Sunday Scenery - Views to sea

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KOP KOP KOP ... KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Kop kop kop.
"Kuka siellä?"
"Se olen minä. Kevätlapsi."
Avaan oven ja siinä hän on, tuo suloinen pieni kevään tyttö, jonka hiukset ovat kultaa auringosta ja hengitys tuoksuu vastaleikatulta ruoholta.
"Tulin vain kertomaan että nyt ei mene kauaa kun olen jo kokonaan täällä. Pieniä valmisteluja pitää minun vielä tehdä."
"Voi rakas kevätlapsi kuinka sinua olen odottanutkaan."
"Toin tuliaisiakin. Tällaista pientä esimakua."

Knock knock knock.
"Who's there?"
"It is I, the spring child."
I open the door and there she stands that sweet little girl with hair of gold from the sun and a breath that smells like newly cut grass.
"I just came to tell you that it won't be long now before I will be here alltogether. I have some small details to arrange before that."
"Oh dearest spring child how I have been waiting for you."
"Look I brought you some presents too. A small taste of what's to come."

Tässä nuo tuliaiset ovat ... Here are those presents she brought















Seuraavana aamuna:
Kop kop kop.
Ryntään ovelle ajatellen, että ihana kevätlapsi siellä taas odottaa. Mitä vielä? Kylmä henkäys tuhahtaa kasvoille kun avaan oven ja siellä takana seisookin vanha rouva talvi valkoisen tukkansa kanssa.
"Luulitkos pääseväsi minusta noin vaan eroon? Katso olen peittänyt kevätlapsen lahjat."
"Hyi sinua ilkeä vanha akka. Odottelin sinua kovasti jouluna. Tulitkos silloin? Etpä tullut. Nyt ei sinua enää kaivata."
"Vai ei. Kysypä vaan koiriltasi. En minä hevillä aio lähteä."

Next morning:
Knock knock knock.
I rushed to the door thinking the delightful spring child would be behind the door again. But what? A cold blast hits my face as I open the door and see old mrs Winter with her white hair standing outside.
"Did you think you could get rid of me that easy? Look I have covered over the gifts from spring child."
"Shame on you you nasty old hag. I waited so for you at Christmas. Did you come then? Oh no. Now you are not welcome anymore."
"Am I not. Why don't you ask your dogs. I will not be going out without a struggle."

Ja niin se vanha talven akka peitti kevätlapsen lahjat ja paljon muutakin ... And so the old winter woman covered over the spring child's gifts and many other things too













Koirieni mielipidettä en kysynyt. Se tuli selväksi muutenkin ... I never asked the dogs about their opinion. It was made quite clear without asking.

Sunday Scenery - landscapes

I tend to like photographing watery motives even if they still are frozen to a great extenct over here in Finland. This time I thought that I would concentrate on dry land instead. Standing on a high hill I was taking pictures of a valley below that is situated in the outskirts of Siuntio, a small town west of Helsinki, and the hills rising up on the opposite side.

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I always think that b&w images have their very own feel about them so one of the images I took in monochrome.



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Elämää jäällä ... Life on the ice

Talven jatkumisella on hyvät puolensa joillekin ... The continuation of the winter has its perks to some


Mikäli pitää pilkkimisestä ... If you're in to ice fishing


Jäällä voi hurjastella mielin määrin autolla ... You can drive as fast as you please on the ice


Hiihtäjän ja auton välisessä skabassa ei ole paljon hurraamista ... Racing a ski'er with a car isn't all that sporty


Mielenkiintoisempaa oli katsella tällaisen lelun lennätystä ... More interesting watching made following the flight of a toy like this


Nuorisolla kivaa ... Youngsters out enjoying themselves


Tässä ollaan viemässä kuormaa mökille saareen ... Here is a transport headed for the cottage on an island


Näyttääkin painavalta kuormalta ... Looks like a heavy load


Niin ne uhkarohkeat. Menisitkö sinä? ... So do the foolhearty. Would you go?


Koirani menisivät mutta se on ehdottomasti kielletty! ... My dogs would but that is strictly forbidden!

Watery Wednesday N:o 26 - riverscapes

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As the winter holds us firmly in its grip the only places to find flowing water is in the rivers and even there on the streamy places only, that is apart from the water tap at home :)


Partly frozen but still not completely


A choice of standing or floating


Like frozen Waterlily leaves but really they are just ice through and through


A streamy bit were the rocks all have snow caps on


On the other side it flows into a pond


It still flows and splashes around the icy bits


and around the frozen rocks

My World Tuesday - Helsinki in a blizzard

Winter has returned with a vengance. We haven't had this much snow in one go even once before these last two days all winter long. Makes one wonder ... will there ever be a spring for us?

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Here are pictures from a street in Helsinki (the capital of Finland) under a snow storm. I know I said we would be moving further west from my town Espoo in my last post, as I do prefer the older kind of architecture but in all fairness I should perhaps not give a false impression that around were I live all is old and quaint as that is not the truth of the matter. Most is modern but that is not always completely boring either.






Trams are still part of the public transport system in Helsinki. Here are two of them passing eachother. (My car is the red Toyota parked on the left)


The house at the end I do find quite interesting. The electical wires above are for the trams. Snow plows, as the one on the right, are having a busy time.


On closer inspection it is a house of apartments allthough one could imagine that it would be some public building.

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Epäselvää ... Unclear

Sain idean laittaa tällaisen epäselvän kuvan tänne aina maanantaisin Valkyrieniltä. Yleensä en niitä säilytä mutta tämän kerran tein niin kun se on minusta aika hupaisa. Tai siis molemmat ovat.

I got the idea of putting an unclear picture here every Monday from Valkyrien. Normally I don't keep them but this time I did as I find it quite amusing. Or the pair of them really.


Mitähän hangesta vilkkuu? ... What might be sticking up from the snow?


Ljubahan se siinä oli lumikylpyjä ottamassa. Kuten huomaatte Ljuba ei lumituiskuja tarvitse kun osaa tehdä ihan omat tuiskunsa.
It was Ljuba taking a snow bath. As you can see she doesn't need any blizzards as she can make her own.

Myös kutsuttu Kuningattareksi, Kobraksi, Pörriäiseksi, Diplomaatiksi ... Also called The Queen, The Cobra, Furball, The Diplomat