Birds

Bird snapshots. I think it’s a flycatcher, a fieldfare, a common tern and a  swallow.

Lilium Martagon

Happy Midsummer ~ Hauskaa Juhannusta ~ Glad Midsommar

I wish you all a most wonderful Midsummer ❤

Creepy Creeps

I went to look for the caterpillar on the thistle plant. Yes, it’s still there. There also was a spider so I took a couple of photos. When editing I wondered what are those tiny black spots. I cropped it. Eeeek ! They are tiny creepy creeps. I know, they are so small but, I’m a wimp and the smaller a thing the more creepy to me. I told my husband to have the plant removed today. Anyway, the plant didn’t even belong in my day lily bench. Bye plant, bye tiny creepy insects.

Bumblebee & Caterpillar

I was photographing pink thistles yesterday when a bumblebee landed on one of them. Great color hair. It looks so soft I almost wanted to touch it.

I have been looking forward to see what kind and color the flowers of the “huge thistle” in my flower bench will look like. The plant now is about 130 cm tall and the “flowers” look like burdock. I took some photos and was about to leave when I saw this beautiful green/white with a bit of yellow caterpillar. He was eating the leaves and had already had plenty of them.

More Nostalgic Feelings

Here are some photos from yesterday of the steam train and Borgå old town.

I wish the station buildings at some point would undergo a total renovation just like the Porvoo station is under now

We were in good time for coffee and pie before the arrival of the train

Arrival at Hinthaara station exactly at 11:47 am according the timetable

And, of course, it arrived on the dot according to the timetable also in Porvoo

It surprised me to see how many people took the trip. It made me happy to see the old railway station is under renovation.

When I saw this cardboard lady I said to my husband, remember when your brother & his family visited in 1988 he hugged this. L. said, OK, take a picture of me doing the same and send to him

Here’s L’s brother hugging the same “lady” 30 years ago 🙂

Nostalgic feelings

For weeks we had been discussing whether to take the nostalgic steam train trip from Helsinki to Porvoo or maybe to go by car and make a stop to shoot a video clip and take photos at my childhood station Hinthaara/Hindhår. We decided to go by car. We made the stop in Hinthaara/Hindhår. Then went to Porvoo/Borgå to take some more photos of the train and also to visit the old town. 

Broad-bodied chaser

Our good friends invited us for afternoon coffee yesterday. It was a lovely, warm day. Suddenly I saw this dragonfly. I said, oh, look, look ! ? My friend said it’s a dragonfly. She had searched for information about it on the internet and found out it is a broad-bodied chaser. I have never seen this kind of dragonfly and my friend said neither has she. According to Wikipedia it is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe and Asia. I wish I had had my tripod with me. Without it, the photos are what they are. Thank you dear friends for having us and for the delicious rhubarb pie.

Happy Birthday Jacky ! 2 years

❤ ❤ ❤

28th Helsinki Samba Carnaval

12 photos

As always, a very nice event. The weather was pretty good. Cloudy and 18 degrees Celsius. Sometimes it has been very, very warm and other times rain.