Stairway in color and in Black and white

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Weekend Reflections

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Reflections on a painting

Giubbe Rosse (Weekend Reflections #227)

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Värikollaasi 163

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Bad Weather

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Wednesday around the world!!

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Sunset was nicely coloring the Helsinki Cathedral A distinctive landmark in the Helsinki cityscape, with its tall, green dome surrounded by four smaller domes, the building is in the neoclassical style. It was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel as the climax of his Senate Square layout: it is surrounded by other, smaller buildings designed by him.

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Pieni Lintu

Window art

Winter windows at our summer-house… nature made some beautiful art to our enjoyment. I see a forest in one…

Ice flowers in rapids

This sighting is rare – and beautiful .  I had to post few more photos of it

Beautiful Icicles in white water (rapids)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition

I had to look up this word – now I hope I have understood it. A juxtaposition is “the act of placing things side by side, especially for the purpose of comparison or contrast” — as in this shot. This shot is – old and new – different size and color .
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walk 100 Steps or less and take new photos

I walked less the hundred steps, but I did sit in a car for awhile….I know I’m stretching this a bit, but these are the newest photos I have.  River flows into the lake on a cold Sunday day (-9 C )

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Abstract / Abstrakti

Black And White Monday

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Mustavalkomaanantai #151

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Cee’s Which Way Challenge: 2014 #2

There are paths in the woods to walk at, roads that have been cleaned, and ice that has been opened to create open paths for boats and ships. Snow and ice everywhere – winter
Cee’s Which Way Challenge: 2014 #2

Wednesday around the World – hair

It was a cold day here in Finland, but I had to step outside in spite of it. ( Kirkkonummi today, kind a cold. No wish to go out, but … I have to.
Clear skies: -14C Temperature+ windfactor: -23C Sunrise at: 08:58 Sun down: 16:09)

As you know ladies these are the big decisions, I had my hair done today. Last time I went back to being more blond , well now I took the opposite direction.


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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Found In Nature

as I am nearsighted, I rarely see bugs, and I usually do not have the patience to photograph birds…at least small ones. These I found ( read saw….) in the nature.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Flowers

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WEDNESDAY AROUND THE WORLD ~ 2014!!

Weather being what it is…this is what I have been doing. Knitting, and it seems that there is a chance I might be able use them next week 🙂

MakroTex – Fork – Haarukka

To photograph a fork – and try to make it look good or even interesting, that was the challenge for me. Here are my attempts to make art of forks – what do you think of the outcome?

I also found this old mickey mouse fork – first I had to try to clean it,  not so successfully, but at least I could see the Mickey Mouse

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A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Yellow

Yellow color is hard to photograph – and I think,  that only photos I have of yellow are flowers.  .Hopefully you found these pleasing to the eye. They are at least a blast of sunlight here in the constant grayness we are having here in the northern  hemisphere. Flower…to brighten your day. I did find something  else too, a beautiful jacket…in golden yellow.

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A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Yellow

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning

Beginning of life , of parenthood, life long trip of growth for both the child and the parents. My son,  10 hours old.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning

The Weekend in Black and White

More to be seen at Friday, 3rd  January, 2014.

Skywatch Friday – Grey skies of January

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Skywatch Friday – New Year’s Edition

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