January 22

Delray Beach art festival was packed, there was some beautiful art admire, but ended up not buying anything but farmers market has some tasty French bread

January 19

First day of the holiday and the weather is fine, easy adjustment from winter weather to summer . Went to have drinks at nice bar in lantana Old key Lime house.

January 1

As I few posts back  I said, that I will start this year with sunshine and fond memories of my last visit to Florida until my new visit, where I will create new sunny memories. I love the sun, beaches, ocean. Nature. Trees, birds, butterflies.  I am not a winter person even though I live here in the north. Lets sail into the sunset!

We ended the year in blue and white tones, Lets start this year of wit a splash of warm colors.

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December 23

 I wish you all a very Happy Christmas & Wonderful New Year!



Thank you all for been part of my blog life, it is such a joy!

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Have Yourself a
Merry Little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yule-tide gay
From now on
our troubles will be miles away

Here were are as in olden days
happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
gather near to us once more

Through the years we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

                                                (I had to add a touch of red… 🙂 )

December 12

Trying to capture Christmas spirit at a church concert in Mikael Agricola Church. Theme still being Blue anf white

Mikael Agricola Church (Finnish: Mikael Agricolan kirkko, is a Lutheran church located in the Punavuori district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Lars Sonck and built between 1933 and 1935. The church was inaugurated on 14 April 1935.

The church is made of red bricks. The tower of the church is 97 meters high, the top reaching up to 103 meters above sea level. The 30-meter spike of the tower can be retracted if necessary as it fits inside the tower structure. This was done in the Winter War and the Continuation War so that the tower wouldn’t act as a navigational aid to enemy bombers.

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I started late and I am doing the same with the end- a day late. Welcome December. Today we got snow, it won’t last… but it’s here now

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Nearly done with this month! YES! Drove to work and it was dark. Came home it was dark. I did go to a training for work and on the way there visited an art gallery. Not too bad for a slush filled day.

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An other day has gone, at work I ended up at IKEA buying stuff for our office. Can you believe it, I think it was my first time having lunch there, I did not eat their best-seller, meatballs either,  but da, daa… one more experience in my bag.IMG_7798

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What can I say, November can look good if you make the effort to be in the nature at the right time, pay attention to color contrasts and details like rocks on the ground or drift wood. If you just look at it – it’s OK, but the wind factor makes the weather very harsh.

November day (22 of 73)

 

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Sunday morning  and day  was no surprise to me it was grey and rainy again. In the afternoon there was a hint of light just before it set. We drove to Helsinki and on our way back 16:30 it was dark again. The joys of light.

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Saturday morning surprised me with sunshine as I walked to get the morning paper from the mail box. Happy, happy 😃

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Wow,half way into  November, this morning was so dark and the ground was covered in black ice, but  fortunately I just had to walk to my car – less than 50 meters so I did not fall down.  Later the day this wonderful thing called sun made it’s appearance too. I  am counting the days  as it is not that common  to have that many sunny days at this time it of the year. That is not a fact statement, more like my own observation. I work full time so I have to take photos near our office.   All around us,  there are construction site’s and high cranes so those are my spotting’s for todaycranes

Walking back to the office from lunch I had to photograph this wonder once again (sun).

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Yesterdays sunshine turned to rain, me and a huge amount of others went to the mall to escape the rain…these are taken on the way home. Quite notable is  that this is also taken little after 3 PM… what a difference a day makes.

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I was coming to the parking garage from grocery shopping to see sunshine and rain in  November Kirkkonummi parking garagethe afternoon. It was just after 3 PM and the sun was already going down.

Abandoned house in BC

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I visited British Columbia year and half ago, while driving in the coutryside I walked into this abandoned farm house. I think these are documentary photos. I find it odd in away that such decay transforms into rather interesting photographs, what do you think. Have I been able to capture the decay and odd beauty into these shots?

 

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Color therapy

Vitamins and color therapy in one post. It is a grey rainy day  and I was looking for color to cheer me up. Here are some old and new photos of fruits and vegetables to brighten and hopefully boost your energy level today as well as mine.

Grocery Store

Sometimes you take photos as mundane as pics from the grocery store. What can I say, no logic, no reason, just because…