The photographs were taken at Hyde Park in London on August 3rd.
Today on the way home cars were stuck on the road for 1 1/2 kilometers, because of an accident. I rode the bicycle past the traffic jam, enjoying backwind.
(Posting title is from the song Ready For It? by Taylor Swift.)
The photographs were taken at Dutch garden in London's Holland Park on August 2nd.
This morning I walked two hours at Tremanskärr, going across swamps. There were no deer fly. I tasted raspberries and lingonberries. The cranberries are not yet ripe.
While walking I did a little bit of thinking about Trump. The United States doesn't have a president after Obama, just a creature that can simulate a human being for a short while if he is tightly controlled and scripted.
(Posting title is from the song Road to Nowhere by David Byrne.)
The photographs were taken at Holland Park in London on August 2nd.
This morning I walked for over two hours in the forests and swamps near Myllyjärvi lake, south of Luukki. There were no moose flies which was a pleasant surprise.
(Posting title is from the song Blindsided by Bon Iver.)
The photographs were taken at Kyoto Garden in London on August 2nd.
I have got 4,358 km riding the bicycle this year, of which 2,488 km since the beginning of May. This week the weather was rather variable, in the beginning cold and dry, and then warm and wet.
(Posting title is from the song Roar by Katy Perry.)
The photographs were taken on August 1st at Warner Bros. Studios in London where the Harry Potter movies were made. I felt that this collection of photographs rather nicely applies to Donald Trump and his minions.
(Posting title is from the song Nowhere Man by The Beatles.)
The photographs were taken on August 1st at Warner Bros. Studios in London where the Harry Potter movies were made.
In the United States, the only victim that Trump truly cares about is Trump himself.
(Posting title is from the song Shelter From The Storm by Bob Dylan.)
The photographs were taken on August 1st at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, seeing how the Harry Potter movies were made.
Today I thought about Trump, of the evil he is causing to happen. But there are also people who are trying to profit from the chaos. One of the lowest form of profiteers are various hoaxers who are trying to gain notice by spreading conspiracy theories.
On Twitter there is a pair of such people, Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) and Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch), who are inventing things out of whole cloth. Their fraudulent claims are sometimes mixed up with research done by real journalists and experts who have concrete sources and who rely on their expertise on checking whether there is factual basis to claims.
I looked at the background of Louise Mensch. As Louise Bagshawe she was known as a writer of "chick-lit" novels. Her sister Tilly Bagshave is also a writer (perhaps with better skills). These days Louise Mensch is dedicated to trolling people who are susceptible and don't bother checking whether the claims have any evidence.
(Posting title is from the song Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift.)
The photographs were taken on August 1st in London.
I walked around lake Suolikas in Nuuksio today. I saw four Gavia stellata, two parents and two young ones. I wondered whether the birds had nested at lake Suolikas, which is a bit too large for them, or whether they had come from a nearby lake, which would mean that the young ones already can fly. The birds were diving and making noise (which can't be called singing).
I thought about Donald Trump and the "brand" of United States these days. It feels as if the United States is no longer a country that is good for human beings. However, if you are a racist or a killer of people with lots of money, you are most welcome, and nazis will be pardoned if the judicial system wants to look at the wrongdoings.
(Posting title is from the poem The Testament of Love by Robert Bridges.)
The photographs were taken in London Zoo on July 31st.
The weather is rather cool. In the morning we had 6 °C, and at noon 12 °C. But next week the weather may warm up a bit.
(Posting title is from the poem Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri.)
The photographs were taken on July 31st at London Zoo.
This morning I walked for almost three hours at Sipoonkorpi National Park, exploring the swamps northeast of Viirilä. I tasted blueberries, (overripe) cloudberries, raspberries and cranberries. A couple of deer fly got to me.
(Posting title is from the poem Supremacy by Edwin Arlington Robinson.)
The photographs were taken in London on July 30th.
(Posting title is from the song Jump by Van Halen.)
The photographs were taken at Sea Life aquarium in London on July 30th.
The weather has been rather cool, 9-10 °C in the morning and 16-17 °C in the afternoon. In the afternoon there has been heavy headwind while commuting by bicycle.
(Posting title is from the poem Passport Home by JP Cooper.)
The photographs were taken in London on July 30th, 2017.
Every day it is apparent that Donald Trump can do worse. There is no bottom.
(Posting title is from Dear Woman by Michael Reid.)
The photographs were taken in London on July 30th.
Today there was an announcement that yet another Finnish company may be bought out. CGI made an all cash offer for the shares of Affecto, which is a data analytics company that has been doing rather well recently. I own shares in about 40 companies, and because my background is in ICT, many of the investments have some connection to ICT, companies such as Affecto, Basware, DNA, Elisa, Etteplan, Nokia, Telia and Tieto.
The CGI offer brought to mind that years ago I owned shares in Novo Group, which was bought by WM-data, which was bought by Logica, which was bought by CGI.
The price that CGI offers for Affecto is not bad, and the stock price jumped 28 percent today. I bought shares eight years ago. Even though the price is now over 100 percent more than the purchase price, if one looks at the share price increase over the years, it is only 9 percent compound interest per year. Not bad, but not exceptional either.
Earlier this year India's Motherson Sumi bought Finland's PKC Group, and I sold my shares. One wonders what company will be next to be bought out.
(Posting title is from the song Cotton Fields by Creedence Clearwater Revival.)
The photographs were taken on July 29th in London.
I felt bad today, due to nasty (and racist) Finnish men making threats towards brilliant women on Twitter and Facebook. To cope with my rotten feelings, I made a donation to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Finnish Red Cross. Afterwards I realized it is two months since I last donated my daily wage to the Red Cross. The June donation was inspired by racists as well.
(Posting title is from the song Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.)
The photographs were taken on July 2nd while walking along the Valtavaara route at Ruka in Kuusamo.
Spending some time in London was rewarding although it was also exhausting. Most things were fine, but traveling in London posed problems.
We bought London travelcards, but they never worked at the underground gates. Well, once it happened that the children got through ok, and only my ticket generated an error message, but usually all the cards failed, giving error messages at gates, either "Seek assistance" or error code 09.
Luckily there was always a person somewhere near the gates to ask for help, and by showing the ticket we were able to pass the gates.
In bus traffic there were no devices for reading travel cards. One showed the ticked to the driver and that was fine.
In retrospect it would have been better to buy Oyster cards for traveling, but I'm not sure they would have worked any better, because lots of people seemed to have trouble passing the gates, even people with Oyster cards.
(Posting title is from the poem We wonder at our shifting capacities by Anna Moschovakis.)
Here are three images from a trip to London on Wednesday. All taken through windows, so there is a unifying theme, I think.
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