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Enjoy the beauty of Autumn - this is how the autumn colors look like in Finland

Kuva
  Autumn changes nature to yellow and red. For a moment the landscape is full of colors. It is bright and beautiful. The evenings become dark. Enjoy candle light, maybe cups of tea and photos. This is Finland and Helsinki in mid-October 2017. Photos and video: Sirpa Pääkkönen   

This is how Finland celebrates the Midsummer eve - see the photos from Kumpula

Kuva
Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen

A cat for every month in my home made cat calendar - Happy New Year for everyone

Kuva
January If you don't have your own cat, you can go to the cat coffee shop or to The Cat's Republic. They are great places. I dont't have my own cat, but as a kid I had them always, sometimes many. I learn to know how crazy , clever , stubborn , independent, wild , wise and sweet they are. When I nowadays want to meet a cat I go to the a coffee shop. In Finland we have two very nice cat coffee shops, one in Helsinki and one in Tampere. Sometimes I travel to Tallinn where there is a cat coffee shop or to Saint Petersburg where you'll find a  whole Cat's Republic. I take my camera with me and ask kindly the cats sit down and be my models when I take photos. But what they do: they turn  their backs or go to sleep under a chair or into a basket. I have to be patient and wait for a long time to get a picture where the cat has his eyes open. If I'm very lucky I'll get a smile from a cat. Then I'm very happy. To  share my joy wit...