Punainen pudotus

Drop of red. Above something that I wrote today. Simple musical motive shifted with a little twist... (Juha H.)

Pelto

A field nearby. - Spain some moments ago won the European Championship 2008. Congratulations! (Juha H.)

Kukkii

Flowers from my backyard. (Juha H.)

Soutelua

Sini rowing today - Lake Keitele, Finland. (Juha H.)

Matkalla taas

While trekking today - Sini hugging a big old pine tree. Some ten kilometers of walking in the forest... Rest of the day just playing flute, sax and other instruments - plus some recording, some writing of music. - But now's the time for soccer. Semifinal game of European Championship 2008: Russia - Spain. (Juha H.)

Puolukka kukkii

Mountain cranberries blossoming. (Juha H.)

Kreikkalainen salaatti

Greek salad - made by Sini. (Juha H.)

FWD ja valokuvia

Band rehearsal time - FWD played rock! There is a gig coming - TraktoriJazz is here once again. And after the rehearsal Jori and I jammed some more. So nice!

Last night I sent here some photos taken in Parga, Greece.

Juha H.

Naurissaari

Photo of the day. Lake Keitele, Finland - in all its peaceful glory. - My fingertips are quite sore. So much I've played domra. (Juha H.)

Juhannus jatkuu

Sini in Parga, Greece. - Most of the day I've just been fixin' them photos Sini and I took in Greece. Music - I've only played some three hours flute, ten sax and domra... Now Netherlands and Russia are playing soccer. It's so fantastic to watch such a good game... (Juha H.)

Juhannus

Midsummer eve. Finland and I think at least some other Nordic countries celebrate today Midsommer. Summer Solstice is still some days away. But for us - this is it. Weekend is a good time to celebrate. - Most of the day I just played different instruments, wrote music... and later - meeting with relatives.

Now some TV-watching of football - European soccer championship. And then maybe later some BBQ.

(Juha H.)

Kaunis kukka

Flower from Greece. - It's been so nice to be back home and play, play all those instruments I love so much - flute, sax, guitar, bass guitar, domra, mandolin, clarinet... (Juha H.)

Takaisin Kreikasta

Last night Sini and I came back from Parga, Greece. Nice and warm week in a small town. We walked there alot along the narrow streets and up and down forested hills. (Juha H.)

Kreikkaan

Later today Sini and I'll begin our journey to Parga, Greece. So a week and no blogging... Unfortynately and very sadly Hanna-Maaria got sick and she can't travel with us. She'll stay home. Jopo and grandparents'll take care of her. (Juha H.)

Suo kukkii

Marsh blossoming. - Now's the time to watch soccer and play some Stratocaster. This is the kind of combination that I like.(Juha H.)

Kielot

Lilies of the valley. Their time is right now and their wondrous fragrance is so beautiful. - Yesterday Improvisages performed my composition Kielon tuoksu (= Lily of the valley's fragrance). (Juha H.)

Takapihalla Improvisages

Flowers from my backyard. - Improvisages performed today as part of the celebrations of Lode. We played some compositions of our own, some music written by other people and we had a trumpeter - Nalle Lehtonen - with us. Jori accompanied EL singing, too. Longish but nice party. (Juha H.)

Suopursu

Marsh tea. But the flowers are pink!? - Improvisages rehearsed in Aanekoski. Soft jazz - mostly composed by us. (Juha H.)

Takaisin Tallinnasta ja Ben Bova

Back from Tallinn, Estonia. Short but very nice trip there and back.

While travelling I read Ben Bova's book The Green Trap. Fascinating and puzzling ecological thriller - not exactly science-fiction. The story of the book was of rising oil-prices and a scientist inventing a way to make energy from water - cyanobacteria splitting the liquid in two, hydrogen and oxygen... But the oil-industry didn't want to give the scientist's revelation away. Better to make money with higher prizes. Are we being cheated?

Juha H.

Tulppaanit

Tulips in my backyard. - Tomorrow Sini and I are going to travel to Tallinn, Estonia - once again. (Juha H.)