Leena's Photoblog
A view from my window today
Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 20 November 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.
This white time has started, children have their sledges ( sleighs ? ) and next weekend mostly older people are skiing and then a downhill skiing can start also, a weather man promised more snow next Sunday. Everybody is happy except, when they are driving on icy roads and streets.
Thank you very much for your visits and comments !
hajar from tehran, Iran
leena. enjoy instead of me too. i wish at least some snowy days in tehran
20 Nov 2008 7:19pm
@hajar: I wish snow to you for two days, I think that could be enough in your traffic there:)
Thanks for stopping by!
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
Beautiful Leena Does the snow ever thaw in the winter or is it there until spring now?
20 Nov 2008 7:22pm
@jamesy: Snow will be until spring - 5-6 months increasing step by step until March and usually start to melt in April.
But Finland is a long country and it means on these latitudes, that in the southern part of Finland has snow only few weeks and Lapland in the North has snow over 7 months.
I will put some webcamera links, you can see through them snow situations in different parts of Finland
Thank you for your interest!
Ruth from United States
Ahh. The golden-orange of that house in the white!! Fantastic. So the kids have their sleds out? Sounds like fun.
20 Nov 2008 7:46pm
@Ruth: So, a sled is correct, thank you!
Kids have fun even during their schooldays, when they can play outside 15 minutes, then 45 lesson and again outside.
What about your snow, more or less today?
Thank you for your comment, Ruth!
Hildegarde from Belgium
Post card winter views : very beautiful and they give me that special winter snow feeling.
20 Nov 2008 8:46pm
@Hildegarde: I am happy, if you got that feeling as positive ! But after that my photos are white for five months :)
Perhaps I will put some photos from my journeys now and then.
Thank you for coming by!
Leora from Highland Park, New Jersey, United States
I am so glad everyone is enjoying the snow! We haven't had any that has stayed around for more than fifteen minutes. Most everyone in NJ complains about the cold, except for my kids and I who pray for snow!
Love your delicate photo. The colorful house is set off nicely with the otherwise monochromatic scene.
20 Nov 2008 9:30pm
photowannabe from Rocklin, United States
Love the way you said there is no bad weather only bad clothing...a great philosophy. I love the bright cheerful house against the white snow. its very inviting. Its hard to believe its so cold and snowing when I am sitting here in my dining room looking out at a sunny 22.2C day. The hummingbirds and bees are still flitting about. A few more weeks and our Northern California "winter" will be here. Not anywhere as cold as you have.
Have a lovely weekend Leena.
20 Nov 2008 10:08pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
just a heavenly scene!! a true winter wonderland!!
21 Nov 2008 12:06am
Neva from Inverness, United States
What a winter wonderland.....beautiful.....the sleighs are out and the kids are having fun....wow.....it looks pretty but hard to drive in!!!
21 Nov 2008 12:10am
Shammy from Canada
Hi Leena! So you have SNOW! Beautiful picture, I love the colour of the house.I am still in sunny Florida, but we will be returning to Canada in 3 days, so I am getting ready for SNOW myself!
Callum is now 9 months old, and had a surprise for Mum my and Daddy this week.... a TOOTH!
21 Nov 2008 1:06am
Namaki from Bordeaux, France
this is a beautiful snow picture ! I like the yellow of the house ... is it yours ?
22 Nov 2008 10:32am
Mary from United States
This is a beautiful composition! I love the color of the building with the snow. Wonderful photo!
26 Nov 2008 1:58am
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
We never get that kind of snow around here, Yokohama - Japan. So, to me, this is a shot from fairyland!
12 Jan 2009 11:47am
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