To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dragon, I offer you three photos taken on successive new years.
When I stand on our wobbly jetty and look to the left,
There is a spit of land with trees on it called ‘The Hill of Love’.
In the New Year of 2010, the sunrise bathed the ice on the lake and the trees in blue.
In 2011, the afternoon sun presented
A glorious landscape of diamond-studded snow (on the iced over lake).
This New Year, the mild sunset surprised us
With lilac and gold
And perfect reflections in a lake still waiting for the big freeze.
May the dragon roast your marshmallows to perfection this year without singeing your eyebrows!
For more lovely skies, please visit: Skywatch.
Lady Fi 
Happy Chinese New Year! 🙂
They even had proper stage performance for CNY in Helsinki.
Such an international city. 😉
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ooo i am liking the last one…blue is pretty cool too…happy chinese new year…
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What a blessing, and three great photos as a bonus.
I love the “hill of love/” I started to ask if it really was but caught myself, of course it is.
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All three images are beautiful, Lady Fi! I love them all much too hard to pick a favorite. Happy Chinese New year to you. Have a great day and Happy Skywatching!
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Three for the price of three. Thank you. Truly beautiful!
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Beautiful lake shore shown at different weather conditions.;) How stunning it can look and how versatile it is depending on the light – love all those hues of blue and purple.;)
xoxo
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3 lovely shots! cheers!
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An entry with some pictures and some very beautiful colors.
The text is very good.
Greetings .-
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what a peaceful, beautiful landscape! I looked at it several times to let it sink in deep.
thank you.
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I’m year of the rat!
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Thanks for the warning! lol I will watch my eyebrows!
Great shots! Amazing the contrasts in the weather.
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I do love this post, ladyfi! In your photos, the Blue Dragon painted the world blue either deep or soft even last year when it was not the year of dragon. And, the Purple Dragon will invite snow soon.
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Cool reflections on the year. And I giggled at your thoughts at the end. Dragon-and marshallows!
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Ha, cute quote about the dragon!
Love the photos as usual. The last one is breathtaking!
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Happy Chinese New Year to you LadyFi. Interesting the subtle changes…
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Brilliant skylines.
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My goodness, the color & reflections in the last image is absolutely incredible! What a view!!! =)
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Each shot has its own beauty. And, this year looks warmer…
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Mother Nature is quite the artist with her amazing colors and you´ve captured them so wonderfully!
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Happy Chinese New Year!!!!!! Gorgeous pictures. I love them all but my favorite today is the last one. Love the colors.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Lovely colors 🙂
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This is a wonderful series of photographs!
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those are GORGEOUS! the last one is perfect!
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Happy Chinese New Years and your captures for the day are gorgeous indeed!! And thanks for the morning giggle — I love the idea of the dragon roasting my marshmallows and keeping my eyebrows intact!!
Sylvia
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My favorite is the last one!
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what a contrast this year! all of them are beautiful in their own way!
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Beautiful post, I love to compare these two photos from the same place and same perspective but separated in time, precious and delicate colors in both. Exquisite.
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Hey, I just wanted to let you know about The Dark Globe’s “February Shoot Off! Photography Competition that will beginning February 1st, and Running Through February 14th… At The Moment We’re Voting on the Themes for the Photos if you’d like to Partake Here http://thedarkglobe.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/february-shoot-off-help-us-choose-the-theme-s/
Also, if you’d like to Submit a Photo, or know people that might want to, be sure to Let them know it will be Starting February First
Thanks
DarkJade-
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Gorgeous photos, and very interesting to watch the different lights and colours!!
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So very beautiful pictures, they are absolutely incredible!!! 🙂
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Love your marshmallow blessing, and out of the three photos, I have to say my favourite is the last one… Beautiful reflections!!!
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I love the comparisons from three years in a row. You must be extremely organized with your photos, and I’m sure with your documents.
Thanks.
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LOL – I’m totally disorganized. But it’s easy to do a search for New Year by year!
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These are three beautiful — and different — New Year’s scenes. I can’t choose one as my favorite. Your part of the world is gorgeous.
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Three gorgeous shots, love them!
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What a great idea to feature the different but all gorgeous New Year skies. Happy New Year!
