tags: old stones, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Iäkäs kivittää.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
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So many umlauts! I think we have that same lichen species, or a very similar one, here in Missouri. I see it on rocks and old weathered fence posts.
I'd love to visit Finland some day!
Probably a Xyanthoria.
I'm fighting back the urge to make the obvious rock pun, so I'll just say: lovely.