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abstract painting by BLOGitse

weekend #19 – abstract blue

  I’ve been doodling and painting this week… a lot. 🙂   This is one of the abstract acrylic works for   Paint Party Friday         two details of that       And some spring flowers I saw on Monday…       Have a relaxing weekend!     ps. I

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Mute Swan by BLOGitse

weekend #17 – forests and swans

    Hi everybody! I can feel it – spring is in Helsinki! Even if it’s not very warm yet you can see some flowers, green baby leaves and evenings are longer, today sunset is at 9 pm. By the way, I like practical  time and date site!     Here’s my forest collage for

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abstract pastel painting by BLOGitse

weekend # 16 – Sydney city center

    but first my entry to   Paint Party Friday   no name, made with pastels         and now memories from our Aussie vacation – Sydney city center shots. Previous Sydney posts are here and here.                     Here in Helsinki I’ve seen

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details of rubber glove watercolor painting by BLOGitse

weekend #13 – back at home in Helsinki

  Hi everyone!   After a long and interesting holiday I’m in Helsinki again.   It was soooo good to sleep in own bed, aaaah!   I will post several weeks about our trip – I took over 1.000 photos! and some of them I want to share with you…   As you know I

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happy girl, watercolor by BLOGitse

weekend 6

  This is a happy girl/woman, almost jumping 🙂     Paint Party Friday     Helsinki 12.01.2015   Geometric Friday     Some bloggers have been painting/drawing like old masters. I’d like to introduce two of my favorite Finnish masters.     ‘Boys playing on the shore’ by Albert Edefelt       ‘Symposium’

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ice in Helsinki 25.12.2014

looks like a winter…

  Just before xmas we got white blanket to brighten Northern darkness….   This is how it looked yesterday by the sea in Helsinki…     You can not walk on the ice yet, not thick enough…       Sun was shining and it felt like SPRING, even if it was -10C/50F 🙂  

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Hotel Manta Helsinki by Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi by BLOGitse

art, art and ‘art’

   Helsinki Festival 2014 has been full of happenings. We visited a temporary hotel room. Havis Amanda fountain has been hidden inside this room. People were taking lots of selfies –  here too…    Designed byJapanese artist Tatzu Nishi   Bad Bad Boy by artist Tommi Toija, More than 8 meters high concrete sculpture in

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summer in Finland by BLOGitse

summer continues…

  Hi everyone!   How are you????     Last couple of weeks we’ve had   hot weather here in Finland.   Sweat is the word of the day! 🙂   We’ve been traveling a bit, visiting friends and   now it’s great to be at home again…              

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blogging break by BLOGitse

blogging break

    It’s time to enjoy summer freedom! 🙂 We’re going to a birthday party and traveling in Finland. I’ll take my camera with me, you’ll see a lot of summery Finnish images when I’m back (end of July)…          

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canoeing in Nuuksio by BLOGitse

Nuuksio National Park part 2.

  part 1 is here   We had a good day. The air was refreshing and clean. Luckily in Finland our air is cleaner than in many other countries…. Now we’re all waiting for warmer summer days!               Lingonberry’s flowers   Labrador Tea         This post

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