Day 214: It is all grey!

Two things. One, the world seems to be very grey during winter time - even though snow is white. Two, Hartela's construction site is not "up and running"  - even that was promised to be started during autumn last year.

Day 122: Not so many colors!

I have to say I am little bit disappoint - not so colorful autumn this year! Mainly yellow but it is also looking nice in sun shine.

Day 79: Kind of jungle!

Coming back home Naantali was full of surprises. Area in front of us had been marked with wooden sticks. That means that boarders of plots are now in place and construction can start. Well - I am not waiting for actual construction so much: there will be lot of noise and vehicles in the area during that time. But I am actually kind of waiting to see something more beautiful what there is now. It is kind of jungle nowadays.

Day 39: Why I love butterflies?

I like to photo butterflies. Finnish summer is so short and when ever possible I go out with my camera. I just love butterflies: they are so beautiful. So fragile! And sometimes very mesmerizing. When they fly I can watch and follow them for a while before getting possibility to photo. Sometimes the possibility is not there. And that is also one part of the fun. You never know whether you manage to photo them or not. And even when I think I have a photo in my camera - it might be totally blurry or only part of butterfly is there.

Just today I was sitting in crouch waiting butterflies to come. I had seen some and I was sure they are coming back. My neighbor was standing about 5 meters behind me smoking and most likely wondering what on earth I am doing there almost in ditch. But I didn't mind and didn't want to give him any explanation. I was so concentrated.

This the result: nice photo of small tortoiseshell - taken in Torpparinkaari. Hopefully butterflies are here also in the future.

Day 36: Where do I live?

Today me and my husband take a little walk around our neighborhood. There are also two other constructions going on and we went to see what is happening there. The other is in the woods where we used to walk with our dog Leevi (who died almost two years ago). It is sad that there will be less nature and more people after a while. Where do I go to photo butterflies, birds and flowers? Sad...

This photo is taken from other side of Torpparinkaari and we are living in that terraced house shown here. You can see our french balcony. Most likely next year this view looks very different.

Day 33: How this view from Torpparinkaari will change?

Construction company Hartela has informed that they are applying for construction permit for two terraced houses and two semi-detached houses to be located just front of us. This photo has been taken from french balcony of our guest room. I want to follow how the view will change during construction. This is now starting point: nothing has been done so far. And plan is that construction starts at the of autumn.