New and Old [Daily Photo #882]

Familiar Yosa flavours with a new design! ^u^

And familiar hedelmäpommi taste in a new vegan form! =D

Almost Autumn [Daily Photo #881]

Autumn's in the air...

Yellow Beans [Daily Photo #880]

I grew these string beans in a pot! ^^

Glory and Clouds [Daily Photo #879]

Morning glory.

Ripening [Daily Photo #878]

One of my little tomatoes changed colour! =D

Light and Shadow [Daily Photo #877]

Today's daily photo subject is this corner. =D

From Lapland With Love [Daily Photo #876]

Aulinka: “Look, we got mail!”

Aulinka: “From Lapland! This is one of the many Finnish lakes. Pretty!”

Pretty in Blue [Daily Photo #875]

Got two books from the library, and it wasn't intentional, but they're both wearing matching blue! =D And so, my blue Poro family decided to pose for photos, too…

Clouds [Daily Photo #874]

Yesterday's clouds.

Bonus music: Venom by my new favourite band Nocturnal Bloodlust!

Albuca Spiralis [Daily Photo #873]

Albuca spiralis, aka corkscrew albuca.

Yarn [Daily Photo #872]

Time to get my yarn and… procrastinate about making anything! =D

Sparkling Wine Chips [Daily Photo #871]

I'm used to vinegar chips, but sparkling wine flavour?! A bit too strange even for me, but certainly an interesting experience. =D

Orange [Daily Photo #870]

Nasturtium.

The Softest Bread [Daily Photo #869]

Untuva: “Lumipallo, come here! Our new bed arrived!”

Curtains [Daily Photo #868]

Today's abstract photo subject is curtains!

Basil [Daily Photo #867]

My basil is growing nicely!

Lathyrus Odoratus [Daily Photo #866]

Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus).

Too Cold [Daily Photo #865]

Keiju asks, “Why is it sooo cooooold?!”

Well, the summer finally became Finnish...

Tofu Bamboo?! [Daily Photo #864]

Om nom nom, I made fǔ zhú (aka dried bean curd) with vegetables!

It's 腐竹 in Chinese, which means tofu bamboo.

Begonia [Daily Photo #863]

Begonia after rain.

Sunflower Seeds [Daily Photo #862]

Roasted sunflower seeds are a popular snack in Russia, and now I got to try Chinese sunflower seeds! These ones are flavoured with hickory nuts. Very different from the plain salt Russian snack. The Chinese seeds are much bigger, too!

Syrian Tea [Daily Photo #861]

Chamain green tea with jasmine, made in Syria!

You can find it in Sun Market in Espoo.

Mapo Tofu [Daily Photo #860]

Armed with tofu and sauce we got recently I made this mapo tofu meal!  

So spicy! ^u^

Helsinki Date [Daily Photo #859]

Yesterday we went to Helsinki and had a lot of fun! First we had lunch at Fafa's near the train station. I had a salad with delicious roasted cauliflower, and my husband had a halloumi & falafel pita.

Sushi and Maze [Daily Photo #858]

We went back to Luckiefun's because we liked their food so much! ^^

On the Shore [Daily Photo #857]

Pine branches.

Many Animals [Daily Photo #856]

When we went for a morning walk yesterday, we didn't expect to see much but… the wildlife had other plans! =D First there were ducks and bugs, as usual…

Iris Seed Pods [Daily Photo #855]

I've never seen iris seed pods before!

Tomato Progress [Daily Photo #854]

Tomatoes growing slowly but steadily.

And more flowers appeared! ^^

Morning Flowers [Daily Photo #853]

Our pretty flowers in the morning!

My September and October 2017 Reading

My September 2017 reading is introduced to you by Russian Bear!

Sandhya Menon “When Dimple Met Rishi” [India, USA]

Agatha Christie “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” (Hercule Poirot #4) [UK]

Lisa See “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” [USA]

Short story:

Kameron Hurley “Tumbledown” [USA]

When Dimple Met Rishi

Pizzaaaaa [Daily Photo #852]

My husband made two pizzas yesterday!