Want everyone else not blind, but perhaps paralyzed, from the eyes down

Trees

The photograph was taken on June 16th while visiting Timmermalmi.

Today is a clouded day, but there shouldn't be much rain. The bicycle is still in the repair shop, but it should be ready today.

It is terrifying to follow what happens with the Trump kakistocracy. A democracy works only as long as people #resist.

(Posting title is from the poem You Love, You Wonder by Brenda Shaughnessy.)

Could see, and not seeing what we could not see

Tree

The photograph was taken on June 16th while visiting Timmermalmi.

Here are some happy things:

• The novel The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is absolutely great, combining gothic horror with closely observed domestic life.
  
• The iPhone SE camera is a worthwhile tool, even though it is not a match to a real camera such as the Panasonic LX100. But when I'm riding the bicycle, the iPhone is the tool I take with me in case there is something to capture.
  
• You can't hide the truth forever, which is more and more apparent when observing what is happening in the United States regarding the Trump kleptocracy. Good people #resist.
  

(Posting title is from the poem Wonder as Wander by Sharon Olds.)

You sleepless with her afterimage

Flower 1

Flower 2

Flower 3

Flower 4

The photographs were taken on June 10th at Petikko.

This morning I rode the bicycle for one hour, and walked one hour. I left the bicycle at a repair shop, because the bottom bracket needed to be changed into a new one. It is loose and making noise. There were two other (smaller) repairs to be done, but the bicycle should be ready tomorrow.

(Posting title is from the poem For the Tattooed Man by Sharmila Voorakkara.)