Last weekends trip with hubby

Trips that are not planned are the greatest! :D I came up with this idea to visit the north east side of Estonia the day before. We started driving on Saturday morning and a few hours later arrived at a place which is known as the most lake filled area in Estonia :) You get the point ;) We ended up hiking for 3 hours and walked about 12km (7,5miles). The weather was nice, a bit windy though.


This is a tiny plant (less than half an inch tall) that grows only in wet areas and eats flies and mosquitos. You can see the mosquito in the next pic ;)



Light was not good for photography but took the pics anyway to show you where we went ;)



That's a man made hill in the background, we don't have big hills or mountains in Estonia.
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We stayed the night at a beautiful manor. The room was lovely and we enjoyed our dinner at the restaurant! :)



There were lots and lots of birds in the park :) This is a fieldfare.

The view from our room! I wish I could wake up to this every day! :D

Our tasty dinner...

...and dessert ;)




A very smart and old cat! She came to the manor some 5 years ago and never left. I don't blame her, they feed and look after her and she gets to live like a queen sleeping all day at the comfy chairs :D She didn't even open her eyes when I petted her haha
The manor is located on top of the highest cliff around here, sadly we didn't see the cliff this time because on that area the trees have taken over...

And to end the story - not the manor cat but this cat had beautiful eyes :)

Thanks for reading! :)

Free desktop calendar for June!

Time for the desktop calendar again! :) This time I have chosen a photo from our porch in the summer time. I just love the feel of this image, reminds me of the sunny days and summer parties with cake & coffee.

Feel free to spread the word about this free desktop calendar! Thank you!


Size: 1920 x 1280 px

You can download this wallpaper for free. You can also do some good and donate either $1 or $5 to help me keep these pictures coming. It's your choice!

Here's how you get this image to your desktop:

1. click on the image to enlarge
2. right click on the enlarged image and choose “Save Image As”
3. Browse your computer and choose a location to save image.
4. Click “Save”

To install the desktop calendar
once it has been downloaded to your computer,
locate the image(wherever you saved it)
Right click on the photo
select
“Set as desktop background”.

Enjoy!

P.S. Comments are loved! :)

Time in the country to celebrate my birthday :)

Last Saturday was my B-day and we went to celebrate it with my family to our summer home. The weather was fabulous, sunny & warm. We had a BBQ and ate some other delicious foods at the sauna terrace :)

Pay attention to the dog under the chair ;) Best seat in the house :D


There are so many hares (wild rabbits) about this year. So this is my birthday present from the animal kingdom this year :D



Remember my last post where I showed you the pics of the trees we had cut down? Well this is what it looks now - new stones and flowers for the flower bed too.



The lapwing is such a beautiful bird when viewed closer than usual.



We have lots of rosefinches in our garden. Or maybe it's just that one pair that keeps singing all the time :)



Had to wash the car, looks nice now :P And the flowers are growing so quickly! Will show you lots of flower pics soon too!

Winter damage in the country

We had a looong and snowy winter this year, I think the max amount of snow at some point was 70cm (27 inches) so I guess it's only natural that when we arrived at our summer home last weekend we found a lot of broken trees.

Some of these lilacs are over 100 years old.

You can see how the trees have been bended by the huge amounts of heavy snow. So we decided to cut them down entirely.

I know it doesn't look good now but it will after the leaves come, the flowers start to bloom and after we reorganise the flower pads.

Some flowers are already blooming :)

This is not a UFO landing site LOL but these are my last years lilies that I got from a friend, they are gonna be soo pretty - red and yellow. And now I planted a new and hopefully a gorgeous orange Crocosmia to the middle :)

Lilies are peaking out

These are gorgeous pink Peonies.


Spring is great! :)

Free desktop calendar every month!

I have decided to pamper my audience by giving away free desktop calendars every month starting from today! :)
You are all just so wonderful that I need to show you how I feel! This is for you my old, new and yet to come customers!

Size: 1920 x 1280 px

You can download this wallpaper for free. You can also do some good and donate either $1 or $5 to help me keep these pictures coming. It's your choice!

Here's how you get this image to your desktop:

1. click on the image to enlarge
2. right click on the enlarged image and choose “Save Image As”
3. Browse your computer and choose a location to save image.
4. Click “Save”

To install the desktop calendar
once it has been downloaded to your computer,
locate the image(wherever you saved it)
Right click on the photo
select
“Set as desktop background”..

Enjoy!

P.S. Comments are loved! :)

Earth Day giveaway!

I am giving away 2 FREE 4"x6" prints of your choice from my Etsy shop to a random follower!

To enter for the drawing you will need to:
1) Become a Fan on my Facebook page
2) Comment on Facebook by telling me your favorite item from my shop http://littlefoxphotos.etsy.com/
I will then choose a winner using random.org. You will have 24hours to enter :)
Shipping is not included in the giveaway.
Good luck everyone!!!'

Here's the link
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mariann-Rea/135590751682