Saturday, June 20, 2009

Summer blog #1: Azaleas



I haven't been posting anything is a long while but starting today I'll be writing a summer blog and posting pictures as I go along. Mostly it'll be garden photos but we'll see what else comes up. It's been cold so nothing much blooms in the garden yet but last summer we planted 5 azaleas, all of them different, and I've been curious to see if they produce flowers this first year. One of them already did, tiny tiny ones which are now gone, and three haven't started yet, but this particular shrub (Rosy Lights Azalea) is in bloom right now.

From a distance it's nothing spectacular, fairly small, the stems are too few to create any kind of proper shape and the leaves are scarce. But the bright flowers catch your eye and the closer you get the more exquisite they appear.




 


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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Monday, September 29, 2008

Autumnal Saimaa







Greens and yellows. And the lake Saimaa.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Fall in the forest







A weekend at the cabin, a forest prepares for winter in Puumala.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Dahlias





I haven't uploaded any photos in ages.. I wonder why. Our garden is at its most gorgeous right now, all the dahlias are blooming and we have lots of them. A good time to start taking pictures again. Here are some.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

rain & fog

Scenes while driving to / fro work. Gray.




Friday, April 4, 2008

Another calm morning




I had another beautiful morning drive today. It was already past 9am, I am sometimes lucky to be able to go in so late, and as it was so pretty and calm I decided to stop for a moment to snap pictures on my way to work. There is a small marina I pass by if I take one particular route, and I definitely wanted to, this morning. I love the quiet shore, the calm water. I doubt if there's anything as soothing as this.