WINTER MAGIC TO YOU

Wishing you warmth, smiles, a few kindly hugging snowflakes and peace! Lots of winter magic and many many happy melodies for the New Year! Let's take it easy now and enjoy the silent moments. Let's remember the small animals in the forests and the ones who might be lonely. Thanking you for visiting here! Many many smiles to you! See you soon again! ♥ ♥ ♥

BEHIND RIVER, BEHIND MOUNTAIN

Friends, morning tea in bed, walking where it looks the nicest, over bridges, climbing up hills/mountains, new landscapes.

New perspective. Behind hills and mountains more hills and mountains. A moment of a blue patch of sky.

Silence in forest, birds, fresh air. Walking until it is time to fall asleep. And the same tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after that day.

At home. dreaming of new travels.

Happy last day of November  ♥

BEHIND THE SEA

On Friday evening the blackbirds were singing. On Saturday it was sunny. On Sunday it snowed. Behind our windows, someone was sewing a dress.

The pink and the rose curtains. The slowly waving shadows of trees. Friends ♥

The saltiness of the sea, the comfort of the sound of round pebbles.

Those little moments when you just listen and watch and see the history around.

The people, their houses and the fences. Their mail and the ones who would like to read it too.

Waking up in the sounds of snow, making the city so silent. Pancakes for breakfast.

Some familiar patterns.

On the way to a museum, the best pink and yellow art is seen.

Out from the museum, the best lime green art is seen.

Friends ♥

Behind the sea I feel always so well.

Have a beautiful March!

(Last photo by Paula.)

APPLE TREE VALENTINES

February is filled with light. Yellow, grey and blue light. The birds are singing their shy spring-winter melodies, sometimes so surprising. But the snow is melting, when it should be the coldest time of the year. My skis are still waiting for many more adventures with fresh snow.

Hello Valentines! This Apple Tree Love and 14 other cards for any occasion available through Red Cap Cards.

Ti-tyy, ti-tyy, ti-tyy, the birds sing outside. 

Have a beautiful Valentine´s Day ♥

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Lämpöisiä rutistuksia ystäville, kiitos kun olette ympärillä ♥

BLUE GREY JANUARY

It is very unusual to have no snow in January. Some trees are making buds of spring. Some of the migrating birds have not left. It feels strange to discover the landscape in such a long autumn coat. 

Lovely moments with friends from close and far.

The weekend might bring our usual January weather. My skis are ready!

Wishes of snowflakes, have a beautiful day and a calm weekend!


(The same lake house in December 2012.)

SUMMER CONTINUED II

Observing glimmering particles with friends. Landscape like in space, twinkling everywhere.

Golden sunset fields through bus windows.

Emerald forests of magic.

Reading green scribbles on a glimmering beach.

Water reflections.

More soft woolly underwater carpets.

The wind was strong in a lighthouse that was middle of a city.

Peeking underground gardens.

Dinner by a windy landscape.

Now baskets full of mushrooms and lingonberries, warming fire and the comfort of its rattle. A few golden rays through tree trunks.

Calm forest greetings!

PURPLE, EMERALD GREEN

Evening bicycle trips in sunset. Emerald green forests and meadows everywhere. The shadows that happen only during summer sunset times. The bunnies and their very tiny bunnies.

Sunsets with friends. Rendezvous of a hedgehog and a cat. Tunes played by a cello. Friends that bake. Trombones.

The scent of the lilacs everywhere. Everything so rain-fresh.

After many very warm days, the thunder came. The thunder also went away just in time. An outdoor rendezvous in a ballet show. Sunset view from the balcony. The sunset city towers.

Parsley, thyme, mint, pea sprouts, coriander, dill, basilica, rosmarin. My herb balcony garden. A few pink pelargoniums too.

Summer nights that are filled with so much light.

Good night, sleep tight!

DAYS OF SUMMER

Misty mornings at the summerhouse. White curtains so thick, sounds from the other side. Cold hands of the mist around everything, tree branches with drops like rain. Slowly the first sun rays arrive to glimmer on the lake waves. The curtains open, the show begins.

Every day more green, here and there. Yellow and blue flowers. Sleeping inside forests, their melodies. 

Night time swimming. Swans dancing and singing.

Darling friends, ice-cream, ladybirds ♥

Small spontaneous expeditions, many talks.

Almost blooming lily-of-the-valleys, the scent is already here. Fragile, the most refined.

Summer.

Have sweet expeditions!

(1st, 4th and 5th photos by photographer and cinematographer J.V.)

FLOWER HEMS

A small surprise party for a friend. Sauna and swimming in moonlight. Circus in the morning, some cliff climbing. Samba carnival and lunch by a lake. Flower dresses (and hats) and a tractor ride in an arm chair. Middle of an emerald green forest of birch trees and pines a dance pavilion with poems and an orchestra.


Flora hems were swaying.


Happy Monday!