quiet morning

walking in sunshine 

corner view / out & about

summer

+25°C and sunny

refreshments needed!

lingonberries and sparkling spring water
(you might like to add some sugar)

corner view / flowers

my flowers indoors and outdoors

greening

Everything is happening immensely fast.

There's only 3 days in between the first and second two pictures.

corner view / one day

- slept late and had good coffee

- enjoyed the lakeview in sunlight

- and for sure: did some knitting 

Lake Pyhäselkä

There's no sign of ice anymore.

People are preparing for the next sailing season.

corner view / birds

There is a place called Naakka, jackdaw. 

Don't wonder why.

at sunset

the ice won't have a chance, if it rains

ice breaking up

Eastern Finland lake Pyhäselkä

corner view / music

In a forest or by a lake side there is so much music! 

Recently I have seen sound waves on screen. I think they don't look that different. 

swimming

didn't fancy swimming in a lake yet,

so we went to a spa instead.

visiting

a city between two lakes

the ice was weak

southern Finland: lake Näsijärvi

green

Winter treated them poorly.

Gave them new soil and there's more light.

I think they will cheer up! 

corner view / shadow

I think of those long, dark and cosy winter nights not so long ago. 

How different everything feels now when there's so much light!

spring is

..white snow and sun shining so bright

..having difficulties to keep my eyes open!

corner view / spring

The light is a definite sign of spring! 

White mounds of snow are turning to grey. 

For a short while the roads are in a terrible state. Soft and tricky in sunlight and freezing again in the evening.

But to see green grass, I think, I'll need to have a few cups of coffee and wait.

easter

.. and eggs

frozen

Under a bridge ice is often at it's weakest. 

There was at least 3 feet ice under the bridge.

 

centre

ski track in the middle of the town