maanantai 18. helmikuuta 2013
Kolmas perättäinen lumitalvi / Third snowy winter in row
Menossa on kolmas perättäinen runsasluminen talvi. Metsässä liikkuminen (ilman suksia) on hieman haasteelista mutta palkitsee kyllä kauniilla näkymillä. Ylläoleva kuva on otettu eilen, harmaana päivänä, Aulangon Näkötorninvuoren tasanteelta. Pakkasta oli ehkä asteen verran, pilvet matalalla.
This winter is third in row with a lot of snow. It makes moving around in the forest a little bit challenging (unless you can ski), but it's rewarding because the sights are beautiful. The image above was taken yesterday, in the Aulanko nature preservation area. The day was gray, the clouds were hanging low, temperature just below zero degrees C.
Tämä toinen kuva on Aulangon Metsälammelta. Siellä lampi piilee runsaan jää- ja lumipeitteen alla.
This image is from the Aulanko Forest pond. The pond hides there under a thick cover of ice and snow.
sunnuntai 25. joulukuuta 2011
Jouluaatto 2011 / Christmas Eve 2011
Jouluaatto 2011 Aulangon Joutsenlammella. Lämpötila +4 astetta ja vettä sataa, mutta on lampi sentään jäässä. Tänä jouluna ei siis lunta.
Christmas Eve 2011 at the Aulanko Swan Pond. The temperature is +4 degres Celsius and it's raining, but at least there's ice on the pond. No snow this Christmas.
Tunnisteet:
Aulanko,
Christmas,
Joulu,
Joutsenlampi,
Swan Pond
sunnuntai 28. elokuuta 2011
Loppukesän näkymiä / Sights of late summer

The red caps of Amanitas always look so pretty. In fact, they are the first anticipators of the colour abundance of the coming autumn.

A stately Boletus edulis is always a strikig sight.

On a foggy morning the spider's web are clearly visible.

A fern leaf has started to turn into autumn colours.
torstai 28. heinäkuuta 2011
Sienikausi alkaa! / The mushroom season begins!

One of the best seasons of the summer is beginning: the mushrooms are popping up from the ground. Wandering in the forest looking for mushrooms is maybe the most fun and exciting activity I know. And it's also very useful: I get the ingredients for my supper and also mushrooms with which I can dye my yarns.

Once again the summer has been going on without my noticing the passing of time. In this photo there's a small flashback to the early summer: Midsummer night in the Aulanko forest.
maanantai 16. toukokuuta 2011
Kesä tulee jättiaskelin / Summer is coming with giant leaps


The meadows in the leafy woods are covered with wood anemones.

All trees are growing baby leaves: spruce needles and birch leaves...

The chokecherry trees are blossoming - can you image the fragrance of them!
keskiviikko 4. toukokuuta 2011
Lumi ja jää ovat poissa! / No more snow and ice!

Only two weeks ago the Forest Pond was mostly covered with ice, but now it's totally free of ice. The goldeneyes appeared to the pond as soon as there was enough free water for them to swim.

Myös Aulangonjärvi on jo jäistä vapaa. Metsän haavat ovat vielä lehdettömiä.
Also the nearby lake is free of ice. The aspen trees in the forest are still without leaves.

The moss covered forest ground looks quite geen already. A week after the hepaticas also the wood anemones opened their flowers.

Green leaves and sprouts appear everywhere.
Tunnisteet:
ice,
jää,
kevät,
spring,
valkovuokot,
wood anemones
torstai 21. huhtikuuta 2011
Kevät on tullut! / The Spring is here!

I was away from home for a couple of weeks, and meanwhile the spring had taken a giant leap forward. The snow has almost melted, and flowers have appeared. In the forest, the hepaticas (anemone hepatica) are a miracle every year: from the ground, which is covered with last year's dry leaves, they appear, blooming with that unbelievably blue colour. In my forest, only the first hepaticas are blooming now, but I'm sure that next week the whole slope will be blue with flowers.

The forest ground has slept all winter under the snow, but now it is bare again. The ants have slept the winter in the depths of their hill, but now they are on the move again, busy trimming their home.

All the snow has not yet melted, and deeper in the forest, on the slopes facing North, there is still some snow left. But the weather forecast promises warm days for the coming weekend, so I think the remains of the winter will disappear soon.
Tunnisteet:
ants,
hepaticas,
kevät,
muurahaiset,
sinivuokot,
spring
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