by Finnish ice flowers
In today’s meanderings amongst some favourite Finnish bloggers, my eyes popped at the sight of some absolutely gorgeous photos of frost flowers on ikkunaiines’** windows. The pictures speak for themselves without language. There are lots more on her photoblog. All her photographs are truly beautiful, so do have a look.
There are some obvious advantages to a colder climate as you can see if you compare these to the much more subdued frost patterns here in Vancouver, captured on Dec. 5th, 2004 and Nov. 14th, 2005. I remember many beautiful ones on my bedroom window in my childhood home in Winnipeg, a place which can be colder than Finland!
Artist Merja, author of taidettako? has a beautiful photo of her frost flowers! And, children’s book author Anna Amnell, aka ‘blogisisko’** has just joined in with hers. I love the juxtaposition with the orchids. Go look!
Jan. 22nd: More flowers blooming in Finland where they are having a very cold snap – here is Kapa’s window. He is an artist-photographer in Jyväskylä, Finland with an impressive exhibition history, including one he’s in right now in his hometown.
** expired links which have been removed
January 19, 2006 in Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Photography by Marja-Leena
These were so beautiful! I’ve never seen frost patterns quite like those “fields of daisies” on her photoblog. I can confirm that we get pretty amazing frost-flowers and frost-lace in Vermont and eastern Canada – it’s one of the wonders of winter for me.
Hei, kävin linkistäsi ikkunaiineksella. Hienot kuvat!
Beth, how great to have you back here! Yes, true north winters have great beauty that I still miss! Your ice storm was something else though, not sure how I’d have dealt with it since I’ve turned soft living on the Wet Coast !
Sikuri, kiva että tykkäät, ja kävit kommentoimassakin siellä! Onko Sinun kotipaikallasi paljon tämmöisiä luonnon kukkia?
I love these photos – and the others that I perused on her blog. Is she an artist? Her photos show she has a fantastic eye for texture and color. Too bad I can’t read Finnish!
Jackie – Yes, she has a great eye! I think she’s more of a writer with an interest in photography.