How To Enjoy The Summer Evenings

^{Do not place the horizon to the middle of the photo. Unless you absolutely, definitely want to. Or there's a reflection.}

You know what's the best way to spend a peaceful spring or summer evening or night in Finland? In the land of thousand lakes. Where there's a summer cottage in every bay and cape. In the quiet countryside, on a lake shore. Or if you decide to go row a boat on the lake. Or canoeing. Some silent means of transportation that floats and has no motor that would make a loud noise.

Out there, where you are certain every word that you say with a normal voice, can be heard on the opposite side of the lake.

You can play with sounds! Try this fun game and find out if your friendly neighbors are listening. If you are lucky, the echo may come to play with you too! A fun activity alone or with your friends.

An example of the sounds and words that you can make. Feel free to improvise!

SCREAM
^{echoing in the night}

– Did you get him?
^{yougethim
gethim
ethim}
– Yes I think so.
^{ithinkso
thinkso
inkso}
– Quickly, trow the axe away!
^{theaxeaway
axeaway
away}
– Done!
^done
one
on
– Help me find something heavy!
^{somethingheavy
ingheavy
heavy}
– And a huge garbage sack. Do we have garbage sacks?
^{garbagesacks
sacks
acks}
– I don't think so. We have to tie him up.
^{wehavetotiehimup
tiehimup
himup}
– And tie the rocks we found to him.
^{ckswefoundtohim
oundtohim
tohim}
– Yes. Let's do that.
^{letsdothat
dothat
that}
– Fill his pockets with the rocks!
^{withtherocks
therocks
rocks}
– Oh, shit!
^{ohshit
shit
shit}
– We have to first carry him to the boat.
^{mtotheboat
theboat
boat}
– Yes, of course. And after that fill his pockets.
^{fillhispockets
pockets
kets}
– Okay, you take the legs.
^{takethelegs
thelegs
legs}
– LIFT!
^lift
ift
ift
THUMP
^{echoing in the night}
– Okay, now the rocks.
^{nowtherocks
therocks
ocks}
– Is there enough?
^{thereenough
ereenough
enough}
– I think so. Let's go to the deepest part of the lake.
^{artofthelake
ofthelake
thelake}
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
SPLASH
^{echoing in the night}

Photos: CC BY-SA 4.0 - Insaneworks

Yes. You saw right. It's a plastic bottle in the lake. I'm hoping it was a mark for the fish-trap _body and not just trash thrown in the lake. :(

_{Who the heck would mark a body in the lake?}