Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Face of the Forest

 

Don't you just enjoy when walking along the familiar path, something new
appears ever so often?
 
I noticed this face one afternoon - there it was, waiting to be discovered!
 
“I think people who don't know the woods very well
sometimes imagine it as a kind of undifferentiated mass of greenery,
an endless continuation of the wall of trees they see lining the road.
 
 And I think they wonder how it could hold anyone's interest for very long,
being all so much the same.
But in truth I have a list of a hundred places in my own town I haven't been yet.
Quaking bogs to walk on; ponds I've never seen in the fall
(I've seen them in the summer - but that's a different pond).
 
That list gets longer every year, the more I learn,
and doubtless it will grow until the day I die.
So many glades; so little time.”  
 
Bill McKibben
 
 
Textures: Revolution by Kim Klassen, Lincoln by Nancy Clayes

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Sunday, 12 May 2013

Forest Anemones


We've been walking with my parents every afternoon. 
These blue-lilac flowers caught my eyes - 
I saw the colorful spots under the pine trees, and took a closer look.



The sun broke out after the rain, 
caressing these beauties, highlighting the hairy stems.



I searched a bit on anemones:
The word anemone origins from the Greek, anemos, or wind. 
Some anemone spieces begin to bloom in early spring, and are for this reason also called wind flowers. Anemones grow in dry, open woodland with a porous soil. 



Within the woods, 
Whose young and half transparent leaves scarce cast
A shade, gay circles of anemones

Danced on their stalks;
wind flowers sway
Against the throbbing heart of May.
- Bryant -





Wishing you a delightful Sunday and a Happy Mother's Day,

Nina


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By the fountain

The Lord will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and
will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 58:10-12


Friday, 10 May 2013

Pink / Home {Nurture Photography}


Mom's porch is decorated with dried heather flowers. I cherish the sight of mom smiling at the porch and welcoming us! 

I've had a special pleasure of being with my parents a whole week, helping to prepare my mom's birthday celebrations. She's hold 3 different feasts - such a joy to meet relatives and old friends of the family!



Mom is very creative, she repurposes almost everything and uses materials from the nature. She has crafted these beautiful covers to the clay pots using bark of birch trees.



Mom has received beautiful flowers both to her garden and in the house -
fresh roses are such a delight!


This fresh pink flower pot is a gift from my cousin - I love the texture in the pot.


                  What is more relaxing than sitting a while in the good, old rocking chair.
When I think about my grand father from my dad's side,
I picture him sitting by the window at his house in this rocking chair.

Now the chair is rocking at my mom's & dad's kitchen -
and our children are talking about it as "Granny's chair"

Happy Birthday to my sweetest Mom!

Nina

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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Evening Walk in the City - Countryside {Wordless Wednesday}














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Monday, 6 May 2013

Snapshots from the Lake Cottage


We had a lovely day today at the lake cottage,
where my dad spent his childhood summers.

I post a few shapshots and send warm greetings ... 
While enjoying the lake view I was thinking about  Amanda and Judy, 
since you have a special relation to Finland!


















Mustard from Turku
























Around 50 perches - we'll be eating kalakukko soon!


Sending sunny greetings
&
wishing you a great week -

A walm welcome to my new blog friends
Sannon, Tamara, Chatter Blossom, Enjoying the Epiphemy,
Wendy, Lisa & Sophie!

Nina


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Sunday, 5 May 2013

Friends




Friends by Michael W. Smith


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