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A Walk With A Watery View

Out and about on a sunny winter’s day

Eastern Harbour, Mariehamn, Åland Islands (Photo: Author)

When the sun comes out up here in the north, it is time to get out into the fresh air!

Inspired by Dennett’s descriptions of her wanderings with photos I ventured out into the watery sun to capture the watery view of the harbour close to my home.

This is the winter view of the harbour, but not the usual winter view. It is very often iced over by this time of year. Sometimes the ice is so thick they make a driving track for cars!

But not this year. This year winter has been more like a perpetual early spring.

Eastern Harbour with a view towards Lilla Holmen (Photo: Author)

In summer, this whole area is full of boats. Every small space contains some kind of boat — large yachts, small dinghies, wooden motorboats, inboards and outboards, rowboats, huge, very expensive motorboats.

In winter, it’s quiet.

Tvättstugan or ‘washing cottage’, Eastern Harbour, Mariehamn (Photo: Author)

This little wooden building is a relic from another time; a place to wash carpets, mats and clothes before we had our own laundries.

Women (yes, it was mostly women) came here in the warmer months to wash bigger items. I’m guessing the drainage went straight back into the sea here! Now it’s used for storage.

Östrahamn or Eastern Harbour, Mariehamn (Photo: Author)

Our boat lives here in the summer months. Because the sea freezes everyone takes their boats out and stores them on land, wrapped for the winter.

Slemmern, Mariehamn, Åland Islands: Winter 2019 (Photo: Author)

In stark contrast to this year, this photo above is from last winter where the same body of water, Slemmern, froze over completely.

Winter 2019 & Winter 2020 — both photos are from the same day in January, different years. (Photos: Author)

What a difference a year can make! Both are taken in the Eastern Harbour. The first one shows some rescue workers practising their skills. They cut a hole in the ice and went in. No such drills this year!

Thanks for joining me on my walk!

Lisa lives on the Åland Islands in Finland. She writes in her spare time, taking breaks to wander out in the beautiful space she now calls home. If you’d like to stay in touch: Newsletter, Instagram.