Market day

Today we went to Järvenpää, our neighbour town to see a harvest festival for farmers and producers like crafty people. I was there last year with my daughter Kaija, but we only stayed for one day because of the cold and rainy weather. Kaija's books can not be exhibited in a tent in such weather. I sold a couple of bags but didn't like enough to give it another try. This year she couldn't come because she is working. Instead, we went there as tourists and I took a lot of pictures because the weather was excellent. First there was a flower show by one of the local florists.

Kukka = flower, kaali = cabbage (kukkakaali = cauliflower)


This table was filled with berries, grapes and vegetables:

And then there were various flower arrangements you could vote for:

Some of the sellers were young but most were a little older. This lady had made beautiful decorations of straw (I think it is rye straw).

And she had knitted wool socks for small and bigger feet:

Then there was a mushroom exhibition. The lady showed delicious, edible and poisonous mushrooms and gave advice how to use them. Many poisonous mushrooms can be used for dyeing wool.

And of course there was some harvest from the field as well.

To make the event more interesting for men as well there were some old tractors, Fordson and Fergusson. The newest looking was from 1956, this little grey one is probably much older. They look so tiny compared to the shiny modern giants now running in the fields. In the backgound there are old milk cans of 25 litres or even bigger, formerly used to take the milk from the farm to the dairy. They are replaced by tanks now.

Lots of pictures, little text. Have a nice weekend!