Air snaps at the Finland
Winter Festival.
Carnival fragrances
of coffee and sweet dough
mingle with the muskier
scent of reindeer.
Reindeer racers hail
from Finland without fail,
but also Spain, Germany,
France, Australia and Italy!
To Oulu from
far and near,
they race and laugh
with joyful reindeer.
Kids of all ages watch and ride.
My inner kid wants to finish
the Finnish challenge
one day, wrapped in my parka
and wearing a rainbow cap.
Maybe I’ll even see the
Northern lights.
Copyright 2016 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Photographs used by permission of Sartenada. If you wonder what it looks like beyond the Arctic Circle in summer, she has another great post with reindeer. I learned many names for reindeer in other languages, rennes (French), renos (Spanish), poro (Finnish), renna (Italian), rentier (German), ren (Romanian) and 驯鹿 (Chinese).
30 thoughts on “Reindeer Games in #Finland”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
I never knew reindeer were so cute!!!
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Aren’t they? Apparently they are shy and friendly, too.
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Thank You well made.
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I’m so glad you like it. A bunch of people have tweeted it, too. Everyone loves your photos. As I do.
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That’s awesome!
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Yeah! Thanks!
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A funny, festive, haiku… the joy is palpable… 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad you like it.
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Kids must of so loved seeing these cute deers for sure 😀
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Yes, it looks like good fun!
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this is lovely!
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Thanks! I had fun trying to make it lively.
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great job!
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Fun and festive and I want to join in too…please??????? 🎊🎆🎉✨🎆 Lovely words Brenda! 🙂
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I had to reach into my own experience of carnivals for the scents and feel, and I hope that I got it right again. Sartenada can set me straight if I haven’t.
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…well the sense and scent of celebration was there… 🙂
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At Halloween here we have wagon rides on straw bales. The dray horses are huge, and ten people can ride at a time. Cider is the drink of the season. This is so exotic looking.
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Wagon rides n cider n straw bales. They must be like Shire horses or big Clydesdales… What fun! I love all these festivities and festivals! Tis what makes this world go around… 🙂
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It brightens up the dark days. 😉
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A fitting complement to Sartenada’s photos
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Aren’t her pictures wonderful? I swear that reindeer in the middle picture is laughing.
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Yes. I have followed her for a long time
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How clever of you!
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Wohooo! 💕💫💕💫🙋🏼💫💕💫💕. Fun!! 😄
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Do you have these in Norway?
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Yes, in the north 😊😊
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Fabulous. I will have to think over something Norwegian soon. 🙂
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Well, easter is coming up, and in Norway, easter was traditionally the time of witches!! 😳🔮🦄👻😄
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Oh, how exciting. Sounds like a story there. Want to collaborate? I could use one of your Norway photos giving you credit and a link. And I would write a poem or story.
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Yes, of course 😊😊. Sounds exciting! 😊
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