Too warm, too cold.

This spring and summer have been in many ways interesting. Our two huge lilacs have been every year full of blossoms, now no blossoms at all. The yellow plum trees were full of blossoms, but no plums. Redcurrant bushes are empty, blackcurrant bushes have some berries. The cherry trees have one cherry. The reason, I think, is the weather, a heat wave in June and now raining every day. So too warm and then too cold.

A day in August. Elokuun päivä.

This August has some days left. Our temperatures are like in October, today +13 °C/ 54°F. The wind blows straight from the North. Berries and apples are all soon ready to pick. We picked today all the redcurrants, black ones were not ripe enough. The leaves of cherry trees are turning yellow and falling down. Apples have already red cheeks.

My hubby picking redcurrants.

Blackcurrants.

Cherry trees.

Red cheeks.