I guess cottage life has done its trick - I have a hard time remembering what day it is today and I feel like I'm totally incapable of stressing out and worrying about things. Boy do I like that feeling. My brain is now on a holiday mode and I could continue like this for at least one more week.
The recipe for relaxing and taking it easy is not complicated at all. I like to keep myself busy and that applies for vacations as well - the thing is that the activities have to be fun ;) Hehe, I'm such a smartass.
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| Probably the last warm day of the summer |
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| Getting on the boat again |
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| Rowing in the sun |
On Tuesday we had a slightly better luck with fishing. We were rowing around the lake and decided to stop next to a tiny island that was surrounded with shallow waters and seaweed - a perfect place for all the fish to swim around in.
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| A bed of reeds |
At first we tried the ordinary worms but only caught a roach again. Then we put a green fat larva on the hook, but I guess it was freaky enough to even scare all the fish :D
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| The green fatty |
After some frustrating moments with no catch, Ilkka decided to cut off the head of the roach and put that on the hook. Apparently the fish had been waiting for a bigger bait, since things immediately started happening after that. We caught a big one and were guessing it was something not worth keeping. After some texting with my dad we realized that it must have been a bream, which is supposed to be delicious if we smoked it, but it was too late by then... We had already tried fishing with this guy's eyeballs and all the nastiest stuff but didn't get anything :D
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| One ugly bream |
Soon after getting this ugly catch, we decided to stop the slaughtering and changed our gear into something more credible. The rod was left aside for a moment and we moved next to another small island and gave a try with the snare.
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| Switching to rougher gear |
One more roach there in between.
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| Roach - again. Damn it. |
Then finally something bigger. That seemed like a decent one..
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| Wait for it, wait for it... |
Ta-daa! A pike! But it was so small that we had to let it go.I wonder if we have some issues since we treated the fish in such horrible ways.. :D Haha, maybe this is the way to relive all the work-related stress and all tension and frustrations. Haha. Or maybe we were just eager to get a proper catch?
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| It's a pike! |
Anyway, not all the activities were related with mistreating the poor fish. We also paid a little visit to a nearby island that is supposed to be an excellent place for picking mushrooms. This hearsay turned out to be true and we found the most delicious ones ever - chantarelles! These fellows found their way to our frying pan pretty quickly.
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| Chantarelles |
We also spent time in-house just talking, reading books and magazines, watching movies, cooking...
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| The living room in the cottage |
...trying to look for a possible hidden cookie jar in the house.. :D
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| Cookies? |
I also started to knit a woolen scarf for Ilkka but it'll take ages before it's done. Maybe I'll give it to him for Christmas or something :)
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| To-be grey and white scarf |
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| Had to buy long needles so that the loops won't fall off |
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| A little progress |
Now we have to start cleaning up the cottage and pack our stuff. The time has passed by so fast that it's already time to leave. Bahh. But I have a plan in mind. That has got to do with a hunt and a certain white blazer ;)
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