And we know what we want

Garden 1

Garden 2

Garden 3

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.)

I'd rather know

Park 1

Park 2

Park 3

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.)

I see it all, I see it now

Garden 1

Garden 2

Garden 3

Garden 4

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.)