Today's Flowers No 37 - Spring is here to stay

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I'm still stuck on those nature's little spring glories that we have around. This time of year it's easy to count the new arrivals in both nature and garden. Later so many different species come at once that it is no longer possible.


The Coltsfoot you already know but they are now out in big numbers all over the place.


Same goes for the blue (pink/purple) Woodanenemies. The forest floor is now totally littered with them in places where the light conditions are right.


These white Woodanenemies are new for the week and have just started in the sunnier places. In a week or so they will cover the ground in many places.


The Pussywillows are also flowering now and the Bumble Bees have woken up. A small white one here.


In the gardens there are Grape Hyacinths, Scilla and Spring Iris among other spring flowers. As you can gather Pussywillows are among my favourite subjects. Especially like this when the light comes from behind.


A yellow Bumble Bee busying itself in a Crocus. There's a lot of saffron material on it (saffron comes from crocuses).

Hope you enjoyed these northern beauties and look forward to seeing all your wonderful blooms of the week.

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Elämä ympärillämme ... The life around us

Merirokkoja veden rajassa ... Barnacles at the waters edge


Vesimittarit ovat heränneet ... The pond skaters have woken up


Pelästytin rusakon kävellessäni ja hölmö otus alkoi juosta lähes kohtisuoraan minuun päin.
I startled up a hare on my walks and the silly thing started to run nearly straight at me.


Tässä näkyy että sen toinen korva oli pahasti halki. Mietin mikähän trauma jänistä on kohdannut. Ehkäpä koira tai kettu.
Here you can see that one of his ears was split in half. I wonder what trauma he had been subjected to. Perhaps a dog or a fox.


Räkättirastas puussa ... A field fare in a tree


Nuoret joutsenet lentävät siistissä rivissä rannan tuntumassa.
Young swans flying in a tidy row along the shore line.


Tässä onkin tutumpi hahmo tullut ihmettelemään mitä jännää se mamsi sieltä lammikosta löytää.
Here we have a more familiar figure come to see what mommy thinks is so interesting in that pond.

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Bird stories

This is a sort of way of getting use of all those bird shots I've got into lately. Somehow they lend themselves quite easily to cartoons with a bit of imagination. Or what do you think?

The Coote story

Party Pooper:


The Swan stories

Vanity Fair:


Vanishing court:


The Grebe stories

The Groom:


Bermuda Triangle:


The Adultery:

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Sky Watch Friday N:o 41 - Over the rooftops

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This week my skies will those seen right outside from where I live.

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Valokuvatorstai 129 - Autio

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Haasteena on siis 'Autio' jonka Thicacu on ehdottanut ja vastaan haasteeseen ao. katumaisemalla.


Öisin tämä katu on aika autio

The challenge of today's Thursday meme 'Photographic Thursday' is desolate. At night that street above is pretty desolate.

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