July Photos I: Togepi, Flowers and Fields [Daily Photo #1187-1194]

#1187: Wild strawberries in a fancy presentation! :D

Contemplative Alia.

#1188: Although I wish I wasn't so behind with my photos, it's nice
to see bright summer memories in the middle of gloomy autumn!

Flowers, Moss and Space [Daily Photo #1147-1156]

#1147: Petals and raindrops.

Flowers, Cakes, and Frogs [Daily Photo #1114-1121]

#1114: April nature.

#1115: Pretty in blue.

Finnish Winter [Daily Photo #1028-1029]

What a lovely snowy winter we've got! ^u^

#1028, 23.01.19.

Joulu [Daily Photo #996, #997, #998]

#996, 22.12.18: Pikkujoulu at in-laws'! ^u^

Desaturation in Snow [Daily Photo #969, #970]

#969, 25.11.18: Snow-frost lowered the saturation in the world outside.

The crystals shone brightly on the branches.

Gothic November [Daily Photo #951, #952, #953]

Today's daily trio is gothic themed! It is pretty gloomy outside most of the time, and the colours fade more and more every day...

First Snow! [Daily Photo #942]

Yesterday we had this autumn's first snow! \^o^/

Sushi, Ducks, Books, Leaves [Daily Photo #932, #933]

#932, 19.10.18. In the Sello library.

Bird friends.

Autumn Colours [Daily Photo #925, #926]

#925: Some flowers don't mind the cold weather!

Helsinki Date [Daily Photo #859]

Yesterday we went to Helsinki and had a lot of fun! First we had lunch at Fafa's near the train station. I had a salad with delicious roasted cauliflower, and my husband had a halloumi & falafel pita.

On the Shore [Daily Photo #857]

Pine branches.

Many Animals [Daily Photo #856]

When we went for a morning walk yesterday, we didn't expect to see much but… the wildlife had other plans! =D First there were ducks and bugs, as usual…

Lunar Date [Daily Photo #848]

We went out to look at bats and the lunar eclipse, so here are some photos we took!

A bat catching insects above water.

Fireweed [Daily Photo #830]

This pretty plant has many names: fireweed, great willowherb, rosebay willowherb in English; Chamaenerion angustifolium in Latin; ivan-chai (иван-чай) in Russian (you can make tea from its leaves); maitohorsma in Finnish (which means milk Epilobium).

Evening Walk [Daily Photo #821]

The setting sun and a plant whose name I don't know.

Pines and Blueberries [Daily Photo #808]

A pine forest with a blueberry carpet.

Leppävaara Flowers [Daily Photo #782]

A sunny spring day walk in Leppävaara.

Mallards and Goldeneyes [Daily Photo #749]

I met some ducks yesterday! But they were shy…

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Winter Plants [Daily Photo #699]

I had a very brief walk today to take these pictures.