Pre-Autumn...

beautiful early Autumn sunshine through the chestnut trees

so glad we still have so many sunflowers

you can just see the leaves turning at the point where they get plenty of sunshine

wouldn't it be lovely to sit on that bench and just watch the leaves turn

 

Autumn on its way....

Just over a week ago, we had a wet & windy day and I was sure it was the start of Autumn, but Mother Nature treated us to a lovely week of sunshine & relative warmth (15-18 degrees C). Did you know that that in order to change colour, the leaves require sunshine in Autumn? It's something to do with the sugars in the leaves.... anyway, they have now started to change and last night's rain brought some down, too, so maybe this IS the start of Autumn.... 

the pics start today!

Slight change of plan - putting my daily photos in a separate blog - enjoy!

http://finnglishpics.blogspot.com/

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picking wild strawberries at Midsummer

Midsummer stepping "stones"

Just popped in for a browse - it's been three months since I wrote anything - OOPS! Sorry! Here's what we've been up to .....

midsummer strawberries strung on a "tiimotei"

the beach in Kaarina where we swam in the sea

next to the church yard in Rymättylä

Chive Flowers - the regional symbol for the Archipelago

a ferry on the Archipelago

Rymättylä Church

The roof of the church in Rymättylä

The Church in Naantali

A summer version of "that" view!

beautifully handcrafted shoes at the Medieval Market

..at the Medieval Market

making medieval rings

2am after a midnight swim

Turkun Turkun! The official launch of the City of Culture programme for 2011

Rearranging these photos is a nightmare!! so you'll just have to wade through the mess to figure out what we did... here's some clues, though: at Midsummer we went to Karjaa and picked wild strawberries, in July we spent a day on the Archipelago, we also enjoyed the Medieval Market, swam in the sea and generally enjoyed the great weather. I even went for a midnight swim & picnic to celebrate a friend's birthday. 
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BUT the reason I popped in was to broach an idea - a photo a day. I love taking pictures (you might have noticed!!) and several friends are doing the same thing, for various reasons. I was thinking of a different theme each week. The BBC viewfinder Blog suggests a weekly theme for their readers and I've been enjoying their images, so I will use that, starting with BACK TO WORK from now until 7th September. I may or may not include a bit of blurb - hopefully most of the pictures will be obvious.

Please do let me know what you think - I'm going to start with my first pic tomorrow.