Last Sunday night the first real autumn gale hit us; from the inside, it was nice to look at the flying leaves, leaning trees and water spray whizzing in the air. But I wouldn’t necessarily have wanted to be outside – good thing this took place in the night, as both yesterday and today dawned as nice and sunny.
Yes, sunny – this is the time of the year when us Finns are starting to say goodbye to the sun for the next months to come – the length of the day is now shortening by more than 5 minutes every single day here in Helsinki. While there’s still more than two months to go to the worst of it, it’s depressing to realize just quickly the daylight minutes are dwindling.
Luckily I managed to take a few shots outside over the weekend before the storm hit us and stripped the trees of some of the best color. [Click on the photos to get a bigger version]
Sorry, don’t miss what you’re heading to there a one bit. Had a little taste of it back in NZ last week and yes, we are happy that we migrated to Oz. Hang in there you lot!
And great photos!! So beautiful! Here the spring is just in it’s best bloom. Different, but also beautiful in it’s own way =)
Thanks
I just hope it stays beautiful for as long as possible before turning, well, gray and black..