Metsäpoluilla - Through the woods

Rauhaisaa viikonloppua!

Have a lovely weekend!

Zen :)

Nämä kuvat kevätpurosta metsässä ovat odottaneet postausta jo jonkin aikaa, ja nyt on niin paljon kiirettä ja stressiä, että on hyvä aika julkaista ne. :)

These photos have been taken already several weeks ago. The snow has disappeared by now and the woodlands look more green. I hope you can feel the refreshing scent of the woodland and enjoy the babbling of the brooklet.

For fun and for an extra calming effect, I added also some photos of piled pebbles. :) The small stones have been picked on the shores of the Lake Kinneret.

Hyvää viikonloppua!

Have a lovely weekend!

Memories 2015: Serenity

Hello and happy Friday! Today is the first anniversary of Amy's (new) Five On Friday and I want to share with you these five favourite photos of mine.

The photos are from our trip last summer in (and through) Sweden. Arrived to Kapellskär early on Sunday morning, we then drove on beautiful and tranquil countryside roads to Uppsala. I would have loved to see these views in the morning sun, but perhaps the cloudy weather increased the feeling of calmness.

With this cute Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus), I will participate in Eileen's

Saturday's Critters.

There were many of these birds feeding (and chirping sweetly) in the field, unfortunately most ready to flit away if I moved too suddenly.

Have a lovely and relaxing weekend!

♥

PS A tulip update: The babies shown in my previous post looked like this yesterday. They grow up so fast! :)

Postcards #5: Vättern, Sweden

From the beautiful gardens of Uppsala, we continued our journey towards the south. Our route followed the shore of Lake Vättern and the landscape was varied and beautiful.

Vättern is the second largest lake (by surface area) in Sweden and the fifth largest lake in Europe. It's more than 100 km long and, according to Wikipedia, its deepest known point is 128 meters.

It was already becoming late. Fortunately we found a very nice small hotel in  the town of Gränna - the famous city of polkagrisar, Swedish candy sticks, invented in 1859.

This was the view from our hotel room window:

In the morning the weather was still cloudy...

... but it soon became better...

... and we happily arrived to Lund, where the houses along the streets looked like this... :)

Have a lovely weekend!