Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The rugged beauty of winter plants


Beautiful in winter, originally uploaded by jiihaa.


A broken rose berry, originally uploaded by jiihaa.


Catkin, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

We got for Christmas a little bit of snow in the Helsinki region, perhaps two millimeters, so it is not possible for the children to play in the snow, but at least the landscape is much lighter.

We had a long walk before dinner, and there was quite a lot to be seen in the winter landscape. Here are a couple of finds from the walk, things which give some beauty to the bleak lanscape.

3 comments:

Andreas said...

#1: golden embroidery on old, white cloth, long having been stowed away in a drawer.

#2. a bird

Juha Haataja said...

#2. a turkey (we had it for Christmas)

Interesting interpretations.

Andreas said...

Oh yes, a turkey! We had duck ;)