At the Dacha

Went with the girls to my friends' dacha, 51km from Saint Petersburg and just around the Lake Ladoga (have a look at the map).
When we came there warm sun met us and we went swimming in the new Ladoga Canal. The old Ladoga Canal "is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to the north. It is about 117 kilometres (73 mi) long and comprises two distinct but overgrown canals Old Ladoga Canal (built in 1719–1810, previously known as Peter the First Canal) and New Ladoga Canal (built in 1866–1883), running in parallel from Sviritsa on the Svir through Novaya Ladoga on the Volkhov to Shlisselburg on the Neva." (Wikipedia)
On the picture Nina is telling Emma a fairy tell so she can fall a sleep.