End of summer, beginning of the fall

Cannot believe. Already September 10. There are not many flowers in our garden in bloom anymore. I have though taken some pictures daily. Some when walking Canelo and some on the way to the mall or hairdresser etc. Below a few shots from end of August and beginning of September.

Barley field about one kilometer from where we live.

Dark clouds but after all it didn’t rain

Old File Factory at Vantaa rapids about 7 km away from us.

Colorful blueberry plants

Moss covered stone

Bird watching tower not far from us.

Picture taken at top of the bird watching tower. In the distance you can see the lake which is only about 400 meters away from where we live.

Cat on trash bin enjoying the warmth of the lid.

Barnacle geese getting ready to move to the south for the winter.

Succisa pratensis also know as Devil’s-bit

Just an other view on an other day over Pitkäjärvi.

A Two Hour Walk

Such a wonderful day for a long walk. Sunshine, no wind, temperature plus one degree Celsius. Even my favorite cat in the neighborhood was out for a walk. I do see him from time to time. I fell for him at first sight. He is absolutely adorable and so beautiful. He reminds me of a picture of a Turkish Angora in the Royal Canin Calendar of 2006-2007.  I still have the calendar because of the picture. Once or twice I have tried to take photos of him but every time he saw me lift my camera he turned his back to me and slowly walked away. Yesterday he was sitting on the road watching me and Canelo coming closer and closer. He didn’t move so I stopped and told him to please sit still and let me have a picture taken. Oh how happy I was as he didn’t move. After the first picture I said let me take one more. But nope. I could feel him saying, you said one. He got up and with a lot of dignity he walked away. I can’t remember when was the first time a saw him but it is already several years ago. I wish him well and hope I will see him around here for many more years to come.

Oh the lake looked so nice. Click ! I know, I already do have plenty of pictures from the very same spot that look exactly the same but I every time find the view beautiful and can’t resist taking new pictures.

Mushrooms ! ? I had to look twice. Yes. I have no idea what kind of mushrooms they are. There are so many in the Mushroom book that look the same so I just don’t try to find out what these are. Neither do they look delicious. But still, we are in the middle of November and there are mushrooms !

I could hear something in a tree. I stopped and so did the squirrel. I think he thought he was invisible for as long as he didn’t move. Again, slowly, slowly the camera out from my pocket and even more slowly lifting it. Click. Yes, I got a picture. Not a very good one but a picture. I didn’t shoot an other as I didn’t want to keep him in the freeze position for no longer. I put the camera away and he hopped away.

It was a lovely, enjoyable walk on a lovely November day.