A winter gone in a breeze

Usually, the darkest time of the year also feels like the longest, but this time, winter seemed to fly by. To put together this winter arrangement, I even borrowed a day from March.

Exceptionally, I assembled the photo of winter treasures in our own backyard, whereas I usually get to use my mother’s more diverse garden (even in wintertime).

Here in Espoo, only patches of snow remain, and spring flowers are already pushing through the flower bed. However, the seasonal collection came together when I included a branch from my handmade pine wreath and a cone brought home by my toddler from a walk (I’m not the only one in our household who collects these kinds of ‘treasures’).

The Collection of treasures is my Instagram photo project. Four times a year, one for each season, I create a composition of the plants available in the garden. You can find all four seasons on Instagram with the hashtag #harjunpelto.