Here are two pairs of photographs, first of each pair taken on November 8th in Helsinki, and the second on November 9th. We got a lot of snow then.
During last night the temperature rose to +2 °C, and snow melted. Now it is freezing again.
(Posting title is from the poem Now and Then by James Schuyler.)
The photographs were taken on November 6th.
This morning the temperature was -8 °C when I started riding the bicycle, but it dropped lower during the ride. During the evening the weather is warming up, and during the night there might even be some rain in addition to fresh snow. That is quite fitting, as Slush 2016 starts tomorrow. Some signs were already to be seen in Helsinki.
(Posting title is from the poem Baby Ate a Microchip by Neal Levin.)
The photographs were taken on November 6th.
This morning there was 1 cm of snow on the ground. I commuted by bicycle, wearing the warmest gloves, and didn't get cold at all.
(Posting title is from the poem Beech Forest by Stephen Sandy.)
The photographs were taken on November 5th in Luukki.
Last night we got a little bit of snow, and less than 1 cm of it still remains. The landscape keeps changing. The length of day is now 6 h 36 min, and days are shortening quite fast.
(Posting title is from the poem How to Judge by Lisa Robertson.)
The photographs were taken on November 5th in Luukki. The depth of snow was then 2 cm.
During the night it rained, but the weather is clearing up, and blue sky peeked between the clouds.
(Posting title is from the poem Aloha’oe (Farewell to Thee) by Queen Lydia Kamakaeha Lili’uokalani.)
The photographs were taken in Helsinki on October 31st.
In five days I have got 10 hours of exercise, six hours riding the bicycle and four hours walking. So far this year I have got 6,031 km riding the bicycle.
(Posting title is from the poem Bar Xanadu by Lynda Hull.)
The photographs were taken on October 29th at Pirttimäki.
Today wasn't a great day for commuting by bicycle. In the morning it rained. Even though I was wearing a waterproof jacket, I got soaking wet due relative humidity of 100 percent. In the morning the temperature was +6 °C, and in the afternoon +2 °C. I had headwind both ways. My hands got cold, in the morning because of the rain, and in the afternoon because of the strong and cold wind.
(Posting title is from the poem An Apartment with a View by John Ciardi.)
The photographs were taken on October 23rd.
Today I got three hours of exercise, two hours riding the bicycle and one hour walking between meetings.
(Posting title is from the poem A Dialogue between Old England and New by Anne Bradstreet.)
The photographs were taken on October 23rd.
(Posting title is from the poem Oh Yeah and the Eye Stays Open by Edwin Torres.)
The photographs were taken in Nuuksio on October 22nd.
Today I walked for over two hours in Luukki. I left the map at home and discovered new routes.
(Posting title is from the poem A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School by William Wordsworth.)
The photographs were taken on October 21st in Sipoonkorpi National Park.
(Posting title is from the poem Chrysalis by Arthur Sze.)
The photographs were taken at Meiko on October 20th.
Today I traveled by car, train, and metro, and listened to lectures about living abroad. Tomorrow I need to do some walking.
(Posting title is from the poem The World’s Other Side by Derek Sheffield.)
The photographs were taken at Meiko on October 20th.
I commuted by bicycle today. The snow has melted away, but in many places there is lots of gravel on top of asphalt. So far this year I have got 5,929 km riding the bicycle.
(Posting title is from the poem The Star-splitter by Robert Frost.)
The photographs were taken at Meiko on October 20th.
Today I commuted by car. It rained which means that the remaining snow is melting away. I hope the roads will be clear of snow slush tomorrow.
(Posting title is from the poem Challenge by Abigail W. Cresson.)
The photographs were taken at Meiko on October 20th.
In three days I have got over six hours of exercise riding the bicycle. This morning the road conditions were challenging, because the packed snow was melting into slush. I had to walk the bicycle part of the way, and it took 1 hour 10 minutes to get to work. In the afternoon it was better, just one hour.
(Posting title is from the poem The challenge: to start by Anna Moschovakis.)
The photographs were taken at Sirkus Finlandia in Helsinki on October 19th.
(Posting title is from the poem A Side Street by Louis Untermeyer.)
The photographs were taken at Sirkus Finlandia in Helsinki on October 19th.
The weather is warming up, and the road conditions are getting worse. Snow and ice are starting to melt, and riding the bicycle can be challenging.
(Posting title is from the poem The Circus by Kenneth Koch.)
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