So Late, So Late [Daily Photo #432]

Well, apparently IKEA restaurant closes one hour before IKEA itself closes, as we discovered today when we came there too late and very hungry. Oh well, the food in their bistro is nice too. We had an apple pie with ice cream, an elderberry drink and a banana milkshake.

The locker keys had funny attachments. =D

Aroma Medallion from Crimea [Daily Photo #431]

Here's a cute souvenir my father and his wife brought for me from Crimea some years ago. It's a clay aroma medallion. You put a few drops of essential oil you like in it and wear it, so it's like perfume. I don't use it that way, it's more like a cute toy for me, but I do like oils, just in aroma lamps instead. ^u^

These are Ukrainian essential oils:

petitgrain (name's in Ukrainian there) and geranium (in Russian).

A Chinese Fan [Daily Photo #430]

We bought this lovely fan at the Chinese New Year celebration in Helsinki a few years ago (here are some photos). It's wooden and is scented with a very pleasant fragrance!

Fern Reborn [Daily Photo #429]

Ferns are so beautiful.

New Books and Pride Month [Daily Photo #428]

Happy Pride Month everyone! I begin it nicely prepared. I have a huge list of books and short stories that have LGBTQIA characters so I have a lot to choose from, and I already started reading two novels for this Pride. But first…

~~~Dun dun dun~~~

New books arrived! Look at the precious:

The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember

Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology

Their arrival was like a balm for my broken heart (Netflix cancelled Sense8 and I just… It feels like I've lost a family, not just another cool show. Sniiiiiiiff). It definitely cheered me up! So please, writers, keep writing books with LGBTQIA characters, we need you! ^u^

Rainy Day Hydrangea [Daily Photo #427]

I always wanted to have a blue hydrangea in our garden.

New Pots [Daily Photo #426]

I bought new pots and a hydrangea plant from Prisma today.

These are self-watering pots.