Blooming June in the Neighbourhood

Walking in my residential area is a real treat right now as there is so much blooming.

Big shrubs of white and pink Syringa josikae look fabulous! 

Rose spinosissima shrubs add their white charm. 

It is a traditional rose shrub in Finland and we call it Midsummer Rose.

Along the road cow parsley and lupines in abundance.

I had just time to pick a few until the maintenance guy mowed them all down.

Wishing everybody a sunny summer week!

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Early This June Morning

Meconopsis betonicifolia - Sinivaleunikko

Our topic this week is June. So I went out at 5 o'clock and photographed some glimpses 

in the morning sun - which by the way is a bit challenging.

This is what I got! The warm weather has made many plants to bloom.
The early bird catches the worm - in this case photos :)

Makrotexin aiheena on kesäkuu.

Tässä muutamia kurkistuksia kello 5.00 tänä aamuna.

Aikainen lintu kuvan nappaa :)

Probably: Geranium himalyense - Idänkurjenpolvi 

Rosa spinosissima - Juhannusruusu

Meconopsis cambrica - Keltavaleunikko

Humulus lupulus 'Aureus' - Kultahumala

Rosa Pimpinellifolia 'Poppius' - Suviruusu

Maybe this delighted me the most! - Ehkä tämä ilahdutti eniten!

Makrotex Challenge / June - Kesäkuu

Image-in-ing
Wednesday Around The World

Wishing you a flower rich day! - Kukkaisaa päivää!

Happy Midsummer!

Eino Leino (1878 – 1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work is like the Kalevala and folk songs. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes in Leino's work. He is beloved and widely read in Finland today. His poem Midsummer is very well-known.

Juhannus

Minä avaan syömeni selälleen

ja annan päivän paistaa,

minä tahdon kylpeä joka veen

ja joka marjan maistaa.

Minun mielessäni on juhannus

ja juhla ja mittumaari,

ja jos minä illoin itkenkin,

niin siellä on sateenkaari.

Midsummer

Trusting, my heart I open and take
the daylight there to shine,
I want to bathe myself in every lake
and taste all berries fine.

Deep in my mind I celebrate Saint John
and the midsummer night,
and, in the evenings, If I cry anon
there's a rainbow bright.

- translated by Maria Magdalena Biela

Mittsommer

Ich werde mein Herz aufmachen
und den Tag glänzen lassen,
Ich werde jeden See baden
und alle Beere schmecken.

In meinem Kopf ist es Hochsommer 
und Feier und Mittsommer,
und soll ich abends weinen,
so wird es ein Regenbogen sein.

- übersetzt von mir

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Hyvää juhannusta! - Happy Midsummer! - Gute Hochsommer! - Feliz San Juan!

Floral Bliss #26

It is Midsummer week. I connect to midsummer geraniums, lupins, cow parsley

irises and of course Midsummer rose - Rosa spinosissima.

When I was a little girl my father decorated with young birches

 both sides of the stairs. So birch branches belong still to my midsummer tradition
and actually any white & blue flowers bring the right midsummer mood.

Geraniums are not yet in bloom, but I gathered here some that are blooming right now.

Drymocallis rupestris Valkohanhikki

Photo from 2016

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Ihanaa juhannusta! - Happy Midsummer!

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Zeniä sateeseen - Zen and rain

Tällä viikolla ei terassilla ole istuttu. Tuulta, sadetta ja kylmää. Mielen päälle jo tämä sää uhkaa käydä, siksipä ripaus zeniä oli tarpeen! Buddhani sai seurakseen yksinkertaisesti vain juhannusruusuja. Oli pakko kuvata sisällä, koska satoi. Vien hänet terassille ihan kohta ruusuineen päivineen mietiskelemään!

It has been a cold, rainy and windy week, no sitting at our terrace. To stay positive and keep the good spirit, a bit of zen was needed! I photographed my buddha - inside because of the rain! - simply with some Midsummer roses. I'll take him soon out to the terrace with the roses for his meditation.

Mukavaa viikonloppua - pysytään lämpiminä!
Have a nice weekend and stay warm!

- riitta -

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You can participate with bouquets or garden flowers.
Take your time and peek at the link.

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