Old World Swallowtail. Ritariperhonen.

This beautiful Swallowtail butterfly visitiéd our yard on Thursday.

Look at those wings, moving so fast.

Big eyes.

Here is seen two spurs,”the swallowtail”, we call this butterfly a knight.

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Woollen winter pants, brown summer shirt.

This cute squirrel visited our yard today. The grey winter fur is falling off and new, brown summer fur is so shiny. Sorry about the date in these photos, I didn´t remember to take it off.

The Greatest Blooming Ever.

Once more our plum trees, now they are in full blossom and look like covered with cotton balls.

Eurasian Siskins. Чижи. Vihervarpusia.

Suddenly today our yard was full of tiny birds, Eurasian Siskins.

Artistic Mother Nature.

Our horse-chestnut.

Blossomclouds.

Our three yellow plum trees are so full of blossoms that the camera couldn´t decide where to focus.

An Old Birch in Spring.

This is on of my favourite photos.

SNOW, OH NO!!!!

Do you have any idea how does it feel to see snowing now? I can´t tell it, because those words are not allowed here. Think positive, the sun will melt snow, before June for sure.

February Light.

The spring is near.

A Bus Stop.

Saturday January 19, shopping.

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At noon was -!5°C/ 5°F when I noticed we have to go to buy groceries. So I made a list what we need.

Cat food, bird seeds, something for us.

Then clothes, it is COLD.

I am ready.

It was cloudy, not much light and the photos are taken mostly in the car with a phone.

The first stop was on our village, for oat seeds for birds. They had no seeds and they had thrown their Christmas tree out.

It looks sad.

At 13.50 o´clock driving to the nearest town, 14 km or 8,6 miles.

The second stop is for cat food. We are now in a town called Ikaalinen.

Our malls are small, and like always in our photos, no human beings.

My hubby looking for treats for Kosmo the Great, 17,63 pounds, 8 kilos.

The third stop is for birds and for us.

As I told, no human beings or anything else moving. Birds seeds and rye bread, butter, sauerkraut, potatoes, cookies, and smoked fish.

The fourth stop is very well-known almost around the world.

More than one car here. We bought salad dressing, apples, carrots, yoghurt, coffee, frozen fish ,ice cream, more fish, cream, cheese, cream crackers, crisp bread, chocolate, candies, spaghetti, tofu, sugar, feta cheese, red onions, cabbage, peanuts, tuna in tomato sauce…

Now we are ready to drive home. It is getting dark. In wintertime here is a blue moment before dark. It is now about 16.00 o´clock.

Our village and the blue moment.

Christmas is still here.

At home.

Hubby carrying all the bags in, seeds and peanuts for birds 15 kilos, 33 pounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light nights. Белые ночию. Valkeat yöt.

It is again time of Summer solstice, it is Midsummer. Our light nights are after Summer solstice getting darker till 21th of December. Here is some photos taken in our yard at midnight.

The sun still paints the sky red.

A birch.

The moon.

Spring is here.

Cranes are arriving, they flew very high, so no photos, but we enjoyed their honking for hours.

Tulips.

Growing.

A fly warming up on the wall.

Fun in the sun.

After having fun in the sun.

We still have snow.

A Mystery.

Do you know what and why  is that “thing” in the middle of the wall?

We don´t know.

Winter is back.

After yesterday´s snowstorm all the signs of Spring have disappeared and we live in a totally white world.

We drive in snow canyons.

A path to our house.

The sun is melting snow little by little.

The backyard.

Snow everywhere.

Days are getting longer.

Do you remember my photos in December, it was dark at 3 o´clock in the afternoon. This photo is taken 4.30 yesterday, the difference is huge. The sun is setting now about 6 o`clock.

Spring is in the air. Весна.

Look, there is water free from ice!

Old Fire Station.

This house is, of course, on the shore for water supplies. The tower was for drying hosepipes.

On the road.

Our roads are beautiful.

And again an old barn.

Look at those windows!

A barn again.

Waiting for the spring.

Winter Landscapes.

 

Winterland.

Our little village is now a real Winterland.

An Arctic Sunset. Заход солнца.

Beautiful countryside by a waterway.

Kaunista maaseutua vesistön varrella.

A sunset and floating mist.

The sun and floating mist make together amazing  lightshows for us.

 

Mist over the lake. Usvaa järvenselällä.

These sunny and misty days have been excellent for taking photos.

This lake is Kirkkojärvi in Hämeenkyrö. This photo is taken in a village of Kierikkala.

Lyhtytolppa järvessä? A Lamp-Tolp in a Lake?

Talvimaisema. A Winter Scenery.

 Kyrösjärvi. Hämeenkyrö. Finland.

Pitkät varjot. Long Shadows.

Hämeenkyrö. Finland.

Kylänraitti. A Way through the Village.

Hämeenkyrö. Finland.

F.E. Sillanpää, Suomen ainoa Nobel- kirjailija. Syntymäkoti. F.E. Sillanpää, the only finnish Nobel Prize writer. The birth place.

Frans Emil Sillanpään syntymäkoti on Hämeenkyrön kunnan Kierikkalan kylän Myllykolussa. Siellä hän vietti lapsuusvuotensa. Sillanpää syntyi 16.9.1888 ja kuoli 3.6.1964.

Kirjallisuuden Nobel-palkinto myönnettiin vuonna 1939.

Frans Eemil Sillanpää was born in the municipality of Hämeenkyrö, in the village of Kierikkala in Myllykolu. There he spent his childhood. Sillanpää was born in 09.16.1888 and died on 03.06.1964.

Literature Nobel Prize was awarded in 1939.

Kuvissa F.E.Sillanpään lapsuuden elämänpiiriä.  The childhood environment of F.E. Sillanpää in the photos.

Kuvat on otettu 6.10.2015. The photos are taken 6.10.2015.

Tien päällä autosta napattuja kuvia. Photos taken on the road.

Avointa maisemaa Länsi-Suomessa. Open scenery in western Finland.

Joku putoaa taivaalta. Somebody falling down from the sky.

Auringonlasku, A sunset.

Auringonlaskun jälkeenajamassa kaupungissa. After the sunset driving in a city.

The country of thousand lakes and rivers. Tuhansien järvien maa ja jokienkin.

Today + 18 C , the sun shining, windy. It is about 22.25  dark.

Kokemäenjoki Harjavallassa.

The Kokemäki river at Harjavalta.

Kyrösjärvi Hämeenkyrössä.

The lake Kyrösjärvi in Hämeenkyrö.

Kolin kansallispuisto ja Herajärvi.

The Koli National Park and the lake Herajärvi.

Pielinen Kolin kansallispuistosta nähtynä.

The lake Pielinen seen at Koli National Park.