Mute swans

Mute swans in Helsinki 11.3.2014.

Some photos from last spring when the family

of mute swans returned after the winter away.

There was still ice on the bay and the swans

had to share the open water with the ducks.

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Patagonian mara

The mara is a rabbit-like animal from Argentina.

Maras mate for life. There are two pairs at Korkeasaari.

One of the pairs had two young ones.

Helsinki Zoo, 30.8.2014.

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Camera Critters

Saturday's Critters

Coneflower

Close up of a coneflower bud,

Margareteberg 30.7.2014.

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Roses in the Winter Garden

I was asked what the Winter Garden is last week.

It is the greenhouse built in 1893 full of excotic

plants and flowers that don't grow in Finland.

It is also a gorgeous garden in front of the

greenhouse. There are lots of perennials like

peonies and daylilies, but most of all there

are many many roses that flower all summer

and all autumn until the frost comes.

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Floral Friday Fotos

Today's Flowers

Wordless Wednesday

Ice and water

Ice in the river in Bemböle 25.1.2015.

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I Heart Macro

Macro Monday 2

Wigeon

Female Eurasian wigeon resting on the ice,

Kaisaniemi, 11.3.2014.

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