First Sunday of Advent

Enjoying this first Sunday of Advent ☆

Shorter days

It's here! Dear November! With its drizzly rain, cold weather, and short, dark days, sometimes it seems like November is the cruelest month, or at least the most hated. I happen to love it however. The shorter days and darkness feels cozy and nothing can beat the comfort of warm sweaters, fuzzy socks and candles (yes, we will be fed up with them in six months...). This is the season of novels, baking, lanterns and the wait of Christmas! It's time to enjoy peppermint, gingerbread and cinnamon flavored everything. And on the top of it nature tones have turned from multicolored explosion to beautiful soft gray and brown. Just take a look...

"My life isn't perfect.

But it does have 

perfect moments."

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A month in photos {October 2015}

The days aren't discarded or collected, they are bees | that burned with sweetness or maddened | the sting: the struggle continues, | the journeys go and come between honey and pain. -Pablo Neruda

This month favorite... classic October colors!

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Around the block {Liiketie Tapanila}

I had small trip (to Rome!) and after that I got a flu and since then I've just been super busy and I when I finally got out for a walk I could barely believe how much the scenery had changed. And also how cold it was and how the dusk crawled in so early. Just a little walk around the block. Perfect.

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A month in photos {September 2015}

And just like that. Summer fell into fall. September was everything it was supposed to be: half summer half autumn. Sunshine and rain. Rainbows and dreams. New beginnings and full of joy in our everyday life. I'm thankful for every moment.

This month favorite. Friday evening on the couch.

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September Stories

Dusk, rain and falling leaves. Rubber boots, apples and candles. I just love love looooveee September!

"So many things become beautiful when you really look"

Look at the bright side

Don't you just love the way Sunflowers turn all day long to follow the sun. Looking at the bright side. They face east in the morning and west in the afternoon. It is awesome to watch a field of Sunflowers different times throughout the day. 

This year they are blooming very late. My last year sunflower session was in middle August but this year we hit the field last weekend. Last years pics were light and bright and summery as this year they are brownish and a little bit moody. I love both and once again I'm thankful of the amazing four seasons we have. I love summer but I love Autumn equally as much. 

"Some things are more precious because they don't last long"

-Oscar Wilde

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A month in photos {August 2015}

So, it's September! That seems a surprise. May and June were a blur of new job, school ending and million things to do. Then July and August was gone in a blink. Now we are settled back in school, business, and schedules. Feels good. Like always I’m already waiting for the crisp autumn days, colors of the trees and comforting rain.

This month favorite

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Yesterday's thougts

The summer arrived Finland in middle August just after I had gone back to work. Now the kids are back in school (my newbie preschooler & my little second grader) and the summer continued until yesterday… There has been sunny days, plastered knees, tanned shoulders and worn out sandals… Now it's been raining for two days and I’m hearing the autumn knocking on the door. I wake up every morning knowing the sun will set a few moments sooner and I’m trying hard to ignore. Let’s keep all this going, just a little bit longer. Please?

A month in photos {July 2015}

Whoops! It's been a month... but I never miss my month in photos post ;)

We've been on holiday and I been doing... pretty much nothing. Except reading, dreaming, travelling, walking, running, swimming... enjoying my July. This summer has been the coldest ever in Finland. Luckily we spent ten days in Poland seashore and got to enjoy some warmer weather. Two days ago my oldest daughter turned eight (!), suddenly jasmines are bloomed away and it's time to dive into August.

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My this month favorite is included in my collage. Our home street, my bare footed daughter and jasmines... ♡

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