Tuesday, December 6, 2016

This discipline makes desolate the loneliness of night

The photograph was taken on November 17th in Helsinki.

Today is the Independence Day of Finland: 99 years.

(Posting title is from the poem The Reinforcements by Du Fu, translated by W. J. B. Fletcher.)

Monday, December 5, 2016

By my red mind and what it woke

The photographs were taken in Helsinki on November 17th.

This morning the temperature was +6 °C, a difference of 18 degrees compared to yesterday. Depth of snow is 0 cm, and the landscape is black.

(Posting title is from the poem Insomnia & So On by Malachi Black.)

Sunday, December 4, 2016

That shines through the things

The photographs were taken on November 13th.

This morning I walked across the open swamps in the north parts of Vaakkoi. The swamp was mostly frozen, carrying a person walking, except for some wet spots. It was good to have tall rubber boots. The weather is warming up rapidly. This morning we had -12 °C, and for tomorrow the weather forecast promises +5 °C.

(Posting title is from the poem Ordinary Time by Tim Dlugos.)