Come and see my shining palace

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The photographs were taken on August 17th.

(Posting title is from the poem Second Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay.)

Reach inside my pockets

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The photographs were taken in Helsinki on June 9th.

(Posting title is from the poem Departure Tax by Edward Mayes.)

Excuse me for disturbing you

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The photographs were taken at the Rhododendron Park in Haaga on June 9th.

(Posting title is from the poem A Talk with a Tax Collector by Vladimir Mayakovsky.)

I think of all the people

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The photographs were taken at Tremanskärr swamp on June 4th.

(Posting title is from the poem The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan.)

She knows how to keep death at bay

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The photographs were taken at Torronsuo swamp on May 25th.

(Posting title is from the poem A River by John Poch.)

Now, they said, put it back together again

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The photographs were taken on May 19th in Helsinki.

(Posting title is from the poem In Order To by Kenneth Patchen.)

Left to our own devices, we devise

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The photographs were taken in Sipoonkorpi National Park on May 11th.

This morning I rode the bicycle for two hours, around the airport. The wind was rather strong.

(Posting title is from the poem Lines to Accompany Flowers for Eve by Carolyn Kizer.)

And leave to thee such treasury

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The photographs were taken in Sipoonkorpi National Park on May 11th.

(Posting title is from the poem A Communication Which the Author Had to London, Before She Made Her Will by Isabella Whitney.)

I would have

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The photographs were taken in Sipoonkorpi National Park on May 11th.

In six days I have got eleven hours of exercise, six hours commuting by bicycle and five hours walking in forests. Today I'm planning to take it easy and rest.

(Posting title is from the poem London Exchange by Eileen Myles.)

Pauses to feed the hunger of the eye

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The photographs were taken on May 10th.

(Posting title is from the poem In a London Drawingroom by George Eliot.)

The lights tell their memories

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The photographs were taken on May 5th in Petikko.

The temperature was at 6 °C this morning. I wore woollen socks when commuting by bicycle.

(Posting title is from the song The lights of Moscow by Georg Ots.)

There are sensations that begin in the world

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The photograph was taken on May 1st.

This morning I walked for 1 1/2 hours. It was already quite warm at 9 am. The last time we had rain was on May 3rd. Since then it has been warm and dry.

(Posting title is from the poem Son of Fog by Dean Young.)

You are not the child of earth. Beauty still thy name.

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The photographs were taken on May 13th.

So far this week I have got 11 1/2 hours of exercise. I need to do some work in the garden in the afternoon, but otherwise I'll take it easy today.

(Posting title is from the poem The Elements by Alice Notley.)

All the ways your arms kept hoping towards

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The photographs were taken on May 13th.

This morning I got three hours of exercise, visiting nine lakes north of Siikajärvi: Kolperinlampi, Sikoilampi, Sarvilampi, Iso-Holma, Pitkä Saarijärvi, Ympyrkäinenlampi, Holma-Saarijärvi, Kukkoilampi and Kolmoislammit. I saw two nesting pairs of Gavia stellata.

(Posting title is from the poem Squarings: Lightenings by Seamus Heaney.)

And I won't tell you goodbye

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The photographs were taken on May 13th.

I commuted by bicycle every day this week. So far this year I have got 2041 km riding the bicycle.

(Posting title is from the song Don't Ask Me No Questions by Lynyrd Skynyrd.)

To ever play the blues

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The photographs were taken on April 22nd.

This morning I walked for 2 1/4 hours in Vaakkoi, visiting eight lakes. In six days I have got 11 1/2 hours of exercise, of which 4 1/2 hours riding the bicycle.

(Posting title is from the song The Ballad of Curtis Loew by Lynyrd Skynyrd.)

See and if I only could

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The photographs were taken on September 10th while I visited Hatanpää Arboretum in Tampere.

I have taken quite a lot of photographs this weekend as well. Autumn colors are prominent, and there is a lot of variety in the landscape. And lots of details to explore with a camera.

(Posting title is from the song Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush.)

Cause you’re just too kind to see

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The photographs were taken at lake Suolikas in Nuuksio on August 28th.

Trump made a speech at UN today. I wish it would be possible to un-make it.

(Posting title is from the song Little White Lies by Betsy.)

Imagine if those performers

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The photographs were taken on August 14th at Sipoonkorpi National Park.

Today I walked for almost three hours at Niihama in Tampere, walking through the nature protection area and enjoying the lakeside views. It was raining, and few people were outside. On the lake I saw and heard two women in canoes. They discussed the beauty of all the shades of gray in the landscape.

(Posting title is from the poem Language is her caravan by Caleb Klaces.)

To those who call evil good

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The photograph was taken at Vuokatti on July 4th.

Even though I abhor violence, today I feel great sympathy towards those who wish to punch nazis. It is remarkable how Trump and his minions protect neo-nazis and white supremacists, even though 73% of mass killings in the US since 1983 have been committed by white men. Well, perhaps this isn't so remarkable given that 90 years ago Trump's father was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens.

(Posting title is from the song If You Had A Vinyard by Sinead O'Conner.)