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To: starbase
Very nice rousing summary poem in post #24. I can almost hear them chanting that one around the tables in Val Halla! (don't ask me why I said that, it's just what came to mind!) ;-)



I am so pleased you see that, and here's why, 'tis in me blood, 'tis in me blood!
See the bonfire in the back? Each and every year the Finnish people celebrate Summer Solstice (Juhannus) with several days of festivities.
On the Solstice the only time the sun does not set in Finland, a large bonfire is prepared on a raft in the middle of a lake. It is set on fire at dusk!
Yes, Val halla!
This is your hostess reading her work at Juhannus.

31 posted on 06/02/2007 10:37:26 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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Finnish kokko-bonfire

32 posted on 06/02/2007 10:44:25 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Soaring Feather

Looks like fun.


62 posted on 06/02/2007 3:56:31 PM PDT by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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