Fall leaves

Umbriel likes to follow how the colors of our maple change, so I brought a few leaves up for him to play with. They'll dry up and crumble in a few days, but they are very pretty while they last.


Umbriel with maple leaves.

Fall Equinox

Actually fall equinox is tomorrow, but as today is a rare sunny day, we wanted to show how pretty our maple is. The picture was taken at 1:30, which means the sun is about as high as it's going to get. From the shadow of the house on the other side of the street you can see that the sun is not very high.


Umbriel is enjoying a rare sunny and warm September day on the balcony.

"Warm" means 14 C (57 F).

Making amends

Sampo is playing alone with his picachu...


... when Deimos appears on the scene.

Sampo: What now? Do you have more monsters? I am prepared. Picachu can handle them all!

Deimos: Ummm... hmmm... umm.. I am sorry I sank your fleet last week...



Deimos: I have found Haitula's magic woodpecker feather...


Deimos: It can grant you one wish. Close your eyes and wish real hard!


Sampo: ... Done... May I open my eyes now?


Deimos: Gee, it really worked!

Sampo: A bicycle! Just what I wished for!


It must be a magic bicycle as Sampo can balance immediately...


But Haitula is not quite happy that Deimos has taken his magic feather.

Haitula: That feather is supposed to be used for healing. I did not even know it can grant wishes.

Deimos: Ummmm.... it only grants wishes in the hands of a little demon who is genuinely sorry. That does not happen often.

Haitula: In any case I want it back. Thank you.


This time the story has a very happy ending

There is one happy little hobbit...


... on a brand new bike.



And Deimos gave the feather back to Haitula. And Haitula promised that Deimos may borrow it another time if he needs to make amends.