November Moods 22

Villa Takila,

Kullasvuori

Salpausselkä Geopark

Padasjoki, Finland 

 

Villa Takila

Villa Takila in Padasjoki holiday area by the Päijänne lake Finland. 

 

Caturday

Cat

Art by Enni Id 

d only began painting at an older age after the death of her husband Edvard Id in 1966. Enni Id painted with oil paints, mostly on the hardboard base.In her paintings, she depicted traditional rural life, cat themes, and floral arrangements. She also painted the interior walls and furniture of her home cottage in Seitniemi, Padasjoki.These painting feature cats peeking out in the middle of floral patterns and leaf ornaments.[1]

Her cabin is preserved and maintained by Kellosalmi-Seitniemi-Virmaila village associationThe cabin is open for visitors during summertime.

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Old Tree

Oldest tree in Padasjoki Finland' S

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Outgoing Postcrossing Mail

Padasjoki, Kirkkojoki

Photo Tomi Helminen

Winter Wonderland

Santa Claus is coming

Vintage Christmas

Cats going to Christmas sauna. 

Illustration Tommi Norgren, Finnish

 

Finland

Suomenlinna - Sveaborg, Helsinki, 1971

UNESCO World Heritage

Padasjoki 1970s

Forssa,  Finland 

Market place, Bus Station and Church. 1971

Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland in the Tavastia Proper region.The name Forssa comes from the Swedish word "fors", meaning rapids.

Old Rauma, UNESCO World Heritage

Sent by Päivi on 13 Nov, 2014 from Paimio

Sunday Church

Padasjoki Church, Finland

Art by Anja Santalahti, Padasjoki 

 

Dreaming of....

Summer days by the lake 

Sent by my brother from Jyväskylä, Finland

Finnish Lakeland

Lakes, lakes and mor lakes ♥

Thanks to the latest Ice Age, Finland has a huge amount of water: these days we have almost 188 000 lakes or ponds! The biggest ones are lake Saimaa in Eastern Finland, lake Inari in Lapland, lake Päijänne in the South and lake Oulujärvi near the city of Oulu.

 

Kiuasniemi Marina in Padasjoki by the Päijänne lake ♥

Photo Tomi Helminen