It's time for lingon

Usually I try to post landscapes or views that describe a bigger picture. But now I have a close-up of some cowberries. Cowberry or lingonberry is a very common berry in finnish forests. They are almost ready and the pick-up has already began.

The finnish everyman's right gives everyone the possibility pick berries almost anywhere. Lately it has become somekind of a problem. Picking berries has become professional. Companies that make their profit out of the berrries have brought pickers from all over the world, with a mimimum wage.

This has upset the local people. Not only they collect all the berries in a very effective way, but they also tend to use means that cause harm to the twigs.