With every other species

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The photographs were taken on February 18th in Helsinki.

(Posting title is from the poem In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler.)

And I let down the crystal curtain

Pipe

Street

Bus

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Red

Trunks

Today I commuted by bus. In the bus I had some time to read the short story collection Gold boy, emerald girl by Yiyun Li. I was completely immersed in the book. Depicting China "from the inside", the stories presented a world which is familiar - and very, very strange indeed.

I took some photographs of the dirt in the bus window; an interesting subject to explore.

(Posting title is from the poem The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance by Li Po, translated By Ezra Pound.)

Not a good time to wash the car

Sunny

Helsinki

Dirt

Bus stop

Night

Here are two photographs taken yesterday and three from today. As you can see, the weather is warmer, and the snow is melting - and all the dirt accumulated during the winter is on the move. I had my car washed today, and it dirtied up again almost immediately.