Weekend With Family: Butterfly Pics + Video Clip

R2's eldest bro and family came over on Saturday, so we went to my in-laws' place and had a beautiful hot day there. The temperature was probably around 22'C but due to the lack of wind and clouds, it probably felt more like 26'C under the sun. The eldest son brought his girlfriend with him and we were all amazed to see the youngest son 'coz he'd grown SO much taller than last year and his voice has changed. Next year he'll probably shock us again with his height he he he he...

Then R2's eldest bro and girlfriend stayed in our place last night. R2's second brother came over as well and we played cards until late ha ha ha ha...

Anyhow, I got the privilege to see some BEAUTIFUL butterflies in my MIL's garden when we just arrived there. Here are some butterfly shots (click to see a bigger version):


Special THANKS to Carena's Designs for the use of Carena Spring Meadow Collection to make this scrapbook page.

And I've managed to take some short video clips of the butterflies in action. I've combined them in this video clip. If you wonder why my hands seemed to be so unsteady, it's 'coz when I zoomed in, even the SLIGHTEST movement would shake the video clip, but I think overall it's a decent video compilation ha ha...



OK, I'll blog hop later. At least I still have some free days before I have to go to work again 6 days in a row he he he...Hope you've had a lovely weekend, people!

Another Cabin Trip

Yesterday eve after work we went to my in-laws' to spend a night at the cabin near their house. It was a fun night! :-D

Anyway, it had been a cool week prior to today (temperature ranging from 3-6'C at night and around 14-18'C during the day) and it was cloudy and rainy, too. However, yesterday was slightly warm and today was HOT!!! I didn't even want to go to sauna. I took a nap for a while on the swing after watering all MIL's plants. It was tough work 'coz first you've gotta use the pump to get the water and then carry the water around the huge yard.

I also got to videotape my MIL when she harvested potatoes from the ground for us to eat. She plants potatoes in summer and this time I had my camera ready when she came out to get them ha ha ha...



I also got to take these photos...


Here was the view that greeted us in front of the cabin when we walked there at around 8.30 pm. Arttu has warmed up the sauna and he swam three times (skinny dipping) in between our time spent in sauna. I cooled off simply by going outside 'coz it was such a windy night.


And here's the view that greeted us from behind the cabin in the morning at around 10 am when we were about to leave it behind. I just LOVE the sparkle of the "diamonds on the water".



And yes...autumn is coming soon. Actually it's rare that it gets this HOT still at the end of August (around 22'C). Last year it was already cool enough outside that I had to wear my jacket outside.


And of course there were still plenty of bees and butterflies around the yard. I took over 20 pictures and only got THREE good ones. :-D Still it's better than nothing. Here they are from different angles he he he...