Today we’re back with Ice Swimmer for the next chapter in his series Harakka, an Island. Thanks, Ice Swimmer. I’ll let you take it from here…
Chapter 2 – Uphill
1. Crossroads, ©Ice Swimmer, all rights reserved
In picture 1 we’re looking south. The low wooden building is the brackish water aquarium building. We’re going to go uphill, to our right.
2. Geese Uphill, ©Ice Swimmer, all rights reserved
A barnacle goose family is blocking our way. They’ve got little ones so the parents may get aggressive.
3. Geese Uphill in More Detail, ©Ice Swimmer, all rights reserved
A closer look at the geese.
4. Uphill, © all rights reserved
After a bit of an undocumented detour, the goose family is elsewhere so we can try going up the hill. It seems there’s a dead tree at the end of the road.
5. Dead Tree and a Windmill, ©Ice Swimmer, all rights reserved
Indeed, a dead tree, a lamp post and a windmill/wind turbine. And there are a few gulls.
6. Footprints, ©Ice Swimmer, all rights reserved
Going up the hill and looking at the gravel, one begins to wonder: “To whom does this island belong?”
7. Building, ©Ice Swimmer, all rights reserved
The gulls are observing their surroundings and we can see a vaguely neoclassical building.
I do get jealous of t=not being able to get to these places.
Concurring with busterggi. I’m glad you decided to visit the island and share what you saw with us.
I love picture 4, that’s a really inviting path and so lush. The dead tree has a very interesting shape and the shadows in picture 6 work very well together with the footprints and feathers.
The island obviously belongs to the birds. And so it should. (I really think those barnacle geese are adorable. Like a cross between a puffin and a duck)
Yep, barnacle geese have beautiful colouring -- elegant enough for the opera! I’m liking the idea of this walk-through more and more. What secrets shall be revealed?? I’m already waiting for some particularly significant building or object to show up, with a fantastical historical backstory and all.
Thank you, all!