Tag: winter

February 11

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, Photography

Today we have the bluest skies, so lovely! The minus side is that it is so COLD! -15C /5 F but with the wind factor it feels like -20C /-2F .

Sunrise today was at 8:09. Sunset today is at 17:00. Length of day 8 h 51 min. Spring is coming 🙂

Yesterday I went for a walk, despite the cold. My fingers did not thank me for taking photos 🙂

I visited the Suinonsalmi inlet, when I was a kid I came here often. I was not the only one out there, I saw people walking, cross country skiing even though it was rather cold. This was my first stop.

Suinonsalmi
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

February 8

Photography, Traveling US

Today I finally got some stuff done. I took my spectacles to the optometrist to get them fixed, one of the lenses had a not so small scratch on it. Went to the pharmacy to get eye drops my eyes are so dry, as is my skin, winter…

I also took an artwork of mine to be printed, I sold one, I am rather happy about that. Hopefully it will come out nicely as it is largest I’ve had done so far.

Once again a picture of snow

I’ll have my coffee inside

Soft tones of winter

Captures from Finland, Landscapes

I have been rather silent lately, nothing has happened really. Winter came finally with snow, it’s been 10 years since we had this much snow. Boring, boring is what life is at the moment. Maybe I will feel more positive soon, one needs to be a bit down to feel the joy again.

This feeling in the winter is not new to me as I am not a winter person, but a child of summer. If one need to point one positive thing, it the light that is slowly but surely coming our way. Sunset is at 16:23, it over a hour more that it was in December. See, I can find something positive in all this 🙂

Have a great day!

Reeds at the bay
Trees in frost
Backlight

Mist

Captures from Finland, Landscapes

Snow covered field with one lone pine tree caught my attention and the rising mist in the afternoon gave the scenery a nice atmospheric look.

Pine tree in the misty field
Playing with composition

Empty Marina

Captures from Finland, Landscapes

No sailing or boating at the moment, the marina was empty the blue hour was approaching and all was good.

Empty Marina

Spot of light

Captures from Finland, Landscapes

I caught a spot of sunlight mids the spruce trees. Winter in with snow is rather beautiful, if cold.

WInter photos from Kirkkonummi, Finland

Beautiful tree

Landscapes

I have posted photos of this beautiful old oak tree during summer, and autumn, maybe even spring. . I notice it everytime I drive past it. So here is the winter version.

old oak tree
Branches

Sunny and cold

Landscapes

After many cloudy and snowy day, we have a sunny afternoon. What a difference it makes on the scenery. It is a bit nippy -13C at the moment.

Sunny afternoon
Last night

Snowy yard

Landscapes

Our summer house is closed for winter, but we took some furniture there, just before the snow we are just getting. Our red sauna looks pretty surrounded by the fresh snow but, I am biased as it is a dear place for me.

February 20th

Landscapes

I have been posting lots of shots from different beaches, here is one more post about, well beaches. The one here is from Suinonsalmi here in Finland, not so inviting at this time of year that’s for sure. Cold and windy, no snow or ice.

Frosty Morning

Flowers, Nature

Fresh from the camera. I took these this morning as I was waiting for the car to warm up a bit.

Frosty flowers

How to survive November~29

Nature, Photography

Almost over, November the grayest month of all. Darkness is so strong, but there has been few nice sunsets too. Here is one witnessed at a small boat pier. Looking the other way you saw sunset and on the other moon rising.

Winter sunset (1 of 7)

How to survive November~ 27

Flowers, Nature, Photography

This needs no words, as is the case with most of my posts. The photos are supposed to speak for themselves. That is what I want to believe anyway.

frost (1 of 6).jpg

How to Survive November ~26

Flowers, Nature, Photography

Beautiful Frosty morning, it inspired me, out I went and took macro shots of frost covered flowers  and weeds.

frost (5 of 6).jpg

Autumn vibes ~29

Landscapes, Nature, Photography

Is autumn now over, first snow fell today. These are taken with my mobile

March 30

Cities, Nature, Photography

Today in Helsinki  we saw an unusual sight in Hernesaari,  a small seal was on the shore. There were lots of people gathered around it. Looking and wondering  and taking lots of pictures of it.  I hope this little thing is able to reunite with it’s mother (dam?) when the people are not there. I just heard that people got too close to it, even petted it, so the firefighters ended up taking it to Korkeasaari a zoo in Helsinki.