{"id":459,"date":"2018-06-15T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T10:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salme.fi\/?p=459"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:53:20","slug":"beautiful-day-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salme.fi\/en\/beautiful-day-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"The most beautiful day of summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is summer and morning is as beutiful as it can be. Under my arm, I hold a blue-striped pillow and a book I read every summer. The book has been waiting for me in the bookshelf of our cabin the whole winter. The hammock hangs between two rowans, the backdrop reveals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a shining lake. I place the pillow in the hammock. I climb into the hammock, taking care not the slip and fall on the path of ants passing by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/beach-658072_1280-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/beach-658072_1280-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/beach-658072_1280-1-980x733.jpg 980w, https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/beach-658072_1280-1-480x359.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hammock swings gently and I close my eyes for a minute. I can hear the swish of aspen leaves, the waves beating on the shore. A lovely summer breeze gives me goosebumps. When I open my eyes, I see my daughter carrying a blanket for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrap myself in the blanket and open the book. I am in a warm nest. Then I realize that with all the preparations for my summer ritual, I forgot to take out my sunglasses from the drawer. The white paper blinds me, and makes reading uncomfortable. Reluctantly, I leave my pod and run to the cabin to fetch my sunglasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/books-1245690_1920-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/books-1245690_1920-1-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/salme.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/books-1245690_1920-1-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, everything is in order: the blanket, the book, the pillow, the sunglasses. A memory from last summer surfaces. In this exact same place, I delved into my book in the warmth of the sun, these same sunglasses covering my eyes, ants running up and down my neck&#8230;everything is in the right place&#8230;Except I cannot see anything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even an optician can have one of these days, when she is just getting acquainted with presbyopia &#8211; a condition that comes with age. The minute I get back to work, I need to update my sunglasses to varifocal lenses. This way I ensure that the next time I am greeted by a beautiful summer day, I can get up on the hammock, wrap myself in a blanket and above all, read my favorite book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pictures: Pixabay<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is summer and morning is as beutiful as it can be. Under my arm, I hold a blue-striped pillow and a book I read every summer. The book has been waiting for me in the bookshelf of our cabin the whole winter. 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