orange – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

How to Survive November 2025 – 1

Lepis from Parallel Lines wrote: November begins, and we’ll keep this year rolling forward. The theme is ’round’, and you can interpret it any way you like. It can be a photograph, a painting, a drawing, a new or old picture, anything. Hopefully, it has ‘that certain something’.

I invite you to join us 😀

Here is my first post for surviving November 2025. As we face the challenges of the colder months ahead, we all need vitamins to keep going as the days darken. These essential nutrients not only support our immune systems but also lift our spirits, helping us to combat the gloom that can settle in during this time of year.

An orange sits in front of a bowl filled with mandarins, emphasizing the theme of ’round’ for November.

November begins, and we’ll keep this year rolling forward. The theme is ’round’, and you can interpret it any way you like. It can be a photograph, a painting, a drawing, a new or old picture, anything. Hopefully, it has ‘that certain something’.

Inlinkz- link for your entry is at the right column.

Vibrant Yellow and Orange Floral Photography

Photography

I took these photos this summer. As I mentioned in my previous post, I enjoy taking pictures of flowers, but I have been posting them sparingly . Recently, as I have been seeing these vibrant yellow and orange posts filling my feed, I couldn’t help but look back to my visit at the Rhododendron park in Helsinki, where these beautiful colors captured my attention. The vivid colors of the flowers the joy of a summer day spent wandering through the park, admiring nature’s artistry. Now seems like the perfect opportunity to share these images with all of you. I have lots of shots of the pink flowers – added two as the backdrop in yellow. Here are my Vibrant Yellow and Orange Hues.

Vibrant yellow and orange flowers showcasing nature’s artistry

Many thanks to Terri for her Sunday Stills challenge Yellow and Burnt Orange

Get a better look by clicking the images to explore the intricate details and vibrant colors that may not be visible at first glance. Each click will provide you with a closer inspection, unveiling the beauty of the flowers

and one portrait with a perfect background for this challenge.

A woman in gazes thoughtfully amidst vibrant orange flowers, capturing the essence of summer at the Rhododendron park.

How to survive November 2023 – 18

how to survive November

Today the sunrise was at 8:30 and sunset 15:46. Back to gray.

Let’s keep it real, we need vitamins

It is here a again the most cruel month of the year. It is dark and getting darker, and the same time as it is the challenge to post something edible every day of the month of November, I can do it, how about you? What to join us? There is a link below if you’re interested

November and its time to survive it. Theme for the How to Survive November is ‘Something to Eat’.

Lepis from Parallel Lines| in scale kindly hosts this survival once again. The InLinkz is at her blog, it’s at the right column. Let’s enjoy this November with marvelous flavors!

Colors #3

Flowers

ORANGE! The color of enthusiasm and emotion. Orange exudes warmth and joy and is considered a fun color that provides emotional strength. It is optimistic and uplifting, adds spontaneity and positivity to life and it encourages social communication and creativity. It is a youthful and energetic color.

“Orange is the color of the sun. It is vital and a good color generally, indicating thoughtfulness and consideration of others.” – Edgar Cayce

“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.” – Ram Charan

Fruits

Photography, Still life

At breakfast this morning I started to play with my mobile phone, I took photos of the fruit 🍎 I had on the table 🍊🥭, so why not share some colorful and healthy fruit shots

Colorful “November” berries

Flowers, Photography

Sorbaronia mitschurinii leaves

Flowers

November’s sky is chill and drear, / November’s leaf is red and sear.
~Sir Walter Scott

it is few days a way from November, the dreariest month of all, dark, wet and cold. So Even the quote is about November and we are still in October, I will take an exception on posting it as is goes with the photos.