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Helsinki 2.7.2012 by BLOGitse

Helsinki, Finland

    photo challenge week 14   This week’s theme is   ‘where I live’     This time I picked an archive photo – a shot I took on the way back from Málaga last summer…     Where I live – in Helsinki, Finland 🙂    

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grey_1 by BLOGitse

grey, just grey…

  It’s been grey outside for weeks… but finally today we’ve seen that yellow ball up there.   week #7 photos       makroviikko/macro week challenge #92   teema / theme:   harmaa // grey     Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:       Kotimme harmaasävyisiä verhoja riittää!   Our curtains, hue of

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macro 'knob' by BLOGitse

knob on wood…

  week #7 photos       makroviikko/macro week challenge #91   teema / theme:   nuppi // a knob     Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:      nuppi, nuppi muttei lipputangon 🙂     knob on wood  with shadows 🙂     Shadow Shot Sunday2     Last weekend we visited our friend’s

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Ullanlinna, Helsinki by BLOGitse (1)

blogging break – back on week 39

  weekend #36 photos     I’m going to have a couple of weeks blogging break.   I’ll be back on week #39 from   MÁLAGA, SPAIN!     I want to learn Spanish. 4 hours per day…   × × × I shot these pics on Thursday.   It was sunny but suddenly when

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carpet washing at the beach in Helsinki Finland by BLOGitse

carpet washing – at the beach in Finland

  weekend #35 photos   In Finland some people wash their carpets every summer. I googled ‘mattopyykillä’ (washing carpets) – almost 3.000 pictures here.             Clean carpet shadows 🙂       Shadow Shot Sunday2     Sundays In My City     Have a relaxing weekend!    

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city shadows, Helsinki by BLOGitse

by the sea shore in Helsinki

  weekend #34 photos   It’s almost here…autumn!   So it’s time to enjoy summer memories in Helsinki…     Shadow Shot Sunday2             Sundays In My City     Life In Pictures         Have a relaxing weekend!    

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Hartwall Original Long Drink by BLOGitse

long, fast and lazy…

  weekend #31 photos   LONG     “Hartwall Original Long Drink is a crisp mixed drink that blends the refreshing taste of gin with the tang of grapefruit. The beverage was launched for the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 with an eye on lightening the workloads of restaurant staff as they served Olympic tourists. The

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Siirtolapuutarha fabric by Marimekko by BLOGitse

Marimekko – made in Finland

  weekend #30 photos   A couple of weeks ago we visited Marimekko factory outlet. This fabric looks good on a big table…     SIIRTOLAPUUTARHA pattern design Maija Louekari     Marimekko is famous of intriguing combinations, bold colors and b&w patterns…     sale, sale, sale…   summertime…     One of my

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Kaisankoti__by BLOGitse

idyllic countryside – strawberries and coffee break

  Yesterday morning was cloudy – a perfect time for picking strawberries! It was only 25 minutes drive from Helsinki.   “strawberry fields forever” 🙂   I got 3 kilos (6.61386 lb)  in less than an hour.     yummy, yummy!   Strawberry season lasts till the end of July.     A couple of

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Tarvaspää Cafe and Restaurant by BLOGitse

Akseli Gallen-Kallela Museum

  weekend #24 photos   Last weekend I posted about Peter Dahl’s paintings in Gallen-Kallela Museum.   This post is about the museum.   It was at Tarvaspää that Gallen-Kallela was able to realize the dream of his youth: “Out in the wilds I would like to own a crenellated castle, with a tower of

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