The winter this year was not cold, and the ground frost, which usually goes one meter deep, stayed at about 20 centimeters, which usually means an early spring. In many places, the ice was so thin, that one could not walk or ski across the lakes, one of the favourite means of spending beautiful Sundays in Vaasa during usual winters. Early Spring in the Vaasa Archipelago 1997 These pictures have been taken in the beginning of March 1997. The Easter Holiday was in the end of March, and just before Easter, we got a lot of snow, making the Easter traffic quite dangerous.
Spring is the best time in our nature.
The birds came very early this year, because of the warm spring. The Easter snow made their life a bit of miserable, and people from town tried to contribute with suitable food.