The Genius of the place invites the Goddess of Botany

Signs

Shadow

House

Geometric

Hydrangea petiolaris

Colors

Creepers

Window

Today I went with the daughters to Kumpula Botanic Garden, near University of Helsinki campus. It was a nice cool but sunny day, perfect for walking in the garden, but there were not many visitors.

The info page for the garden says "walk around the world in 60 minutes", and that was indeed possible because different continents (or countries such as Japan) were represented by parts of the garden.

The children enjoyed the walk quite a lot, and of course the ice cream we had afterwards at the cafe was additional motivation.

(Posting title is from The Botanic Garden, “The Economy of Vegetation”: Canto I by Erasmus Darwin.)

Carrying a camera only occasionally

Tree shadow, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I haven't carried a camera with me so much as I used to during the last few months, but there are occasions when I have thought I should have.

For example, in the center of Helsinki, going to one or another of the ministries early in the morning, there are nice scenes of light and shadow and the autumn leaves falling down from the trees. Also, the university campuses are quite beautiful this time of the year, old twisted trees showing their autumn foliage to good effect.

As I mentioned, I don't usually carry a camera with me any more, but here is an exception. The image was taken at evening when I went to attend a board meeting of an association at the Kumpula campus. I didn't manage to capture the scene in all of the tones, but I like the image nevertheless.