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Snow… #1

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I’m walking by the surprisingly calm sea on this beautiful, sunny, unseasonably warm Christmas day when I hear myself say something quite unexpected. I miss the cold. And it’s true. I haven’t moved to a warmer climate. I’m still living in a four season area where winters used to be cold, really cold… Emphasis on “used to be”…

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It’s not like I particularly like the cold, but I am used to it. It’s not like I’m not occasionally bothered by all its downsides, but I can handle them quite well. We haven’t had a real winter here by the sea for several years and yes, I do miss it. I never thought I would, but here I am, nostalgically reminiscing about white holidays, frozen lakes and snow fights.

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The Luxury of Snow

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Sleeping in on a late autumn Sunday… then lazily leaving that cosy cocoon to open the shutters only to see… snow! Beautiful, wonderful snow! A flurry of big fluffy snowflakes floating in the wind! Sometimes that’s all it takes to have a perfect day.

They said that it would snow… but I kept my expectations low; after all, they had been wrong about it so many times.

Truth be told, I have no words to tell you how much I’ve missed snow… we’ve been getting so little of it over the past few years, that I’m starting to forget what it feels like. That’s why I was so excited about what wasn’t even that impressive an amount of snow. It’s still better than nothing. And it’s still more than we had last winter.

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Spring Wonders

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I have never seen such an abundance of snowdrops with my own eyes. To me, that’s the stuff of fairy tales, the way I imagined the woods to be, before I could see any of them in real life, when my grandfather read to me about princesses and their strange adventures. And what are these early days of spring, if not magical? You turn your head and everything blossoms in that instant you weren’t paying attention. In the blink of an eye, nature comes back to life, wild, unpredictable and astonishing. And if we’re really lucky, it can bring us back to life too, pulling us out of our jaded ways.

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Autumn Roses

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Somehow, I almost missed photographing this year’s roses. Sure, I took a few photos with my phone over the summer when enjoying some relaxing walks in the park. But nothing with my camera… Whenever I had it with me, I was either set on shooting something else and didn’t have enough time or it was just too windy to bother with the roses.

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Not this autumn, though… I caught the year’s last roses during two separate photo walks. The season has left some interesting marks on their leaves and petals, but I still think they look amazing. Well, I do love roses in general, so I might be biased…

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I know it’s the season of colourful leaves, but since the most spectacular colours are still a week or two away in my area, I thought I’d offer you some autumn roses. And as these autumn days are getting shorter and gloomier for a myriad or reason, as the future seems bleak to many of us and we might feel tempted to give in to depression, I hope they bring you a bit joy.

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Autumn Beaches #15

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Well, this is it for my September beaches. I hope you enjoyed the photos and that they managed to impart some of the tranquillity and relaxation I’ve experienced during these walks.

Have a nice autumn, everyone! Don’t forget to be understanding. Stay safe!

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Autumn Beaches

It’s finally here… autumn! Balmy September days, empty beaches just right for a delightful walk… we, locals, have taken back the seaside. In fact, if I didn’t live here, this would most likely be the time I’d take a few days to relax by the sea. In most cases, September weather is still great beach weather, I was reminded the other day. Sure, there still are some tourists who clearly share my opinion, but somehow, they always seem less disturbing than the summer crowd – less intrusive, less demanding, less entitled…. And generally less, as in not so many of them.

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Right… my point is, September beaches are wonderful. Perhaps not always spectacular, not always as life imbued as they are in the summer, but endlessly relaxing and accommodating. So I’d like to share some images of these September beaches with you over the following days. Many of them are taken with my phone during the one impromptu walk when I didn’t have my camera. Spectacular or not, I want to share these soothing moments with you, hoping to bring you a moment of peace. Enjoy!

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