seurasaari

tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day That restaurant that I visited on Seurasaari (Helsinki, Finland). Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) Does anyone know the name of this place?
tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day I photographed this fence on Seurasaari (Helsinki, Finland). Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) I really like this image because of the contrast between the irregularity of the forest and the regularity of the fence.
tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Looking out from the island of Seurasaari (Helsinki, Finland). Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) Can anyone identify the birds in this image?
tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day I photographed this sculpture as I walked to Seurasaari (Helsinki, Finland). Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Seurasaari Etelainen Pukkisaari (Helsinki, Finland). Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Building on the island of Seurasaari (Helsinki, Finland). Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: petunias, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day White petunias, Petunia x hybrida. Photographed on Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) Petunias are trumpet shaped flowering plants that are endemic to South America. Botanically speaking, tobacco, tomato, potato, and petunia are all in the family Solanaceae. These popular flowers got their name from the French, which took the word petun -- 'tobacco' -- from a Tupi-Guarani language.
tags: Seurasaarenselkä, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland Looking out over Seurasaarenselkä on Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) It looks like it is going to rain today, so I am exploring the open air market in downtown Helsinki. I am still sorting through and labeling all the photographs I took yesterday on Seurasaari. In short, my walk there started out with very nice weather -- sunny, breezy, warm -- and ended up overcast, but still bright (too bright for good photography, as you can see in the above image) and chilly.