Summer Mood

Fishing on a lake.

Summer Mood

The ocean as far as the eye can see. FB-swap sent by Jarno from Spain

Summer moods

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Ode for Summer 

Illustration by Raija Nokkala, Finnish artist.

Sent by Mari from Ylöjärvi, Finland

Spring and Summer Memories

Art by Pertti Ylinen

Finnish Naive artist

 Hehuan N. Peak,Taiwan

Beautiful scenery of Hehuan Mountain in central Taiwan in springtime, with view of lovely Alpine Azalea. 

Soring Meetup, Taiwan 

Aquilegia vulgaris

Little summer party in the garden.

 

Summer Picnic

On the banks of Marne-river. 1938. Photo Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

FB-Swap"Summer Greetings". Sent by Elina on 27 Jun, 2016 from Tampere, Finland

Summer animals

Art by Saana Lapinkangas, Finland

In the cottage mood

Summer vacation in Finland is not complete without spending time at a summer cottage by the lake. We Finns drive to our cottages for hours, only to spend weekends and summer holidays in complete peace and solitude. The most popular cottage season starts at Midsummer in late June and lasts until the end of the summer holiday season, end of July.

We Finns like to keep our distance to neighbours :)  

Summer cottages. Illustartion Minna Immonen, Finnish

Summer cottage. Illustration Virpi Pekkala, Finnish

 

Summer moods

Blue summer mood

Art by Jaana Aalto, Finnish graphic artist

My collection

Summer Memories

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Flower Square; Zagreb, Croatia, art by Vlado Jakelić (1943-)

Received on 13 Jul, 2020

Sent by Ivan (Zagreb, Croatia)

Roses and Beetles

Procession. 2014

Art by Tiina Suikkanen (Finnish)

Received 11 Aug, 2021

Summer greetings sent by my Finnish friend 

Watering can with flowers

Birthday card ♥ for me on 21 May, 2021 

 

Summer Memories

 Apple tree blooms.

From my family

Cornflowers

Sent by Anastasiya in Minsk, Belarus

on 20 May, 2018

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

 Daisy bouquet, art by Liao Ray Chin, painted by foot

Sent by Dagmar in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

on 27 Jul, 2019

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 1,195 km

Tausendschön Poppies

Sent by Anne in Leiden, The Netherlands

on 24 Jul, 2019

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,560 km

Summer Memories

 Bicycle on the beach

Sent by Irina in Bratsk,  Russia

on 9 Oct, 2016

travel time 64 days

distance travelled 4,251 km

 Beautiful flowers in Westland museum in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands

Sent by Sandra in Naaldwijk, The netherlands

on 24 Sep, 2015

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,586 km

Farmhouses in Berner Oberland, Switzerland

Sent by Fabienne in Worb, Switzerland

on 4 Sep, 2014

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,976 km

My photos

Summer Sunday

Traditions

Art by  Ekaterina Rumyantseva

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 3,463 km

sent by Sergey, Russia

Sunday tea break

Art by Elena Uvarov

From my daughter on her trip to St.Petersburg, Russia

Summe Bikes

 Yellow Bike

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,869 km

sent by Karina, Ukraine

 Duck Bike

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,466 km

sent by Gonneke, The Netherlands

 City bikes

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 1,579 km

sent by Nicky, The Netherlands

summertime....

Reading on thr Beach

Photo by Makunin

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 2,079 km

sent by Frederica in Milan, Italy 

Lovely Angler

Photographer Unkown, 1950s

sent by my family, Pärnu, Estonia

Summer memories - Some little creatures

Koppakuoriaisia ynnä muita pikkuotuksia

These little ones came from Canada sent by Joanna

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home,

Your house is on fire and your children are gone,

All except one,

And her name is Ann,

And she hid under the baking pan.

 This ladybug flies to Marlen in Sweden

Little garden helper from my sister.

Lapland

Sielikkö - Alpine azalea - Kalmia procumbens. Saana, Kilpisjärvi, Finland

Kalmia procumbens, commonly known as alpine azalea or trailing azalea, is a dwarf shrub of high mountain regions of the Northern Hemisphere that usually grows no more than 10 centimeters (4 in) tall. 

Kiiruna - Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus mutus ( muta)

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse family. Birds of snow and ice.

Sauna sausage!

An old Finnish idiom  " Puhtaus on puoli ruokaa"  - "Cleanliness is half a meal"

There's always room for three sausages, especially when you're hungry

Roasting sausages either on open fire or in tin foil directly on the stove is a key part of the summer sauna evening.

This is my entry for Maria's "Postcards for the Weekend" on her "Connections to the World-blog" and the theme for this week is "Food". 

Glimpses of The Past

A girl in traditional Dutch clothes in Schagen, Netherlands

Monique in Alkmaar sent this pretty postcard.
Distance: 1,507 km
Travel time: 8 days

Ladies in traditional costumes of Walcheren knitting on the beach

Johanna in Zeeland sent this summer memory from1956.

Distance: 1,645 km

Travel time: 13 days

Martta Wendelin - Juhannus / Midsummer

Martta Wendelin (23 November 1893 – 1 March 1986) was a Finnish artist who illustrated fairy tales and children’s books, postcards, school educational books as well as magazine and book covers. She also illustrated approximately 650 Christmas cards between the years 1931 – 1963. 

She created an image of the idyllic Finnish family.  The cozy red cottages, birch trees, lakes and rural people, caring mothers and boldly working men are still part of the Finnish mindscape that Wendelin created.

Wendelin also painted landscapes, portraits and still lives. Her career peaked in the 1930’s, when the printing industry in Finland expanded rapidly. But by the later 1950’s, her drawings no longer had their former extent as magazines began to use photographs for illustrations rather than paintings.

Happy Midsummer!