But if she stopped to listen, it disappeared

Big

Teeth

Bones

I commuted by bicycle on Friday, and it was good. During the winter the city was spreading gravel to give pedestrians traction, and that is not so good for bicycles, but fortunately on some places the gravel has already been cleaned away.

I bought some new clothing to be used this winter for riding the bicycle, but there hasn't been much use because the cold part of the winter was so short. Also, I bought a new backlight, but now the sun is soon rising early enough so that there is no need for lights any more. However, I don't complain, it is great that spring seems to be starting this early, a month or so before normal.

The photographs were taken in Luomus, the Finnish Museum of Natural History.

(Posting title is from the poem Bones and Shadows by John Philip Johnson.)

But the Lion just can’t trust his teeth

Reflect

Blue

Phote

Luomus, the Finnish Museum of Natural History, provides lots of things for the photographer. And it was nice to see how the children used their phones to take photographs and record videos.

(Posting title is from the poem Why Nobody Pets the Lion at the Zoo by John Ciardi.)

The question that he frames in all but words

Birds 1

Birds 2

Birds 3

Luomus, the Finnish Museum of Natural History, has great exhibitions, and here are some bird-related views. It is great that you are allowed to take photographs inside the museum.

The weather is holding near 0 °C, and it hasn't been raining or snowing, so the conditions are excellent for commuting by bicycle. I haven't yet changed summer tires to the bicycle, but maybe there is time for this during the weekend. Another thing is that the sun rises already at 7:26 AM, which means that soon there is no need to use lights in the bicycle while commuting to work.

(Posting title is from the poem The Oven Bird by Robert Frost.)

Had nothing else to do but act as scribes

Balcony

Stairs

Shell

Specimens

Look

On February 19th I visited with the children Luomus, the Finnish Museum of Natural History. There is plenty of things to see, and what is even better, you are allowed to take photographs inside the museum. Here you see a sample of the collections.

(Posting title is from the poem Cacoethes Scribendi by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.)