Saturday, July 30, 2005

Visitors to see Kampitie Garden

The fame of Annikki's creations in her mother's garden at Kampitie is drawing a steady stream of visitors. The development is not standing still, in the meantime.

Annikki and our grandson, Daniel

Annikki and our grandson, Daniel


The latest addition are glass bricks, which reflect sunlight in all sorts of ways, around the centre-piece of the garden, the old metal bath tub.

Glass bricks around the bath tub

Glass bricks around the bath tub


Samu captures the three goldfish together in the pond

Samu captures the three goldfish
together in the pond


The visitors last Monday were from Tampere, the industrial city in south central Finland. Nephew, Markus, wife, Suvi, and their baby daughter Ilona (just less than a year), accompanied by Suvi's mother and father, paid the garden a visit.

Ilona, our first grandniece on the Reinikka side of the family

Ilona, our first grandniece on the
Reinikka side of the family


Annikki explaining some details

Annikki explaining some details of
the garden to Suvi and her mother


Suvi's mother listens intently to Annikki

Suvi's mother listens intently to Annikki


Suvi's father

Suvi's father


Suvi and daughter Ilona

Suvi and daughter Ilona


Markus and daughter Ilona

Markus and daughter Ilona


They were accompanied by Joanna, Tony, and our grandsons, Samuel and Daniel. The group stayed with Tony and Joanna.

Tony and Daniel

Tony and Daniel


Also in Oulu, and staying with us at the same time, was Annikki's sister, Anneli, who lives in Masala, near Helsinki. Anneli makes regular trips to Oulu to see her mother. Anneli is a truly lovely personality and a great moral help to Annikki. Annikki and I greatly appreciate that she visits her mother and us at regular intervals, as it helps to relieve some of the stresses.

Annikki's sister, Anneli, in front of the pergola

Annikki's sister, Anneli,
in front of the pergola


The primary reason for Markus and family to visit Oulu was to see the Housing Exhibition. This is an annual event held all around Finland in turn. This year it was Oulu's turn.

Markus and Suvi won a lottery in Tampere, which is a plot of land to build their house. The visit was to see some of the latest designs in Finnish buildings and interiors which were on display at the Housing Exhibition.

It was nice to see Markus renew his old contact with our son, Mika. They used to be very good friends in their younger days.

Mika, Markus and Samuel

Mika, Markus and Samuel


They were all appreciative of the garden. As the weather was just gorgeous, it was a lovely evening.

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