Frozen

It is 8.5.2024 and the sea Gulf of Bothnia is still frozen. Today the morning temperature is -5C. The day light time is today 18 hours and 13 minutes. The sun rises at 4:12 am and sets at 10:25pm. We are travelling to MidSummer.

The ice is getting so weak that none should go there anymore. But the ice doesn't go away yet. The world is not ready and us people need to be patient. We can't rule the nature.

Sometimes people ask me how come I can be so calm and patient when something stressful happens or nothing happens at all even it should. I always try to explain. This is the reason. When your roots -the genetic code- is buried so deep into this arctic area the ones who can't wait, be calm  and patient have died and not been able to share their genetic code forward in the path of evolution. They have made fatal mistakes or the nature has tame their character. 

At the stream side of the bay is the boat harbor. The stream is so strong that despite of long hard frost periods last winter it didn't get frozen. That's why the harbor is open already despite the sea is not. The stream runs at the back ground of the pic. It is mainly a dangerous "under surface" stream where Näkki and Iku-Turso hide. They are sprites of the waters and have taken many lives also in this stream. That's why we need to wait. No going on ice anymore otherwise they pull you through and provide eternal underwater life. Waiting is quite difficult for modern people. To learn to wait is a good practice also for your mental health. That is what the nature teaches us.