November Views Nearby

A photo mix from my walks in the neighbourhood.

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Wandering December Thoughts...

I was walking today along the local river and the neighbourhood for 1,5 hours.

It was quiet and the weather was lovely: no wind and around zero. I saw only a few persons 

and my thoughts wandered back and forth. Mostly I miss snow.

The nature’s art works on the river looked fantastic...

A snowfall would beautify the views...

It would be nice if white snow blanket covered the brown grass...

It would also be so nice if Mr. and Mrs. Duck had it warmer...

Woudn’ it be great if all the spruces were decorated as Christmas trees?

Like this!

I’m glad there are still some others to be seen on my walkway!

At one spot I smelled smoke, but its source was not dangerous, but a Christmassy one.

I’ll tell you about it later.  Take your D-vitamins & enjoy the Advent - outdoors!

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The Cruelest Month

“April is the cruelest month, breeding

lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

memory and desire, stirring

dull roots with spring rain.”

- T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

To me the cruelest month is November - colorless, wet  and dark.

Some impressions from my daily walks.

But you can find a lot of materials for DIY works: chestnuts, cones,

lingonberry & blueberry twigs and twigs with beard moss... I made this chestnut cone

twenty years ago and it is as good as new!

Seeing the non existent colors of the Finnish nature in November, 

you’ll understand why my thoughts turn to Christmas!

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DIY - Simple Feather Wreath

You need a glue gun, feathers of your choice and some basic wreath

that needs uplifting. I chose natural brown feathers and my old willow wreath.

This DIY took only a few minutes. The wreath shall decorate an inner door at my home

but looks beautiful also as table decoration with a yellow candle. - OBS.  Careful if lit!

There is not yet much color to be seen in the nature, only dark green of conifers 

& blue of the sky. During my walks I see a few kids with their bikes and a dog now and then.
This lion pair guards the entrance of a neighbour...

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Longinoja Trout Stream

I visited a friend of mine the other day. She lives near the Longinoja trout stream that meanders through northeast Helsinki and its nature trail is 2 km long. On the trail you can learn about this unique urban brook, its endangered trout and how the nature is being protected. The trail was built based on the initiative of volunteers who helped restore the stream. The project was implemented by the City of Helsinki’s Urban Environment Division.

We walked on the river banks where the nature was still dormant, saw a few snowdrops in bloom and Corylus blooming. My friend told me that in the autumn trouts can be seen in the stream and many people admire that spectacle. Now there were no trouts of course, but the weather was sunny & clear for a change. February is normally a winter month in southern Finland, but as you can see, no trace of snow.

Her cute dog kept us company!

Signs of spring for Makrotex:

First of all that there is no snow and that the sky is of fabulous blue;

also that corylus and snowdrops are blooming and the grass is green.

A very odd February according to what we are used to in Finland!

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