Thursday, June 28, 2007

Scenes from a Finnish Solstice

The Finnish Solstice party was last weekend.
We pumped it up on this blog. Honestly, I pumped it up in my head too.
It had to be good, right? Yep, it was.

Some images/memories that make me smile:
  • 7-8 - Men's time in the Sauna (pronounced over the loudspeaker "Sow nah") - Attention folks, it is now 7pm and Men's time in the Sow-nah - after you come out there is a private screened porch and you can use the hose to cool off. at 8pm it will be women's time in the Sow-nah.

  • we didn't stay for it, but 10-11 couples Sow-Nah time was highly anticipated.

  • My favorite folks in the group to talk about other party attendees with: D and B (that should be me in the vacant chair in the background.


  • At least four of those catty comments centered on the woman with the teal wide collared shirt without a bra who liked to lean over and stretch her arms backward. At the latter D had to make a choking sound to cover his... well, not sure what he was covering...

  • Seemingly from the picture, D's first encounter with an apple tree:

  • The Morris Dancers doing fertility routines. That is Fertility herself in the pink dress in the middle:


  • And my favorite. The woman who brought the party. Can you see it? (click on the picture for an enlargement if you can't)

yes folks, that is right, your eyes are not deceiving you. That is a 40oz can of Natural Light with her. Another 40oz can made an appearance next to a crockpot in the chow line, but I failed to get the picture.

Long Live the Finns! They really know how to throw a party.

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