Leena's Photoblog
Arctic loons and a Finnish summer cottage
Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 1 September 2008 in Animal & Insect.
My evening rowing and an evening trip of those wonderful birds happened in same time. They were warning each other all the time, perhaps about me.
The other name for this bird is a black-throated diver.
This cottage is not ours.
Thank you very much for your visits and comments !
Peter from France
Another excellent picture of a Nordic summer, as you dream about it!
1 Sep 2008 9:50am
vaggelis vlahos from athens, Greece
what an excellent composition!!! wonderful colors and reflection.
1 Sep 2008 10:16am
Liisa from Finland
That water with its reflections looks like a painter´s palette!
1 Sep 2008 11:24am
leslie from norwich, United Kingdom
Beautifully taken, love the reflections, its somewhere i would love to live...
1 Sep 2008 12:09pm
Namaki from Bordeaux, France
I was told that in Finland, when they have a bungalow (cottage) it's most of the time (if not always) by a lake ! This one look like a vey cosy one !
1 Sep 2008 4:29pm
LeenaM from Joensuu, Finland
There are 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 5 ares (500 square metres). Most are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs larger than 10 km². We have shores enough for summer cottages.
2007 we had in Finland 478 306 summer cottages ( about 5,3 millions inhabitants ) and a piece of a shore belongs always to a cottage, if not, we do not call it a summer cottage but something like " granny`s cottage" :)
Our cottage is located very near the cottage of this photo and we have to drive about ½ hour from home to get there. We are using it even during winter time.
Thank you all for stopping by !
1 Sep 2008 5:06pm
Mary from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
wonderful photo with beautiful reflections
1 Sep 2008 5:50pm
Namaki from Bordeaux, France
thank you very much .for these explanations.. I have posted a couple pictures I took when I was in Finland last June. ... check the following days:
June 14th, June 15th, June 16th, June 21st, June 22nd, June 27th, July 1st, July 2nd, July 28th.
some more will follow ...
1 Sep 2008 6:45pm
JM from Portugal
Thank you so much for letting me know the right adress of this wonderful blog.
I'm truly amazed with the awesome photos you have here!!! All of them are fantastic! Congratulations for such great images!
I've just added this site to my favourites! :-)
Greetings
JM
1 Sep 2008 8:24pm
MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Such a tranquil, soothing scene. Colours are vibrant and the reflections in the water are lovely.
1 Sep 2008 9:13pm
MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
I've just been viewing your past images and they are just beautiful. I am new to Aminus3 , but have now put you on my blogwatch. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Bye, maryP
1 Sep 2008 9:28pm
Iris from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Beautiful photograph Leena. The reflections and the clarity are wonderful.
1 Sep 2008 10:04pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Absolutely beautiful, I want to live there :) Very good photo.
1 Sep 2008 11:37pm
Kala from Honolulu, United States
WHOA! Your photoblog looks FANTASTIC LEENA!!!! I realllly like it! This has got to be by far the nicest layout I've seen and you even have a nice thumbnail above the comment section - you're getting so good at this! Oh and the word verification is so ez to read - not like Googles cryptic one that is supa long.
I like your summer photos - such a contrast to your white winter ones!
1 Sep 2008 11:51pm
photowannabe from rocklin, United States
Hi Leena, thank you so much for inviting me to your new web site. I love it and its so pleasant to look at. You continue to post such lovely pictures and I will continue to come and visit you.
Sue
2 Sep 2008 12:59am
