Go Club + Canadian Geese + Lake Photos

This photograph sums up what this post is all about.

After Antti had arrived at our usual meeting point, he phoned me and I drove there. We played a game and waited for Jaro to come. There was a cloud hanging right above us that rained on us in the middle of our game. After Jaro came, we walked along the shore to another place a few hundred meters away of which you will see photos below.

The game between Antti and I. Based on our rank difference, I should give him a two-stone handicap but we have always played with him taking black and I receiving no komi, that is, with a one stone handicap.

A bit further into the game.

Black failed to kill white on the upper edge and he was definitely lost at that point.

Despite one little rain shower the weather was nice. I couldn't help but take a few photos of the sky.

Jaro and Antti playing their game.

This was their game. Jaro won this game where he received a seven-stone handicap. Antti is a shodan (1-dan) which means Jaro was playing with the correct handicap and he's been winning most of his games lately. He may be in for a promotion but I'd prefer to wait until our upcoming local tournament is over.

It was about 20 C and the sky was much more interesting than during the heat wave.

Ditto

You may wonder where the geese where. Look below.

Jaro identified them as Canadian Geese.

Here's a video of the entire gaggle.

"Birds of a feather flock together."

Mugwort?

This is my favourite of the whole batch of today's photos.

We had walked back to our usual place on benches next to restaurant Piano and Sibelius hall. Antti had left the group to go home at this point. This is the beginning of a game between Jaro and I.

While Jaro was deep in thought, I took this.

It was getting more and more overcast as the evening progressed.

Our game a little later

Almost finished.

Ready for counting. Jaro won by five points. Well done.