Happy Mother’s Day!

And what great weather greeted us this Sunday The parks start to sport a freshly green, while sprouts of leaves are growing quickly every day. It’s hard to imagine that it was dark and grey couple of weeks ago.

The weather in the last one week has ranged around 15-17C during the day while evenings were slightly below 10C. Although there were couple of days of rain but the sunny days were warm and nice.

Yesterday, I was able to wear my dress and flats out (without any additional layers!) for the first time in six months! The big deal is not the dress but the fact that I didn’t need to have another layer over me. Gosh, it felt so good. So light, so free!

On the same day, I wore my shorts out to the nearby park and sat down for coffee. Imagine that I had to have at least two layers of clothes on every time I had to throw garbage bags outside the flat, now, I can go out in shorts! Woohoo!

Our friends, who are celebrating Mother’s Day at Aulanko, invited us to join them for tea on this special day. It’s a great weather to be out. The last time I visited Aulanko, it was two years ago during winter. It was very cold and the forest was covered in snow, hence this time round, the view that waited for me is very different indeed. We went up to the Aulanko tower to watch the view from the top, and I could see the clear water Aulanko lake, as well as vast spread of pine trees surrounding the lake.