A moment only he feels the spell

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The photographs were taken at Suomenlinna Toy Museum on July 6th.

Today I did bicycle repairs. The previous bicycle of my daughter was stolen, even though it was locked to a deck. Now my daughter has a 15-year old bicycle, which shouldn't be attractive to thieves. Cleaning up an old bicycle that has been unused for years took quite a lot of effort. I had to replace the tires and fine-tune the brakes and gears.

(Posting title is from the poem The Landlord's Tale, Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.)

The dry nobbled path, saw many known, and unknown

Red Admiral

The photograph was taken at Suomenlinna Fortress Island on July 6th.

During the summer the photographs have been piling up, and I now have 4,800 photographs waiting for processing. The LX100 camera has dust spots, and thus the photographs require more work than normally. But sometimes I'm just lazy and let them be. I'll be getting a new LX100 next week, and then it will be easier. The problems with the LX100 continue. On Thursday at Särkänniemi Amusement Park the lens got stuck once again, and the camera refused to start because of "zoom error". I fixed the problem by pushing the lens towards the closed position, using quite a bit of force.

(Posting title is from the poem Canto XVI by Ezra Pound.)

He shrugs and offers up his empty hands

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The photographs were taken at Suomenlinna Fortress Island on July 6th.

Yesterday I and the children visited Särkänniemi Amusement Park in Tampere. Between 12 AM and 3 PM it rained quite a lot, but then the weather got better, and there was even some sunshine. We spent over seven hours at Särkänniemi, and we had a lot of things to do, especially as the queues to the rides were short or even non-existent.

(Posting title is from the poem A Ride in the Rain by Blas Falconer.)

I walk this good road between rock

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The photographs were taken at Suomenlinna Fortress Island in Helsinki on July 6th.

The car passed the annual vehicle inspection yesterday. I was a bit surprised. The car is 16 years old but still mostly ok. I cleaned the interior of the car, and did some car headlight adjustment. Also, I noticed that the windshield was slightly chipped, and I had it repaired, which cost 40 euros. I guess the car is now fine for another year of driving.

A colleague said that I should enjoy the "cheap kilometers" of the car as long as it lasts. And a car repairman said that there is no monetary value to the car any more, but still lots of value in driving it.

(Posting title is from the poem In The Summer After “Issue Year” Winter (1873) by Roberta Hill.)