Friday, September 20, 2013

She scythes names like herbs with her keen sickle

Well, the week is finally over. Such an avalanche of things to do that it felt almost unbelievable. And weekend ahead. I'm thinking about going for a long walk. I hope there is plenty of time for that.

(Posting title is from the poem Autumn by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Renata Gorczynski.)

You never understood the nature poem

Well, I finally started processing photographs from last weekend. These were taken in Nuuksio at Velskola. Signs of autumn getting visible.

(Posting title is from the poem How We Made a New Art on Old Ground by Eavan Boland.)

Thursday, September 19, 2013

The joys of earth and air are thine entire

Here are some closeup photographs, taken at Velskola in Nuuksio on September 8th. I have several hundred photographs from last weekend waiting for processing, but there just isn't time for that. And today I got soaking wet when commuting by bicycle. Well, it has been a while since this happened.

(Posting title is from the poem The Grasshopper by Richard Lovelace.)