Welcome to Villa Emilia (My Woodland Garden), a photography blog with a slant towards gardening and nature. An amateur gardener and photographer, I hope to share beautiful moments with you through pictures. From autumn 2026 onwards, Villa Emilia will be even more Christmassy than before!

Thank you for your visit.

17.7.2018

"KesÀn lapsi" ja muita kuvia - Was it always summer...






♥ Ihania kesĂ€pĂ€iviĂ€ rakkaille lukijoilleni. ♥






♥ Hello lovelies, unfortunately I won't be able to visit you very soon, 
but I wanted to greet you and wish you happy summer days. ♥
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10.7.2018

Phone pics: Spring in Italy


Subtitle: Memories and dreams. :)

Thank you very much for your interesting comments on my previous post(s). Comments are again disabled until I have visited all of you. I wish you happy summer days filled with flowers and gentle summer breeze.





Ihanaa kesÀpÀivÀÀ kaikille! TÀssÀ postauksessa on jÀlleen kuvia kevÀisestÀ Italiasta, "meiltÀ pÀin" ja lyhyiltÀ reissuilta.

Kiitos kommenteistanne edelliseen postaukseeni! Kommentointimahdollisuus on taas "pois pÀÀltĂ€", kunnes olen kĂ€ynyt vastavierailulla. Toivottavasti ehditte kaikki nauttia nĂ€istĂ€ upeista kesĂ€pĂ€ivistĂ€. ♥































































2.7.2018

Reposted: July



Hei! ♥ Upea kesĂ€ kiitÀÀ sellaisella vauhdilla eteenpĂ€in, ettei mukana tahdo pysyĂ€. PÀÀtin postata uudelleen nĂ€mĂ€ kuvat kahden vuoden takaa. Varsinkin ensimmĂ€inen on suosikkini. Auringonpaistetta on riittĂ€nyt tĂ€nĂ€kin vuonna ja huomiseksi tĂ€nne luvattu sade on tervetullutta.

HeinÀkuussa 2016 osallistuin tÀllÀ postauksella Makrotex-haasteeseen.

SydĂ€mellinen kiitos kaikille kommentoijille. Ihanaa HEINÄKUUTA!






Hello all! The weather has been exceptionally good. We have spent much time outdoors and I have taken lots of photos, of course, but they haven't been transferred from my camera to the computer yet. I decided to publish again this post, because it's one of my favourites ever. I like especially the first photo very much.

Needless to say, if you have left a comment in 2016, please don't feel obliged to leave another one now. :) A huge thank you to everyone. ♥






July = Flowers!






Small flower eaters are growing too. :) A young Lepus timidus or Lepus europaeus.














In July 2016, a blogger friend (unfortunately she's not blogging anymore) posted some delicious ice cream recipes and her post reminded me that the mint chocolate chip ice cream is one of my favourites and yet I had never tried to make it myself.










There are many tasty and fun condiments you can use when making ice cream.










The faithful Musso Stella does the work. :)






A berry sorbet - blueberries, lingonberries, some strawberry jam and water:







Amarene are great in/with ice cream. This sour cherry tree was photographed in Italy. We have some trees also in Finland but the harvest is much smaller... :)






Have a lovely new week and month!