What a beautiful summer we have had. We started off with 11 days in Finland when we reacquainted ourselves with relatives, tried new tastes and learned some new words. My husband's family is from there and we brought our teenagers so they might learn what it means to be Finnish. of course I brought my my weed plant book and kept referring to it while we walked from castle sites to old mils mountain, along hikes and city escapades. I found kindred spirits on both my husband's cousin and his aunt. They showed me their books and what they new of plants and I showed them which weeds I eat back home. When we returned to the island the garden had dried up even though my in laws did their best to water it while we were away. The tomatoes had bud rot and sported a distorted shape. I cleaned up the dry stuff and proceeded to water everything using the 4 wheeler and trailer we bought earlier in the summer. More cousins came and we continued to enjoy happy family times another week or so. I went back to work for august so we started coming up weekend until we decided to go to my sister's wedding in New Zealand. We stayed one week and met fantastic people. What a beautiful family she married into. Now i'm back at the cottage for the week wi my brother and his family. We now have running water which helps tremendously. Every time I turn it on a do a little happy dance. Well that about wraps it up.