Thoughts & Images
Visiting Finland this year was energizing, peaceful, insightful. Full of playful journeys into natural surroundings, rocky beaches and wild forests. Far away from glitzy malls… Grey tones on this vacation were far away from dull and depressing, but instead the subtlety of colour among it all was a reminder of all the beauty in the normal daily grind too – just need to look for it.
If ever visiting the capital Helsinki, I do recommend finding the nature trails on nearby islands, such as Seurasaari Open Air Museum. Just a few miles away from the city centre there’s a whole different world…
Yes, the beauty of everyday life that surrounds us. Although your wonderful photos are totally exotic for me. There is a message in honoring “grey”. All colors are in there.
Detlef said this on September 21st, 2010 at 8:18 am
While I never used to see Finland as exotic, it’s quite interesting to see that the longer I spend away from there in completely different environment, the more exotic it feels when visiting again…. And all the greys feel somehow very colourful too.
Mia said this on September 21st, 2010 at 12:17 pm