We are not quite there …
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2 0 0 9!
Posted on January 4, 2009 by riihele
LILIES …
Posted on April 9, 2008 by riihele
The oil extracted from lilies has healing and softening properties. Especially, when the lily fragrance oil is mixed with that of Calendula aka Pot Marigold works wonderful for very sensitive skin. One can use this oil for massage, in a bath, after a bath, for babies, dry cuticles, and elbows, as a facial moisturizer, under-eye oil and hot-oil treatment.
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Coming or Going …
Posted on March 24, 2008 by riihele
Our weather does not know whether it is coming or going presently; that is to say if the winter is finally at its end as in the photo underneath
or if the spring has finally sprung on us and staying?!! Every other day it is winter and then the next day it is [...]
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PICTURE PERFECT: CONTRAST
Posted on January 17, 2008 by riihele
This week’s theme on
PICTURE PERFECT
is
CONTRAST
I call this picture:
FIRE & ICE!
The FLAMING HOT FIRE of the orange rising sun in the photo looks like a fireball had burst on the scene, and the contrasting extreme cold and frost on the branches and on the ground look so chill-into-your-bones ICY C-O-L-D. Brrr….
It was an extremely cold [...]
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GALLERIA: On a cold & frosty…
Posted on January 5, 2008 by riihele
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning— AHEM — Afternoon…
Tis for now. Rii
© Photos: Riihele. All rights reserved
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PICTURE PERFECT: O N E
Posted on December 1, 2007 by riihele
O SOLE MIO
– Birch Leaf on Snow
- single leaf lying on snow.
This is my late entry on PICTURE PERFECT theme O N E.
It was just there on the ground, not arranged or anything.This is a photo taken by me last year in early November, when we had buckets and buckets of snow.This [...]
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One Afternoon by a Lake…
Posted on October 26, 2007 by riihele
October is the month of moody clouds,
low sunlight, and
the last colourful autumnal leaves,
barely visible on the trees.
Tis for now, Rii xx
© Photos: By Riihele. All rights reserved.
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My Frame of Mind – Autumn 2007
Posted on September 22, 2007 by riihele
© Photos: By Riihele. All rights reserved.
Last year around this time this was my entry with the Autumn 2006 Photos- collage of mine. I am on the recovery after the gallbladder operation so have not – yet – got this year’s autumnal pictures. Wait Finnish Nature, this Paparazzi Blonde is about to [...]
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Last of the Summer Flowers
Posted on September 8, 2007 by riihele
It is the final showtime, showdown
for the flowers and plants
before the onset of autumn…
Hydrangea with a tinge of Yellow & Pink
All Pinky!
LACE & GREEN
STILL PINK
VIBRANT GREEN with WHITE LACE
Nostalgic? Yes, very much so. I am looking forward to autumn but tis the winter, the winter, that chills me right down to me blonde bones [...]
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