Me and my head on Monday morning

The ice is still 50+ cm thick here, but a couple of more months and I’ll have this spectacular dance routine to look forward to outside my window. There are several mating couples here, seemingly getting along just fine without bigger territorial disputes. Great photos!

A blurry cat photo on Bluesky gets 1,500 likes.
That’s neoteny: Big eyes + Round faces = Baby schema.
Oxytocin kicks in, and we click “like” without thinking.
Sorry, cats… it’s just chemistry.
You’re not that cute.

Cats’ reaction: 🙀

#ReallyRealCuteCat #FromLondon #Photography

A respectful portrait of a distinguished gentleman!

Snow covered forest clearing during the blue hour just before sunset.

Tiny blue clouds of fluffy snow on top of the blueberry bushes, during blue hour.

#winter #forest #forestfloor #naturephotography #stunday

A very fitting image for a very chilly day -25 C today and drop dead gorgeous.

Birch lane in Swedish Lappland
Stopped the car when I saw the golden light.

#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #winter

Pastel coloured, waste open landscape with untouched snow and the full moon just above the treetops.

The full moon rises at sunset.

Bitter cold winds but excellent ice, thick enough to carry tractors.

#LandscapePhotography #Winter #Sunset #Moonrise #Nature

Tiny universe 💚

Winter landscape. Pink and purple sky, the moon just rose above the tree tops. Turquoise ice cover the sea with a slight dust of freshly fallen snow that the wind has blown around in a wavy pattern.

A winter afternoon in December of 2022. Moonrise over frozen sea for #Stunday

Goblin Green Beret 💚

#ForestFloor #Nature

Unfortunately my firewall forbids me to open that link, saying it’s possible that I could get hacked. I was curious about whether there’s any truth to the rumour that many ICE agents have foreign sounding names themselves.

I love Frank. He looks wholesome!

Wonderful minimalism

A path through the snow leading out on a frozen lake. Pale, clear sky, pale yellow sunlight at the horizon casting shadows over the snow. In the forefront, a small snow covered pine tree.

January winter cold in Finland

#Winter #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
#Snow #BlueskyArtshow

Open grassland surrounded by green mountains, the sea hinting at the horizon. Somewhere in northern Norway in July.

Today my youngest moved out and I feel emptier than I expected.

Trying to look forward. New year, new spring and new adventures ahead.

But right now my heart is heavy and it’s hard to breathe.

#LandscapePhotography #Sea #Nature #SeaScape #Norway

Awesome specimen 🤩

Mist over ice, clouds lit by the setting sun. Blue sky. A very cold but beautiful winter day in Finland.

The silhouette of a forested island barely visible through fog.

Treeline almost entirely obscured by fog. In the foreground frost covered reeds.

More pictures from yesterday’s misty adventure

#Winter #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #dreamscape #cloudscape

A misty landscape and midday sunshine on the 31st of December. The yellow sun hangs low behind the fog. Ground covered in snow.

A very Happy New Year to you all! Winter finally came to Finland today -14 C and open waters created the most dreamlike misty landscape. A welcome change after two months of perpetual rain and darkness!

#winter #LandscapePhotography
#snow #Finland #dreamlike

Crow. King. Thief.

Sunday is #stunday

The burglar though, lol 😆

What a special looking Cladonia! Perfect for #StunDay.

Cladonia was the species that got me into nature and plants almost 50 years ago. I’m still in love with them 💚

Kiitos samoin! 🇫🇮

Hahaha how very accurate! 😄

A red mushroom with white foot and inner parts. An animal of some kind has taken a big bite of it so a part of the top is missing.

#RedWed

Somebody took a big chomp out of this one! Picture from last September.

#ShroomScrolling #Fungi #FungiFriends #ForestFloor
#Mushroom #Nature

A spruce tree with partly exposed root system, making it look like a huge claw.

Almost like a giant dinosaur claw

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#NaturePhotography
#Tree #Nature

Perfect for #MacroMonday

Every day is a #Stunday
The world is the lens we personally look through.

#eastcoastkin
#lensball
#nature
#photography
#winter

Frozen sea in afternoon daylight. Sea buckthorn in the foreground.

A little creek still not frozen over, naked birch tree reflecting in the water.

A busybody, a woodpecker of some kind has made a million holes deadwood and filled some of them with cones.

Not being able to get out in nature so often these days, but today was a good day for a hike. Some nature pictures for #Stunday