Floradagen - Kukkapäivä- Flower Day

Flora Day on 13th May

The Flora Day is the second official celebration of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki.  The celebration in 1848 was as a special day in the origins of Finnish national identity. That year, the Maamme song, which later has received the status of Finland’s national anthem, was sang for the first time by the students. 

  Illustration Minna Immonen

           

Poppies

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 244 km

sent by Minski, Finland

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day

Art by Stephen Mckey.

Bad Day but Cozy Evening

Illustration  by Oksana Mosalova

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 515 km

sent by Anya, St. Petersburg, Russia

Little joy when the whole city sleeps... 

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 2,096 km

sent by Svetlana, Ufa, Russia

- A little joy - when the whole city is sleeping, there is a snowball outside the window, and you are sitting on the window sill, in your palms a hot mug  and a murmuring cat :)

Fairyland Friday

Adventures of  Buratino

travel time 30 days

distance travelled 1,147 km

sent by Anastasia,  Moscow, Russia

The children's novel The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino (1936) is a free retelling of the story of Pinocchio by Russian writer Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Some of the adventures are derived from Collodi, but many are either omitted or added. Pinocchio (Buratino) does not reform himself nor becomes a real human. For Tolstoy, Pinocchio as a puppet is a positive model of creative and non-conformist behavior.

Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is notably characterized for his frequent tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow.

Summer dreams

Happy girls ready to swim on Pärnu Beach, Estonia

Midday on Alcudia Beach, Mallorca,  The Balearic Islands, Spain

Lunch time on Menorca beach. The Balearic Islands, Spain

Sunny Beach

My family seems to love Sunny Beach and Bulgaria

Greetings from Bulgarian heat! 

The sea is warm and food delicious. And shopping is so fun! 

With sunny holiday greeting!

2002

From my  niece

2006

From my niece

2007

From my niece again

2011

From my sister and her family

2011 

From my nephew and family

Latin America Art

" Kitten on the Head" 1973
 Graciela Rodo Boulanger  (1935-)  Bolivian painter.
Graciela Rodo is noted for her artworks featuring stylized renderings of children.
Sent to my son on his birthday in 1983

Woman Undressed
Fernando Botero, Colombian painter. 
My collection

Little brothers, 1950
Olga Costa ( 1913-1993)  Mexican painter
My collection