And The Sun Also Rises...

These dark November days seem to be a continuum between one night and another divided only with slight twilight, but then one morning a strange phenomena appears...

 Thin ice  - the night has been cold... The little streams are full of rust for the soil is rich in iron...

The Storm in November

 

The beautiful sky with layers of clouds turns fierce during the night with the wind blowing 25 m/s and cold rain beating the landscape...

 

The wind takes with it power supply by falling trees on powerlines and I am happy to have a house with fireplaces, manual pump on the yard and composting toilet - only light is replaced by candles... The evening goes by while drawing in candle light...

Next morning the damage is revealed and taken care of...

Lichen

Different species of lichen growing on the surface of an old concrete sink ring:

It is winter...

Time... yes, it passes... I just had too many photographs - thousand and more. Autumn is so fascinating in nature and I get carried away. I'll be doing posts of them - the different seeds, mushrooms, leaves etc - some day...

But today I was walking the dog in the morning and we had some -18 C of cold so I got the camera with me and here is some crop!

meadow vole

ermine

ermine, close up

fox

Hirviaho, my house

HIrviaho, the atelier window facing north

feathers on verandah window

Dew Times...

Dew Time 1: Wild Angelica

Walking on the meadow early morning when dew shimmers on the green and bumblebees hum in the flowers... it is the beginning of a hot day but still yet is the world misty and shy like just awaken...



Dew Time 2: Butterflies

In the early hours of a summer day the dew still shimmers on the meadow when butterflies start their everyday work!

Yes, I know: it is late, too late... =)

Well, what I mean is that it is so long since last posting that it is too late... but I did take photos - actually I have over 600 photos to choose from... So the net connection was lousy for weeks because of the heat or there was thunder so I could not have the plug in the wall - electricity, I mean... So finally I thought I'd make them pics to videos... and that is what I'm doing - but not ready yet!!! =D

Is there anything more beautiful than a meadow in morning mist when sun is rising and dew evaporating? The scents are misty, too, and insects buzz and whine...

Longshanks!

Birdcherry has berries for birds and the morning glory climbs on the verandah windows.

Dewdrops  shimmer in the light... like color and like ice!

Morning mist and the light of rising sun...

Two small tortoiseshells - in the picture above is a beautiful young one and below an old and battered!

It is dead, the bumble bee in the pic - died by it's work!

My little oak... it has survived two winters and that is a miracle! Tough guy!!