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Darling, you’ve got magic in your bones and gold

Darling, you’ve got magic in your bones and gold in your soul.
Don’t let anyone treat you like you’re ordinary.

If standing up for yourself burns a bridge, I hav

If standing up for yourself
burns a bridge,
I have matches.
We ride at dawn.

I will not be another flower, picked for my beaut

I will not be another flower,
picked for my beauty and
left to die.
I will be wild,
difficult to find,
and impossible to forget.

#impossibletoforget
#auroraborealis
#northernlightsphotos
#revontulet
#wildandfree

As you travel solo, being totally responsible of y

As you travel solo,
being totally responsible of yourself,
it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are.

12 weeks ago I bought a Camper van. Over 10 weeks ago I hit the road with no other destination than freedom, joy and north; I found all of those, all by my self!

At first I lacked confidence in driving a larger vehicle. I felt scared and uneasy sleeping in the van at night. I was worried I’d made a horrible mistake buying the van, not sure life would help carry me. But I knew that only way to find out if I could overcome all of my fears; was to just keep going, keep driving, keep doing, keep figuring it out as I went.

And you know what? Nothing horrible happened at all, quite the opposite! I discovered just how capable I am. I shot my first ever northern lights and found a real passion for the nights skies. Now I’m so focused on shooting the Auroras all alone in the middle of darkness that I forget to fear it.

When in the beginning I was driving on the narrow roads of Lofoten pulling my stomach in and cursing like a sailor when a truck passed, swearing I’d sell the van as soon as I got back to Finland…now I’m keeping it for a little while longer, I like driving a bigger car now, being higher up, seeing better (road and life), and I learned to the centimeter where the edges of the van are! Although I’m still a little scared of hitting a passing RVs mirror with mine, so I sometimes hit a snow blowing marker stick with my other mirror instead (driving so close to the side of the road) and scare the heck out of my self 😅.

I’ve gotten a lot of messages here on social media during my adventure. You’ve told me that I inspire, bring good vibes and am brave. Thank you very much for those, they’ve meant a lot! But just as a reminder being brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared and following your heart doesn’t mean you know where it’s taking you…I guess what I’m trying to say is that you can do it too, it’s fucking scary and hard but totally worth it.

So anyways, after 10 weeks since I hit the road with the van, I drove back south to make arrangements and grab some stuff before heading back up north to chase the light again.💚

No matter how tough she is, she deserves someone w

No matter how tough she is,
she deserves someone who
will always be gentle
with her heart.

#auroraborealis
#revontulet
#myheartinshots
#suomenluonto
#sheislight

If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy. If she’

If she’s amazing,
she won’t be easy.
If she’s easy,
she won’t be amazing.
If she’s worth it,
you won’t give up.
If you give up,
You’re not worthy.
…Truth is,
everybody is going to hurt you;
you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

- Bob Marley

#solofemalevanlife
#lofoten
#sheisamazing
#hellofrom
#valokuvaajanaiset

There’s a first for everything…this is my firs

There’s a first for everything…this is my first shot of the milkyway! I was actually out shooting the northern lights but this “guy” kept getting in the “way” 😅, so I made a picture of it too. Milkyway to the left, northern lights to the right and the river that runs upwards on the bottom…yup , no biggie, just another night here in the Arctic circle💙

#milkyway
#stargazing
#arcticcircle
#auroraborealis
#revontulet

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.
Ask yourself what makes YOU come ALIVE and then go do that.
Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.”

What a sweet candy store of a world we live in, and can choose to really be alive in!
I made this photo, a selfie, over a month back when traveling in Norway. Traveling to become alive and free. And the travels really did the trick alright…the world will carry you, but first you must jump.

#alive
#naturelovers
#hellofrom
#lofotenhighlights
#valokuvaajanaiset

Sweet girl, it wasn’t that you weren’t enough,

Sweet girl,
it wasn’t that you weren’t enough,
it’s your energy… it asks
others to rise up, and not everyone is willing to go where they would grow.

#auroraborealis
#sweetgirl
#ladyaurora
#riseup
#nightsky

Well tonight was pretty great 💜 #auroraboreali

Well tonight was pretty great 💜

#auroraborealis
#revontulet
#suomenluonto
#valokuvaajanaiset
#hyvääyötä

People wait all week for Friday, all year for sum

People wait
all week for Friday,
all year for summer,
all life for happiness.
Do you?

#happinesscomesfromwithin
#thoseclouds
#cloudlovers
#landscape_collection
#suomenluonto

I’ll throw my voice into the stars and maybe the

I’ll throw my voice into the stars and maybe the echo of my words will be written for you in the skies before sunrise.

