"Ham notes unusual birds that stop by for a short
visit as autumn approaches - sandpipers, an
invasion of coal-black starlings, a crow or two,
a large bird that might almost have been an eagle,
a small owl. It’s important to keep track of the
wind direction, temperature and sea level, plus
the restful cycle of the vegetation with respect
to birth and death, especially the irrational plants
that can disappear totally one summer only to
take complete possession of the beach meadow
the following year. And Ham writes a lot about
the rowan."
"Sometimes I felt like unrequited love - everything
exaggerated. I had the feeling that this immoderately
pampered and badly treated island was a living thing
that didn’t like us, or felt sorry for us, depending on
the way we behave, or just because."
—Notes from an island / Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä
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