It’s raining today in Helsinki and my mind turns to rainy street photography with umbrellas and reflections. And to Leonid Afremov’s beautiful paintings.
I don’t have any rainy street photos in my archives (now that’s an idea for a photo shoot – only I tend to dislike getting wet and cold! I’m not that serious a photographer to be willing to brave the weather for that perfect shot, I guess…)
But instead I found these Zürich images which I hadn’t published yet, and played with some black and white editing. The one with the blue sky isn’t color enhanced, the sky came out of the camera like that.
My 3-month-old twins are napping in front of me and I’m listening to Seu Jorge. The kitchen is a mess but I’ll get to that in a moment. I think it’s safe to say that I’ve more or less returned from my blogging break, though this time with a slower posting pace.
Wishing you a lovely weekend wherever you are!
The photos are from my trip to Zürich, Switzerland in spring 2016
The Snow Melts Somewhere 
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Great in B&W as well as colour. I especially like number 6, the overall picture. A bit surreal with those clouds!
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Thanks so very much, Leya! Surreal clouds are the best, in general 😀
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Oooo, three months already! Time flies! Lovely atmosphere on your photos. Sending you some sun and puffy clouds. Here’s to messy kitchens and full blogs! 😉
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Hahah! Priorities, right? 😉 Thanks, MM!
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Love these Swiss photos and so pleased to read that you are back from your blogging break, I missed your lovely photos!!
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Thanks, you’re just too sweet ❤
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Welcome back! Great photo theme for today as we’re also having a cold and rainy day here 🙂
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Cold and rainy is okay in autumn but that’s the only time of year it’s ok! 😉
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I like how you play with photos, even when they turn out all gray 😉 I experienced Zurich only by night, during our in-between landing when we decided to rock Zurich, so my pictures of it would be even darker. But I don’t have them 🙂 Feel a need to go back and see the city by day :)))
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Definitely a good reason to go back! 😉 Thanks Marina for dropping by!
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We’ll stay on those roads 😉
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🙂
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What a wonderful city: your photos are stunning ❤
Both 3-month-old Bosses of the House must be fantastic 😀
Ciao
Sid
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Hehee, thanks Sid! Yes, they are fantastic! 🙂
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black and white sure gives the pictures another kind of atmosphere; I’ve always loved this editing. Zurich looks beautiful through your lens, as usual.
enjoy the boys napping and the mess in the kitchen, it’s not that often that you have a good excuse to get back to blogging 😉
Big hugs and much fun to you!
xoxoxo
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Thanks, sweetie! 😄 I wish you lots of fun too, will have to check your blog to see what adventures you’re up to right now!
I do think Zurich looks a bit more mysterious in black and white, timeless and very European somehow 😊
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Never been to Zurich (too close to home, I guess! ahaha) but you sure enticed me here! 😉
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Hahah!
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I grew up an hour north of there! Love the photographs! My kitchen is messy too today, except I don’t have any babies to take care of. Sounds like things are going well. 😊
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Thanks Sabine! 💕 I feel so lucky to have not one, but two of the cutest little babies on the planet 😊
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Wonderful images ..😃 I’m a fan of the image with the clouds too! I’m sure that kitchen can wait ..
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Hahah! 😀 Thanks!!
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These pictures are truly stunning. I’ve been to Zürich recently and it is very charming. Excellent post!
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Thanks so much! Charming, yes it was!
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beautiful photos!
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Thank you! ☺️
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3 (now 4) month old twins! Wow. Fantastic! Congratulations. You have embarked on a unique journey of love, concerns, joys and happiness that will last even when they are 35… 🙂
(Trust me, I’ve been there)
How lovely.
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Thanks! They rule my world already 💕💕 It’s remarkable how much has happened in 4 months. I feel like they already follow conversations fluently 😂
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Most likely. Babies are “sponges”: they have to integrate an entirely new an complex environment in a whiff. And though they take quite some time to speak, they understand words very quickly. Again: congrats.
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🙂 Thanks
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