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view from a hotel room in Mijas, Spain by BLOGitse

Mijas Pueblo, Andalucia, Spain

  weekend #27 photos   My previous Spain posts are here and here.   We’re back home in Helsinki but still a lot of pics from Spain to come….     Mijas Pueblo, a traditional Andalucian “white village”, 428 meters (1404.199 ‘) above sea level     Up, up you go to have dinner….easier to

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Cadiz city center by BLOGitse

greetings from Spain! part 2.

  weekend #26 photos     Previous post is here.   Now I take you to Cadiz. I show a couple of pictures, but history etc. Wikipedia tells better than me!                         This kind of streets, houses are my favorites wherever I find them…

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Cape Trafalgar (Spanish Cabo Trafalgar) by BLOGitse

greetings from Spain! part 1.

  weekend #25 photos     Greetings from sunny Andalucia, Spain! Here are a couple of photos shot through a car window…         fercam is a company maghreb is Arabic meaning ‘place where the sun sets’, opposite of mashriq       Cape Trafalgar (Spanish: Cabo Trafalgar) is a headland in the

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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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Peter Dahl in Gallen-Kallela museum by BLOGitse

Peter Dahl’s paintings

  weekend #23 photos   “Peter Dahl considered his life as artist, with all the conflicts and sensations that his paintings have sometimes aroused. This happened over a dinner in Mora in April 2011. Peter Dahl turned to me and said with a weak smile, “All I ever wanted to do was just to paint.”

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Espa Stage, Helsinki by BLOGitse

a sunny day in Helsinki

  weekend #22 photos   Last week we had beautiful weather in Helsinki…and lots of city shadows! Esplanadi ‘Espa‘ Park was packed of summer lovers…            People buying ice cream, slurpyum 🙂    Free concert starting soon… “Espa Stage offers a rich programme from the beginning of May to the end

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birch view by BLOGitse

wood pictures

  weekend #21 photos     Finally it’s green and summery in Helsinki!     makroviikko/macro week challenge #60     teema / theme: pitkä / long   Vastaukseni /Here’s my entry   Piiiitkä maalaussivellin 🙂 / Loooong paintbrush 🙂     Birches are so beautiful right now…           Mr BLOGitse

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cherry tree at Torpanranta by BLOGitse

trees and frozen water drops

  weekend #20 photos   The other day it was warm and sunny, so I took my bike and camera and cycled a couple of minutes to the seashore.                    Frozen water drops or a cigar bar boeing 747? 🙂   A cherry tree in the front

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Merikatu park Helsinki by BLOGitse

Helsinki seashore and dry grape

  weekend #19 photos   Huh, I’ve been active this week! Yesterday I visited in an interesting place which I’ll post in near future.   On Sunday it’s Mother’s Day in Finland. This time we’ll have late lunch at my mother’s place. She likes cooking and her food is always good.  We asked salmon in

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a big bud by BLOGitse

blossoms and blooms

  weekend #18 photos   Buds here and there and everywhere…       My mother gets wood anemones on Mother’s Day 13.5. She got one of these already 🙂   A view from my friend’s flat, that’s Gulf of Finland. If you cross it you find yourself in Tallinn, Estonia.   Colorized shadows on

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