All I’m trying to say is;
I will love you through the darkness.

💚

#iwillloveyouthroughthedarkness
#revontulet
#tunturissa
#nightsky
#hellofrom

Leave nothing but footprints. Take nothing but pic

Leave nothing but footprints.
Take nothing but pictures.
Kill nothing but time.

#suomenluonto
#tunturilappi
#auringonlasku
#utsjoki
#ailigas

Funny story, as I was setting up my tripod in that

Funny story,
as I was setting up my tripod in that body of water, a pool of water of sorts separated from the river next to it by a little highway of rocks; I had my head lamp on as I placed my tripod in the water and suddenly a pair of googly eyes 👀 stared back at me from the pool!

A tiny catfish or similar was right next to my tripod leg and rubber boot, looking at me like “What in the actual F you doing lady?!” 😅

He hung out by the tripod for a minute but as I went to grab my phone to get him on video, he left. And so I made this picture instead 😀.
Or would you have rather seen a picture of the annoyed catfish in the dark water?

Was a good Aurora night tonight!
💚

#auroraborealis
#suomenluonto
#tenojoki
#utsjoki
#auroraholidays

I travel because I need to… because my wild, ad

I travel because I need to…
because my wild,
adventurous spirit can’t live according to the “norm”.
I travel to regroup,
to reinvent myself,
to be the best me I can be,
to find joy in the ordinary and peace in exploring.
I travel to be.

Can you relate?

#itraveltobe
#solofemaletraveler
#norway2day
#vanlifediaries
#auringonlaskunaikaan

If you scroll real fast from left to right and bac

If you scroll real fast from left to right and back, can you she her dance?
😁
Definitely working on time lapse next.
💚💙💚

#auroraborealis
#revontulet
#suomenluonto
#utsjoki
#auroraholidays

I’ve been eyeing this area for a few days now. I

I’ve been eyeing this area for a few days now. It’s on the Norway side of Teno river and quite far from the Finnish side…so even though I’ve been drawn to it driving by, I knew a photograph wouldn’t do it justice so far away.

But there was just something in that texture of the already leafless aspen trees on the hillside amongst the orange of the birch tree foliage. Today I explored my way to a sand bar in the middle of the river, and with a long lens got close enough to my subject. I know it’s just a piece of forest but there’s something there I think, something more poetic and magical than just a forest…do you feel it pulling you in too?

I couldn’t choose just one shot that I liked, maybe you can let me know which one speaks to you the loudest? I’d love to hear!
🧡

#ruska
#fallfoliage
#forest_captures
#norwaynature
#utsjoki

I have news to share with you! About a year ago I

I have news to share with you!

About a year ago I was standing on a sand bar in River Teno and I uttered the words: “I wanna live here.”

Since then a lot of water has flowed and a lot of life happened, including a really horrible employer experience which left me on the verge of a burnout, I got my heart broken and my heart shattered when I had to help a fur child 🐶 cross the rainbow bridge.

Then I decided to buy a camper van and just hit the road, solo with two dogs. We had some wonderful adventure in Finland and Norway…and as I put miles between my old life; a new one started to look a lot clearer ahead.

I landed in Utsjoki, by the river Teno, sank my feet in the water under the Auroras and I was hooked. And it turned out that this place had just been waiting on me to find my way here. This place wants to keep me and I want to stay!!!

➡️So hit the follow button for @auroraholidays , because I work here now 🤗. Photography, social media, business & marketing development and helping you to experience some amazing natural wonders we have here on offer in the far north, is what I’ll be doing.
Are you coming to visit?

#auroraborealis
#auroraholidays
#suomenluonto
#revontulet
#notallwhowanderarelost

You know, as great and liberating and empowering a

You know, as great and liberating and empowering as my solo travels have been, I was recently reminded how much connection and sharing matters too in the experience.
❤️ I am so thankful for you, all of you here, that are sharing this journey with me. Thank you.

Are you dreaming of that travel companion too that stays when the road gets rocky at night and who sits with you in these landscapes sharing experiences when the sun is up? Or are you already living the dream?

#livingthedream
#solotravels
#sharingisbeautiful
#ruska
#utsjoki

Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some com

Not all storms come to disrupt your life.
Some come to clear your path.

The full moon lit up the fall foliage on the shores as a geomagnetic storm made lady Aurora do a twirl in the sky. I did a whole different kind of dance on the slippery rocks of the river that runs upwards. This world we live in is a wondrous place indeed.

#lovestorms
#myrsky
#auroraborealis
#tenojoki
#ruska

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