I decide on a good place to stand, near a tree

Path

I commuted by bicycle today, and took some magnesium afterwards, to help in recovery.

I noticed a posting about camera shutter counts, and how to find the info, and remembered the fate of my LX3, which went up to 203,318 photographs taken with it. And then I remembered I also wrote a posting on how to find the shutter count info on the LX3, using the service mode.

I would expect that the same kind of shortcut would work on the LX5 as well, but I can't test it because my daughter has it and she is traveling. In any cause, I have taken over 186,000 photographs with the LX5. And my daughter is using it now. (I guess I'm having some withdrawal symptoms after all.)

The photograph was taken in Nuuksio on August 1st.

(Posting title is from the poem I Wasn’t One of the Six Million: And What Is My Life Span? Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld.)

You want a placid life, find another planet

Lake 1

Lake 2

Lake 3

Monday was a busy day.

On August 1st I walked in Nuuksio, along the Korpinkierros route, doing a bit of exploring (and eating of blueberries) on the side. It was a hot day, but there was some wind to give a little bit of cooling.

I'm currently without a camera, as I gave the LX5 to my daughter who is traveling with her school class. I haven't yet got any serious withdrawal symptoms, but a couple of times I have wished to have a camera with me. Well, I have my mobile phone, but the Nokia E7 doesn't really work as a camera.

A week ago I had a look at what kind of cameras there are on the market right now, but nothing really engaged my interest. The Panasonic GM1 with the 24-64 equiv. lens would be almost pocketable but doesn't do macro, the Sony RX100 III is rather expensive and has usability issues, and the Panasonic LX7 isn't a great deal better than the LX5.

But at least we live in interesting times.

(Posting title is from the poem Interesting Times by Mark Jarman.)

And a couple of opposing green

Blur

House

I didn't go for a walk during the weekend, but I got a lot of exercise otherwise, so much that I was sore this morning.

I commuted by bicycle today. It wasn't raining, which felt good. In the morning the temperature was +6 °C. It starts to feel like autumn.

The photographs were taken on July 31st in Helsinki.

(Posting title is from the poem House: Some Instructions by Grace Paley.)