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Happy Chinese New Year!
These pictures are exquisite.
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That truly is amazing…El Nino is getting all the blame here for unusual weather…same weather as 15 years ago. Your captures are beauties!
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I like all three. Did you notice the wind must have been the same each time? Look at the clouds..
Happy New Year.
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Beautiful pictures! Hopefully we will get more sun now…
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You know what?
I cannot pick my favorite.
They are ALL spectacular, special, & stunning.
XX WOW.
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Wonderful colors and a beautiful Winter landscape. Amazing !
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There is something to be said for having late snow! That lilac reflection photo is wondrous! “The Hill of Love” is a great name for it.
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I love how different these all are!
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Happy year of the water dragon to you and yours. Glorious photos of the enchanted spot you live in. Thank you.
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A brilliant trio of images – the last one is awesome.
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Same place but such different colors! Lovely!
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They’re all pretty photos, but that last one of the not-yet-frozen lake in that spectacular light is my favorite.
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What a great series of photos! I think we’re in for a rosy year!
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Great series and loving that last photo!
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Happy New Year to you too! Lovely contrasting shots.
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Eek– forgot to sign in properly, so that comment was from me -Danette!
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Wonderful winter shots.
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All lovely! Happy New Year!
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Lovely pictures and I liked the concept too of presenting the same place through years!
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Love the drama of colors in your pics.
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YOUR usual high art!
Warm Aloha from Waikiki
Comfort Spiral
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No waords can ever measure the beauty of your pictures, Lady Fi!
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Lovely series of photos. Like this year’s the best though…the lilac and gold and the reflections of the trees are so pretty.
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What stunning colors in these beauties. Happy Chinese New Year.
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great post for skywatch… magnificent sight! Have a great weekend ahead!!! Hoping you can visit @ my little corner.
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Not only beautiful photos you made me laugh out loud. Have a good weekend.
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So,the lake of wonders is finally frozen.
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Wow! Very breathtaking!!!
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Beautiful beginnings! Happy New Year!
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Beautiful photo’s, love all of them. Happy Chinese New Year
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Beautiful skies for a past year, and hopefully a very happy New Year !!
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love your skies 🙂
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Three different colors for three different years! WOW! All so beautiful and enchanting!
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Happy new year. Perfect reflection bless us. 🙂
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Happy Chinese New Year!
It’s a great sequence of photos throughout the time! The last one is my favorite.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Yoshi
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OOOh, I am loving your photos. The Hill of Love is one beautiful place.
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It always amazes me how different the same place can look at different times of the day or the year. Each one beautiful. I feel like the dragon is unleashing all his heat on Perth at the moment, 42C again tomorrow with no easing up in sight! I think there will be more than eyebrows singeing around Perth!!
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Really great shots. I always like taking things in successive seasons or years, such an interesting artistic approach.
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Just Magical visiting here – Your photos are Magical – and now “”May the dragon roast your marshmallows to perfection this year without singeing your eyebrows!””Your sayings are Magical too.
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All three are breathtaking, but I think I like the reflections the best..
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Lovely shots.
Regards and best wishes
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Nice pictures!
I wish you a Happy Friday!
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I like the idea of taking the same shot in different conditions each year. Gorgeous 🙂
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Looks like the dragon warmed up the air around the lake this year. Beautiful shots with your trademark attention to detail and color.
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The colors that you get….amazing
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I can see why you return to photograph this lovely spot. I especially like the light, reflections, and colors of the last shot. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the weekend.
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Gorgeous tones and light in these images!
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Beautiful skies and color tones!
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Love the differences ..the last one is exceptionally pretty and warm looking:)
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A very interesting series of photos Fi, showing different times of day and seasons. Well done! – Dave
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Awesome indeed! That’s interesting and very pleasant checking the difference capture between the shots.
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This is wonderful, being able to see all three years. What a difference a year can make!
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Wonderful series! Love the contrast between the two first and the last which is absolutely gorgeous!
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Hugs****
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It is a bitterly cold day here in Italy so I am staying warm and cosy by the fire and catching up on my blog reading. The beautiful images I have caught up with here have brightened my afternoon, especially this interesting set, what a difference a year can make!
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outstanding blue!
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