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Quest’anno il giorno di San Valentino e’ stato proprio primaverile nella Finlandia del sud: abbiamo avuto un cielo color cobalto, gli ultimi rimasugli di brina notturna sugli alberi e abbiamo perfino visto i primi avamposti di uccelli migratori che stanno tornando. In particolare un piccolo stormo di Cesene, (Turdus pilaris).
Per la cronaca, a metà febbraio un merlo aveva già nidificato in zona Helsinki e a fine mese a Verona ho visto le prime farfalle!
Che meraviglia però uscire nel pomeriggio e trovare una giornata come questa ad accoglierti! Dopo una mattinata incerta, il cielo si e’ aperto ad un meraviglioso sorriso e ci ha riconciliati con la vita. Un tocco di primavera nel cuore dell’inverno a noi umani fa proprio piacere.
February 14th, 2020.
On Valentine’s Day this year we really had a tasting of spring, in southern Finland. We has such a deep blue sky, just the last dregs of frost left over by the previous night and we even saw the earliest migratory birds who landed: a small group of Fieldfares (Turdus pilaris), greedily searching for some food.
Just for info: in mid-February a blackbird made its nest not far from Helsinki and at the end of the month I saw the first butterflies in Verona!
It was a pleasant surprise when the sky opened into a wonderful sunshine smile, after an uncertain morning. We could breathe open clear air and feel reconciled with life. It was a pleasure to taste spring in the heart of winter.
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Linked to: Tom’s Monday Foto-Tunes. Image-in-ing. Makrotex Challenge. My Corner of the World. Skywatch Friday.
Tra Italia e Finlandia 
Bellissime foto! Adoro l’azzurro del cielo ed il verde della natura 🥰
Buona settimana cara! 🌸🌸
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La primavera è davvero uno stato d’animo… buongiorno 🌺
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Forse fa piacere anche agli animali, chissà…
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Hai ragione, mia cara. Buona settimana anche a te! Grazie.
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Si…è bellissimo quando ci regala qualche anticipo…
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Si danno una mossa anche loro. 🙂
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A lovely glimpse before the real thing. Beautiful pictures!
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Belas fotografias, gostei de ver.
Um abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
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Se non vivi in Scandinavia non puoi capire l’importanza di un timido raggio di sole 😃
Ciao Luisella!
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A beautiful day to be alive!
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Yes, thanks Carol! 🙂
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Proprio ben detto. Ciao Manuel! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Obrigada. Thanks Francisco!
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Hello, it does look like you had a beautiful day. It is wonderful to spend time outdoors in nature. The birds and trees are beautiful. Great post and photos. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy new week!
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Thank you very much, Eileen. All the best to you for the new week ahead!
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…ah, spring is in the air, what a wonderful time of year. The willow are always an early spring sign. Thanks Luisella for stopping by, enjoy your week.
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Thank you, Tom, for hosting. Have a great lazy week you too!
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What a beautiful corner of the world!
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Great that the weather decided to give you some frost on Valentine’s Day – a true loving surprise! So, you live in winter in Finland to enjoy the cold (and do you then go in summer to Italy to enjoy the Mediterranean weather?) That would be the perfect life:):) Many thanks for sharing Valentine’s Day with All Seasons, and have a lovely week:)
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Tank you, Jesh. I actually move to/from Finland more often than that, but it does not matter very much. Have a lovely week you too!
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Such a feeling of spring in your photos! And it was February! An odd, odd winter we’ve had!
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Beautiful photos on an early spring 😀
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Wonderful photos indeed. The sun makes all the difference.
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Beautiful photos – I particularly love the pussy willow, it’s really spectacular. The Fieldfares are pretty birds, sadly I don’t see nearly so many of them here in the UK as I used to. I love your photos of them.
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True. An odd winter… I missed it. Thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you very much, Kirsti!
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Thank you, Riitta. Every single sunray counts…
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Thank you very much. I like the pussy willow too. It is a brave plant!
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The lighting is amazing! I thought the pussy willow were budding fruit tree branches. The branches of our apricot trees reach up into the sky like the pussy willow because we didn’t get around to pruning them. Now that the trees are in bloom I don’t want to prune them. I want them to have a chance to create fruit. 🙂
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I love your photos, they are so similar to those I take, looking all around and up and down:)
I’m so happy to see you at ‘My Corner of the World’ this week!
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beautiful glimpses from outdoors. the pussy willows are gorgeous!!
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Thank you, Susie. Fruit trees do not bloom here before May. 🙂
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It helps to look up and down when you are in the nature…you can discover such wonders!
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Thank you, Debbie!
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It is very interesting that you saw a flock of returning Fieldfares. I have not seen one for many weeks since the berries finished and the Fieldfares moved elsewhere. Maybe I will see one or two in the next weeks but they do head north very quickly, often unseen and unheard and probably via a different route from autumn.
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It was a surprise for me too. They arrived so early! Now we are having a few days’ sleet and wet snow…
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Don’t you love to see all the buds on trees and bushes in the spring? When I lived in Los Angeles, California, there weren’t many changes between seasons. When we moved north to British Columbia it was such a surprise and three to have four distinct ones. – Margy
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I like the alternating seasons myself. All have advantages…for instance I love going skiing just outside my garden. 🙂 Thank you Margy!
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I saw pussy willows today. Normaly you see them at Eastern. So early spring this year I guess.
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Lovely. The pussy willows are a great sign of Spring. I saw some here last week. Have a lovely weekend.
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Yes, it looks like spring will come earlier. Thank you very much for your kind visit and comment.
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Thank you very mcuh. Wishing you a great weekend too!
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Very beautiful photos. I like the macro shots of the pine branches. Spring is in the air!
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Looks so sunny!!!
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It was a special day!
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We are waiting for the good season. Thanks, Peter!
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Oh, you have found really nice signs of spring!
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Thanks, Teresa. Happy weekend!
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