Showing posts with label Espoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Espoo. Show all posts

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Or waddle among wolves?

The photographs were taken on October 22nd in Otaniemi.

(Posting title is from the poem Advice from the Grackle by Susan Elizabeth Howe.)

Saturday, August 24, 2019

It feels to feel strange, hollower

The photographs were taken on July 5th.

(Posting title is from the poem Morningside Heights, July by William Matthews.)

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

On these occasions, the feelings surprise

The photographs were taken in Espoo on June 21st.

(Posting title is from the poem Father and Son by Delmore Schwartz.)

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

You might be one of those people who sits back

The photographs were taken at Otaniemi in Espoo on June 18th.

(Posting title is from the poem Early Poem by Lucy Ives.)

Monday, July 22, 2019

Where do i live if there’s no home remaining

The photographs were taken in Iso Omena shopping center in Espoo on June 1st.

(Posting title is from the poem the name before the name before mine by Jay Besemer.)

Sunday, July 21, 2019

To other forms our hearts should turned be

The photographs were taken in Espoo on May 31st.

(Posting title is from the poem Gullinge Sonnets 4: “The hardness of her heart and truth of mine” by John Davies.)

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

You shouldn't look at me like that

The photographs were taken on May 5th

(Posting title is from the poem Custom by Carl Phillips.)

Monday, May 20, 2019

Is a mystery even now

The photographs were taken in Espoo on April 22nd.

(Posting title is from the poem Why Brownlee Left by Paul Muldoon.)

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Hurrying through the dusk as if the end

The photographs were taken in Espoo on April 22nd.

(Posting title is from the poem Bird Left Behind by Sophie Cabot Black.)

Thursday, May 16, 2019

The dreamy answer to that one

The photograph was taken at Träskända park in Espoo on April 22nd.

(Posting title is from the poem Early Morning, Left-Handed by Hilda Raz.)

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

For he is tenacious of his point

The photographs were taken on August 5th in Espoo.

(Posting title is from the poem Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart.)

Sunday, September 30, 2018

We seldom put it into practice

The photographs were taken on August 2nd while riding the bicycle in the Central Park in Espoo.

(Posting title is from the poem Epistle to Mrs. Tyler by Christopher Smart.)

Monday, September 24, 2018

Who lured her vivid beauty

The photographs were taken in Espoo on July 23rd and 24th.

(Posting title is from the poem A Worm Fed on the Heart of Corinth by Isaac Rosenberg.)

Sunday, August 19, 2018

This is our map

The photographs were taken on June 28th while riding the bicycle in Espoo and Kauniainen.

(Posting title is from the poem Marathon by Nick Flynn.)

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world

The photographs were taken in Espoo on June 24, while exploring the Glims river.

Today I circled by bicycle Helsinki and Espoo seaside landscape, early in the morning when it was quite cool. Some places were populated, for example market squares and monuments where tourists go sightseeing.

(Posting title is from the poem The Second Coming by Yeats.)

Friday, July 21, 2017

Together one breathing, burning machine

The photographs of Finnish midsummer bonfire were taken on June 23rd at Laaksolahti in Espoo, the place that was depicted in my photobook Impressions of Midsummer's Eve (also available at Blurb).

Today I rode the bicycle to Seutula, returning via the road that goes by the airport. I tried out the new Specialized Elite TR shoes, and they proved to be an excellent fit.

(Posting title is from the poem MyKillAdoreHer by Paul Martínez Pompa.)

Monday, September 5, 2016

Were it not for stealing, stealing

The photographs were taken on August 1st and 3rd in Espoo and Vantaa.

Yesterday the weather forecast promised rain, but it was sunny during the day. I walked two hours in Helsinki city, exploring the streets and paths by seaside, from Hernesaari to Kauppatori. Not my usual environment.

Today a saddle bag was stolen from my bicycle. There was nothing expensive inside, just some tools, but still this feels bad.

(Posting title is from the poem Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard by Leigh Hunt.)

Friday, September 2, 2016

For we can still love the world

The photographs were taken on July 30th in Helsinki and Espoo.

So far this year I have 4356 km riding the bicycle, and 6000 km seems to be reachable by the end of the year. The weather has been great this week, dry and sunny.

(Posting title is from the poem Chaplinesque by Hart Crane.)

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Who wake up and punch the air

The photographs were taken on July 18th in Espoo, while exploring Träskända and the central park on bicycle.

This morning I walked for two hours in Nuuksio, starting from Velskola and walking around lake Kattilajärvi. I got three deer fly. My record is from September 12th, 2015, when I got 87 deer fly when walking in Meiko.

(Posting title is from the poem American Incognito by David Gewanter.)