemetaries continues...