Back to the new year. I want to start doing more features this year in my journal. Right now the winter has been the most inspiring to me. Where I live we've been having snow storms two to three times a week and for once I am truly enjoying all of the beautiful snowfall and ice. Some days it is bitterly cold and for a few weeks it was a bit dangerous just to drive anywhere but I don't care. I have never in all the time that I have lived in Michigan seen such a breathtakingly beautiful winter! As such, let's begin with some features from - a very talented photographer from Finland. 's photographs consist mostly of stunning landscapes and waterscapes capturing the fragile beauty of winter. The clever use of graduated filters in some of the photographs also create some wonderfully surreal landscapes. Here are some of my favourites please visit the gallery to see more. [link]