Spring days

Hello all! Here are some glimpses of the past few days.

Ribes glandulosum  -  Aquilegia vulgaris  -  "A grandmother's plant". If you know it's name, do let me know.  -  Moss green  -  I ♥ lupins  -  2 x Cygnus cygnus  -  Interesting clouds  -  They bring rain -  Wet branches, contrast added  -  Leaf buds of Malus 'Makamik'  -  Mother's Day is a Flag Day in Finland  - The Great Lupin Eater  -  Caltha palustris  -  Cheating. This photo is from the last year. The birch leaves are not unfolding yet.

Our World Tuesday

Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday)

Wednesday around the World

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely day!

Old photos, old hues

Happy new week to everyone!

Browsing through my photo files, I came across this group of old, scanned photos. The colours are a little bit strange, but I decided not to worry - on the contrary, I enhanced the tones to create a slightly old-fashioned effect.

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Participating in Mosaic Monday # 40

at Lavender Cottage Gardening.

Thank you, Judith, for hosting!

Tomorrow I will post lots of photos taken in these days. Spring seems to have come rather early in Southern and Western Finland, but here in Eastern Finland it's late... It'll probably be short. So let's make the most of it! Today the weather is chilly and it's raining again, but my day hasn't been useless: I have planted a tree...

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Five photos for Friday

It's Friday and I have five photos from the past week to share with you. Do visit Amy at Love Made My Home for other Five on Friday posts!

This is a white wagtail (Motacilla alba). According to an old and perhaps outdated Finnish proverb (you can read it in this post), when the wagtails have arrived, summer is just around the corner. Many species seem to be migrating earlier than before, perhaps because of the climatic changes.

I'm linking this post also with Saturday's Critters at Viewing nature with Eileen.

Summer is still far away. There isn't much green yet...

... but if you look from the right angle, the lawn starts to look green in the evening sun.

Some of the lupins have their young leaves completely purple-coloured, some are green with purple edges.

And now... garden-stakes-on-buckets drum roll, please... This is my first spring flower, a Crocus 'Vanguard'! It was supposed to have a brighter, more reddish, two-toned flower... oh, ok, it's very pretty anyway!

Have a lovely weekend!

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