Mural

An other mural in Karakallio. The first one was painted by Teemu Mäenpää in September 2017. I photographed it in January 2018. My blog post of Jan. 16^th 2018. A second mural was painted by the Argentinean artist Pastel in May 2018. We don’t go to Karakallio often. But, we actually were in March this year. But, I forgot to look for the Pastel painting. Yesterday on the way back home we drove through Karakallio. Ones again, I said, stop, stop stop. My husband, as always, WHY ? I spotted the painting I told you about for several times. It was in the afternoon and the wall was on the shadow side. My first thought was to go back, e.g. today. But, decided not to. The photos are what they are.

Pasha & Puzzles

I made my very first Pasha. May also be spelled Paskha and Pascha. It’s a traditional Russian Easter dish made from quark (curd cheese). Also often served in Finland. It was delicious. The recipe I used really was a sugar/fat bomb. Today I found a light version of the pasha. So, if I’m going to make one next Easter it definitely will be a light one.

In the evenings in order to wind down I often listen to music and do free online puzzles. Here are two. The other one, with the basket, I did the night before and the other one, with the colorful wig, I did last night. I think both are 300 pieces. I checked, the basket is 250 pcs. The wig 300.

I hope you all had a nice Easter. The weather here has been great. Warm and sunny. Finally our garden is free from snow. Time for some gardening.

To All of You . . .

Malminkartano Railway Station Street Art / Murals

In the end of February I showed my son the photos I took at Myyrmäki railway station. He said, you should go to the Malminkartano station. There are a lot of street art/murals. Both Myyrmäki and Malminkartano stations are not far from us. Only about 6-7 km. We were there yesterday. My son was right. There are many paintings. I didn’t photograph all of them. Here are some I took. Once again, I took way too many photos.

Two Deer

I saw these two deer on Friday in the same fields I saw the whooper swans on Tuesday. I said to my husband to stop the car. They of course, as always, were hundreds of meters away. I knew my 300 mm lens would not be enough but, despite that I took some photos. I so wish I had a 600 mm lens which have been on my wish list for already very long.

 

Whooper Swans

On Tuesday 9^th I saw these two whooper swans. Swimming up a ditch in the middle of fields. I seldom spot whooper swans here. I found the mute swan more common around here.

 

Common Wood Pigeon

I saw two pigeons on Sunday. When they heard my camera click they turned to check what made the sound. I took three photos. They didn’t fly away. I said thank you so much and left them looking for what ever they were looking for.

More Swans

My lucky day ! Five swans. Three of them stayed close to all of us on the shore. I think I took too many photos. So hard to decide which ones to post.

A Squirrel

 A squirrel under the garage roof where two years ago was baby sparrows. For the past two weeks I have seen birds fly in and out of there again. Either the squirrel  is building a nest of his own there or he ate the eggs if there were any.

Some of you may remember the baby sparrows from June 2017.

Swans

Of course I went back yesterday for more swan photos. And, probably will do so even during the next days as well. In 2017 there was a couple with a young swan which was so cute and curious. He swam towards me. His parents followed watching him carefully for him not to get too close to me.