Wisconsitom,that place is near Nuuksio National Park some 30 kilometers from my house. Ricksample, I only wish it was my yard. I have a typical suburban yard here in Helsinki but I do have a neglegted cottage with a nice view in central Finland 500 kilometers to the north. Here is a link that might be useful: Nuuksio National Park

Thinking of you guys.. Reminds me of our hurricanes here with those huge nasty gusts!! Simi, Allison, Dan and Rox... I am praying these winds will subside and you guys can manage with the rest of the clean up. We here on the east coast as well as others that experience Hurricanes, can understand what you are going through. Rox... You flushed your tree really well and I'm sure that will help, but if you really are worried about how much salt water filled the container, you could always bare root ( if you want) to get rid of the salt water build up in the soil. Then repot in fresh mix. This is up to you and how much you want to do to help your tree. Tally has had experience with flooding and her trees in the ground. Hopefully your tree will recover. I hope things have calmed down just a little for you guys, Keep staking Simi!! I also think removing some of the leaves is a good thing..reminds me of what we do to our palms ( mostly in Florida) we call it a " hurricane cut". This means they cut the fronds off of the head of the tree so that the wind will not take the tree down. This is done in preparation for a forecasted arrival of a nasty hurricane. The fronds will always grow back. Good luck everyone!!! Laura

I have to say I have never made deviled eggs. I've eaten plenty, and if any of them had sweet pickle relish or sugar in them, I couldn't tell. I can't stand sweet pickles, and the thought of adding sugar to egg salad type stuff just plain baffles me. I wonder if the deviled eggs I've eaten had all that in it and fooled me, and I can actually stand sweet pickles better than I thought? The yolk would be on me, then, wouldn't it? Steve, my daughter, when she was nine, spent all her money on a large container of bitter apple candy from the ice cream man. I was mad at her for doing so, but it was her money, and she had to learn. Well, learn she did. Soon after eating most of the candy, she developed appendicitis, with her appendix rupturing. She can't stand bitter apple to this day, 16 years or so later. They may have been irrelevant to her appendicitis, but as far as she's concerned, they caused it. Sally

OJ, I try so hard to make my words sweet, but I'm afraid I fail miserable. At least "salty" isn't as bad as "drunken sailor"! I've tried to limit "real" swearing to "Oh Helles Belles." I've sworn to myself to never use the "OMG" that is seen and heard everywhere. I've bit my tongue until it's bled, but now I say "Gracious" or "Oh Gracious" in its stead. As for salt...I've just about reached 100% salt free. For the first few months I thought I'd die from lack of "flavor" in my foods. Now, everything salt free tastes fine; if I eat anything processed I almost gag from the saltiness.