My summertime

My summertime

I spent four months on holiday this year. I feel I am on holiday even now. How is it possible? The reason is I am just retired.

It means no calendar, no harry to catch the bus or to go to work or anywhere. When spending the holiday at this time there was no thought in my mind that it is over after some weeks. That´s why I felt no reason to get abroad to forget the work as usually. All I needed now was relaxing.

I spent time for excample by reading many many novels during this summertime. I really like it. I have also had time to read newspapers again.

I like gardening, too. It is a very good hobby. I can exercise my body when digging the soil or raking the grass. The planing of the garden is also very creative. And best of all I can be outside all the time and forget all other things.

It is also very relaxing only sit in the garden looking at the trees and beautiful plants, listening the sounds of wind and feeling it´s touch on the skin.

I think small things can make one happy, if she only let it happen.

Of course it is not quite silence here in urban Espoo, but it is possible to get used to the small backnoise of traffic.

But there was no voices of traffic on Saimaa lake where I also spent lot of my holidaytime.

There were only some voices of motorboats on the lake. And when a car was rarely approaching the cottage everybody of us holidaymakers was rushing out to see what is going on and who is coming.

It was very pleasureful to swim in natural, bright water and to walk in the forrest picking up blueberries and cantharelles without any hurry.

And at last it was the end of august and soon the study of english and other autumnal hobbies were beginning.