The photographs were taken at lake Bodom on December 25th.
This morning there was 10 m/s headwind in the morning, and 10 m/s backwind in the afternoon. Not bad - sometimes the wind has changed so that there has been headwind both ways.
(Posting title is from the poem Program for The Dance by Ed Roberson.)
On March 14th and 15th I walked in Nuuksio, south of lake Saarijärvi. There were people fishing and skating on the ice.
Today I took a long walk, three hours, going around lake Meiko and lake Vaipo, and visiting lake Vitträsk. The best part was walking across the swamp at Slätmossen, which was still frozen enough to carry a person. The swamps and lakes were flooding, and the path was covered by water in many places. I got somewhat dirty and wet when climbing over a fallen tree. My leg caught and I stumbled into the wet ground, luckily managing to keep the camera off the ground. There is some washing to be done.
(Posting title is from the poem Patterns by Amy Lowell.)
I'm rather behind in post-processing recent photographs, there were 755 of them waiting to be looked at today. I went through almost half, deleting 95% of them. Here are three photographs taken on Thursday, day before yesterday.
Yesterday I ate - for the first time ever - Quorn cutlets. I have eaten less and less meat recently, selecting the vegetarian dish at lunch at work.
A colleague knew what Quorn is, and we had a discussion about it during lunch. Today I read the Wikipedia article about it. Quorn is a brand of imitation meat mycoprotein, and it tasted a bit like chicken. Not bad at all. However, it seems that there is also a bit of controversy, as some people have got an allergic reaction after eating it. In Finland Quorn is a new thing, as it became available in shops in Autumn 2012.
(Posting title is from the poem Days of 1994: Alexandrians by Marilyn Hacker.)
Paul Lester posted a non-snow photo to help Paul Maxim to cope with SAD. Well, it is hard to escape the winter blues here in Finland, but on the other hand you can try to embrace it.
Today I went skating with the youngest daughter. She was very keen on it, and we were the only ones on the ice, thanks to the -15 °C temperature. Because of the cold, we could be there only for a short while. But it was nice. My daughter declared at home that she had learned to skate today. Quite a self-confidence!
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