We aim for that dent in the dust

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The photographs were taken at Linnanmäki amusement park on August 1st.

(Posting title is from the poem Mythic Beaver by Catherine Field.)

When the days are too short

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The photographs were taken on September 8th at Linnanmäki amusement park.

(Posting title is from the poem Apple Blossoms by Susan Kelly-DeWitt.)

Is this not so? Is it not pleasant

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The photographs were taken at Linnanmäki amusement park on August 6th.

(Posting title is from the poem Almost Nowhere in the World, as Far as Anyone Can Tell by Dick Allen.)

Is always repeating itself

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The photographs were taken on July 20th in Helsinki.

Is there much else to say except that racism is a cancer that needs to be removed? The same applies to Trump.

(Posting title is from the song Waterloo by ABBA.)

Sweet to tongue and sound to eye

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The photographs were taken at Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki on May 30th.

Yesterday and today I have done too much driving a car. Fortunately I have managed to do some walking up and down hills as well. And lake Hiisijärvi at Ristijärvi was a nice place to visit.

(Posting title is from the poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti.)

When he drawed that color line

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The photographs were taken on September 24th at Linnanmäki Amusement Park, in the Sea Life aquarium.

This week the weather forecast promises rain, and perhaps there will be some snow as well. I installed a studded winter tire to the front of the bicycle. The Schwalbe Marathon Winter tire has 240 studs, which should offer enough grip on ice and snow. It is not bad on asphalt either.

(Posting title is from the song Old Man Trump by U.S. Elevator.)

Wordless, confusing

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The photographs were taken at Linnanmäki Amusement Park on June 8th.

I wrote earlier about the Nokian rubber boots which I have been using since 2012, and which still are serving quite well. Today I remembered that I bought my bicycle shoes five years ago, after my feet got seriously painful due to too narrow shoes.

The shoes I bought in 2011 - Specialized BG Sport Touring shoes - were the biggest shoes to be found in the shop, size 47 (US size 13), and they have fitted my feet perfectly. The pain I had had in my feet disappeared in a couple of days after getting these shoes.

The shoes are still in excellent shape, after more than 15,000 km of riding. It seems that this particular model of shoe has been discontinued, but I guess they will last for another five years, at least I hope so.

(Posting title is from the poem Immigrant Picnic by Gregory Djanikian.)

I’d worked in my window like a scholar

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The photographs were taken on June 8th at Linnanmäki Amusement Park.

Today I installed new lock pedals to the bicycle, similar one-sided ones as the old ones were (Shimano PD-M324). I'm almost always riding the bicycle wearing bicycle shoes, but still I haven't bought two sided pedals, because during winter when it is very cold I need to use other shoes.

The length of day is today 18 h 59 min.

(Posting title is from the poem An Immigrant Woman by Anne Winters.)

And now at this one time

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The photographs were taken at Linnanmäki Amusement Park on June 8th.

Last week I got 13 hours of exercise, 7 1/2 hours riding the bicycle and 5 1/2 hours walking. I think I should take a rest day at some point, to recover.

(Posting title is from the poem City Elegies by Robert Pinsky.)

They want me to be more serious than I want to be

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The photographs were taken on May 26th in Helsinki, visiting the Linnanmäki amusement park.

Today we had thunder and heavy rain in the morning. In the afternoon it was sunny. I visited Linnanmäki with the children, and there were no queues to speak of.

(Posting title is from the poem A Story About Chicken Soup by Louis Simpson.)

And the whole process may be considered as finished

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These photographs were taken at Linnanmäki Amusement Park on July 6th.

(Posting title is from the poem To make Gosky Patties by Edward Lear.)

Poorly reproduced, a too crudely stupid view

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Yesterday I spent the day with children at Linnanmäki Amusement Park. The day was cool and windy, but there were a lot of people visiting Linnanmäki, so the queues were long. But we stayed almost to the closing time, and then it got easier. The leg muscles are rather sore, because of the walking and standing. It is exhausting to have fun.

These photographs were taken on June 18th, which was a wet day.

(Posting title is from the poem Vowel Movements by Daryl Hine.)

Wherein many a grand, imaginary castle

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The flu is now worse than before, and I couldn't get much sleep. Sore throat, running nose, headache. It would be great to go for a walk, but I don't think I'm in the shape for it.

The photographs were taken on May 25th at Linnanmäki Amusement Park.

(Posting title is from the poem Vowel Movements by Daryl Hine.)

And we store up pleasure in our bodies

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On June 27th I visited Linnanmäki Amusement Park with the children. There were a lot of gulls keeping watch on people.

(Posting title is from the poem Summer in a Small Town by Tony Hoagland.)