This week I used Jutta’s original and played to be a pointillistic painter.
Two versions: lilac & white alliums.
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| The original |
19 maaliskuuta 2019
17 maaliskuuta 2019
16 maaliskuuta 2019
Memories of March
My mother used to say that years are not like brothers, meaning there are huge differences in weather and also otherwise... I think this March is quite normal Finnish March: around zero, grey and raining. Still a lot of snow but it is fortunately melting away. Nothing pretty to photograph outside - not in any March, for the spring comes to Finland in April! The only sign of spring is the melting snow... I wanted to compare previous years and went through my archives and selected a few photos of March 2016, 2017 and 2018. To me these four past March are like twin brothers!
In March 2016 we got a few showers of new snow, snow was melting though
and a bit of perennials could be seen ...
In March 2017 at Easter the snow was almost totally gone and I had some tete a tete
daffodils in a pot on the terrace. But they got a blanket of fresh snow!
In March 2018 I photographed outside only icicles
- they were truly handsome hanging from the roof of our garage!
This March I have taken only once photos outside - it was this handsome goshawk visiting.
Taken through glass and at a long distance.
This is the first time I succeeded to photograph this handsome raptor.
Wishing you a pleasant weekend & the new week to come!
- riitta
15 maaliskuuta 2019
Friday Bliss #27 - Animalistic
This week I read a fantastic fable by the Chilean writer, Luis Sepúlveda:
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat who Taught Her to fly
- Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar
The story tells about a seagull who is about to die due to crude oil on the sea water.
She manages to make an emergency landing on the balcony of
a big fat black cat called Zorbas. The seagull lays an egg and Zorbas promises to hatch it
and then teach the chick to fly. All this is a tough project and Zorbas needs help of his cat buddies - Secretario, Sabelotodo, Barlovento & Colonello. I warmly recommend 💕
Zorbas might look like this! This is not my Sissi.
The other book of Sepúlveda I warmly recommend is:
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories - Un viejo que leía novelas de amor
This handsome Samoyed dog is Marlon B who works at the local pet shop.
My husband always buys him some goodies!
The Samoyed is a breed of large herding dog, with a thick, white, double-layer coat.
It takes its name from the Samoyedic peoples of Siberia.
And this cute girl belongs to my friend...
And some flowers for the weekend - Have it nice & cozy!
- riitta
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