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CFFC – Trees

the lungs of the earth. Love them,it is also the totpic on CFFC this week.

View to Pälkäne lake over the trees in Padasjoki

Flowing water

I certainly hope that some of these shots turned inspiring, I lost a pair of my favorite sunglasses into the rapids. I have found a post from some time back that I forgot to post

We drove to Imatra in the afternoon our aim to see the Imatrankoski flow, (“The Imatra Rapid”) is a rapid on the Vuoksi River in Imatra. It has been a famous tourist attraction since the late 1700s. The Vuoksi River and Imatrankoski were born about 5,000 BP as the waters of the Saimaa Lake penetrated the Salpausselkä ridge due to post-glacial rebound, forming a river flowing into the Lake Ladoga.It is also one of the National landscapes of Finland. Since 1929 the rapid has been blocked by a dam . Today, the dam is opened daily between June and August at 6 PM with the music of Sibelius playing in the background. Not that you can hear it down stream where we wnnt to watch it. The raw power of the water is awesome.

Traveling in Eastern Finland #2

Here are few random shots from Lake Saimaa. As I stated in the previous post it was raining so here are some artsy shots from the boat.

Summer holiday

Out time at summer cottage continues in warm and sunny weather. I love way this view change. These are taken in the afternoon , evening and night time the last on I took just now. The color and atmosphere is captivating at all times.

Bits and pieces

Summer evening

It was a quiet evening at the country side. I took a walk on an deserted road, no one but me and my cameras. These I took with my mobile.

Summer bouquet

I took a walk on the gravel road and picked summer flowers for my deck

Yellow bokeh

It almost feels like autumn, but no, its early July. I am happy with the bokeh I captured.

Before the thunderstorm

I was sitting in my backyard watching the clouds gather into the intense blue gray color. I took these just before the thunderstorm was above us.The temperature dropped three degrees in just s short while…got to love Finnish summer and the amazing 17 C degrees of warmth.

Lake Jänisjärvi

I had great visit to a cottage to see relatives visiting from Australia.

Flowing river

I found this old photo, liked it, re-posted it. I love how the near by building and surrounding trees reflects the colors on the river.

Grove

Midsummer celebrations are over and we are now officially losing light, but not to worry there is still plenty of it. Today I went to near grove woods and lakeside in Vols to take some photos of the beautiful greens we are surrounded with this time of the year.