Complicated

Skyline, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Spring greenery, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Matters of health and wellbeing cause surprises every so often. Thus, for the next few weeks I have much less time for photography or blogging than I used to have. And as I mentioned earlier, it may be that I won't have time for the SoFoBoMo project either.

In the long run, this break (or slowing down) may be a good thing for sustaining the interest in photography. I have been stuck in a rut, or at least I have been feeling recently that I'm not progressing much.

Slowing down (or temporalily stopping) blogging

Blue anemone (Nokia E90 photo), originally uploaded by jiihaa.

For certain personal reason I'm going to either to slow down blogging here at Light Scrape, or make a pause of a few days or even weeks. Also, starting the SoFoBoMo project on May 1st seems to be uncertain. I need to do other things than photography for a while, depending on how things develop.

The photograph shown here was taken hastily today by a roadside with my Nokia E90 phone, as I didn't have a real camera with me. Spring progresses, although I may not be able to document it in photographs.

Life is good (when you aren't too busy to notice)

Wood anemone, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Crooked pine, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Fields, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Birch, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Sometimes there is no reason to complain. Today we had a nice meal with the family, self-made chicken fajitas, a little bit of dry apple cider to drink, and coffee plus blueberry pie for dessert. And listening to Anne Briggs singing.

An enjoyable day. It is pity you are often too busy to notice how good life is.

Later today we had a long walk in the fields and forests, enjoying the sunshine. It was a bit colder than yesterday, and there was more wind, but it was nice. Together with the children we spotted signs of spring: flowers, leaves, grass. Soon it will be summer.

Here are four photographs taken today. I'm once again carrying the LX3 from a neck strap instead of putting it into a coat pocket. It is time of getting rid of coats.

I'm now keeping the extension tube on all the time. It gives protection to the lens, and makes it possible to use filters when needed. I have also noticed I'm now handling the LX3 the same way as I used to handle my SLR, with two hands, although the small size of the camera makes this unnecessary.

There are only a few days left until one can start with the SoFoBoMo project (May 1st). I'm not yet sure whether I'll start taking photographs for the "35 Trees" project right away, or wait for a suitable weekend.