You can see reflections of The marketplace in Helsinki.
Reflections from Helsinki
Category: Travel
Farmers Market
These are taken at the farmers market in Seattle. Fresh…
Mountain
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Flower Gardens
Flowers in the garden
Lovely flower path in the garden
Wednesday in the park!
shadow in a garden
Girl in the park
Rocks an trees in a garden
cooling shadows
Peaceful moment
This Wednesday around the World post is linked to;
Driving through forest after forest
Driving on the small roads or even highways in Finland you are almost always surrounded by forests. At least it feels like it …
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Crowd Work
A group of students working together and a tour guide telling us about The Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
More at .http://www.verla.fi/en
Wednesday around the world!
Walking by a river this afternoon…
PHOTO CHALLENGE Zigzag
A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Transport
Choo, Choo wooden train from 1952
Junk store
This place is so full of junk, but if you go through the stuff carefully you can find jewels amongst all this shamble. All photos can be enlarged so you can see what treasures there are – like a camera.
Black & White Wednesdays ~ Houses
The Daily Post – Containers
It is a good thing that I have done some weekend travels lately. Now I had some containers to photographed, as my archives are at home and I have only new photos available.
More at PHOTO CHALLENGE Containers
Weekend travels – Porvoo
Summer holidays for us this year means spending time at our summer-house and making so visits to nearby towns, getting to know and see some the local sights. Tourist visit these places so maybe we should also refresh our knowledge of some of the beautiful places in Finland. This is our forh place so far, few more to go .
Porvoo is Finland’s second oldest town, a beautiful city full of history. The timeless and unique atmosphere in Old Porvoo attracts travellers from all over the world.Six towns were established in Finland during the Middle Ages. Some of them grew to be towns without any official order having been issued. This was the case with Porvoo, which got the town rights after Turku in the 14th century.
You can read about the History from the link if interested.
Weekend travels – Barösund island
Barösund consists of a few larger islands, Barölandet, Orslandet och Elgsjölandet and hundreds of smaller islands and islets. During the summer months the life in Barösund is intense and hectic, as the inhabitants tenfold. Approximately 180 persons reside permanently in the archipelago community.First we took the car ferry across, then we visited the market area, some docks and forests. Enjoying a beautiful summer Saturday here,
Weekend travels – Fagervik
Situated beautifully by the lake, in the midst of lush vegetation and ancient trees, Fagervik is well
worth a visit, I loved my visit there. Nowhere else in Finland can such a complete 18th century milieu be found. The mansion
with its French garden was closed, the church we peeked from the outside and throught the gates, the cottages and the iron forges all bear witness of generations
of industrious labour and devotion to the land.
Fiskars
Fiskars is about 10 km from Billnäs and it is a very popular with summer visitors. Here are pictures from this lovely town I visit at least once a year.
Small town of Billnäs
I have visited several the picturesque villages this summer, this is one of them. There is magic in these in the old houses and buildings. The scenary is beautiful with the old trees and plants grrowing. Often they are located near to a river or a lake. These places are busy during summer season, only to fall asleep for winter, and wake up to a new season in the spring.
Wednesday around the world – Vääksy
I visited as small town of Vääksy. The main attraction there is Vääksy channel or also known as Vesijärvenkatu channel, it is located in Asikkala. The channel that connects the Vesijärvi lake to Päijänne lake. The Vääksy channel is currently Finland’s busiest boating channel.The channel has only one seal. The water surface height difference of about three meters. The channel is surrounded by the town of Vääksy.
The main photo is the bird pic, as I hardly ever am able get photos of them or presentable pics at l east.
Weekend Reflections – old and new
This is linked to Weekend Reflections
The Weekend in Black and White
A street view from Tammisaari, Finland
This post is linked to The Weekend in Black and White
Billnäs Mill reflected on a river – Weekend Reflections
A Word a Week Challenge – Remote
On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name …
After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed 
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Power Lines
I have here three sets of power lines – one monkeying about. Power lines that are looking so safe and power lines in the river.
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 