I forgot to remember to go

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The photographs were taken on June 16th in Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area at Usminkallio hills.

(Posting title is from the poem Grand Central, Track 23 by Elizabeth Skurnick.)

Now truly beguiled

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The photograph was taken on June 16th at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area.

(Posting title is from the poem Grand Expensive Vista by Andrew Hudgins.)

I see you now even in this northern grandeur

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The photographs were taken on June 16th at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area.

(Posting title is from the poem In the Grand Manner by Richard Emil Braun.)

I gazed through the glass

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The photographs were taken at lake Piilolammi in Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area on June 16th.

(Posting title is from the song Deacon Blues by Steely Dan.)

To hold back chaos I transformed

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor are in Hyvinkää on December 28th, 2017.

This morning I walked for 2 1/4 hours, exploring the snowy fields at Petikko. There was 15-25 cm of unbroken snow on the ground. Well, unbroken except for some deer tracks.

(Posting title is from the poem The Water Diviner by Dannie Abse.)

So many things

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor are in Hyvinkää on December 28th, 2017.

I commuted by bicycle on only two days this week. Still, I got over seven hours of exercise: four hours riding the bicycle, 1 1/2 hours shoveling snow and 1 1/2 hours walking.

(Posting title is from the poem And Now She Has Disappeared in Water by Diane Wakoski.)

Look around to see is anyone watching?

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The photographs were taken by lake Suolijärvi at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor are in Hyvinkää on December 28th, 2017.

We got plenty of snow today. Commuting by train went well, but because of the snow it took some effort to get the car moving from the parking place at the station. The weather station at Helsinki-Vantaa airport got crazy, claiming the the depth of snow is 54 cm when yesterday it was 6 cm. I think the actual depth of snow is 30-35 cm.

(Posting title is from the poem Bottled Water by Kim Dower.)

And received its calm

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor are in Hyvinkää on December 28th.

The weather forecast promises 20 cm of snow for tomorrow. Traffic conditions won't be great. I'm planning to commute by car and train instead of bicycle.

(Posting title is from the poem Portrait of a Figure near Water by Jane Kenyon.)

Look how sweet life has become

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor are in Hyvinkää on December 28th.

I commuted by bicycle today. There was snow and ice on the road, but it was not bad with the studded winter tires. The depth of snow is now 5 cm, so the landscape looks like winter.

(Posting title is from the poem New Water by Sharon Chmielarz.)

I was trying to think of a poem

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The photograph was taken at Kytäjä-Usmi on May 13th.

I woke up early today, and rode my bicycle to Timmermalmi, exploring the forests and swamps on foot, getting 2 1/2 hours of exercise. Later today I have some more exercise in the program.

(Posting title is from the poem Inside the Blues Whale by Afaa Michael Weaver.)

Before my face it lays down my despairs

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The photographs were taken on May 13th at Kytäjä-Usmi.

Today was a rainy day. In the morning I got soaking wet while commuting by bicycle. The clothes were still wet in the afternoon when I started riding back home. And I got soaking wet once again.

The Finnish government fell today, after the "Finns Party" elected an openly racist leader yesterday. Now the Finns Party is out of government, and negotiations about a new coalition have started. I hope human rights are remembered.

Yesterday, after the Finns Party election result was announced, I was quite shocked. As therapy I made a donation to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Finnish Red Cross. That helped a bit.

(Posting title is from the poem Idea 20: An evil spirit, your beauty, haunts me still by Michael Drayton.)

In my mouth I’d never put such filth

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The photographs of river Vantaa were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi on May 13th.

Here in Finland things are not fine. Yesterday the "True Finns" party elected a convicted racist Jussi Halla-aho as their leader, and all chair persons of the Finns Party are hardcore anti-immigrants. The Finnish government could fall as a result, and in fact this might be the best case scenario. As a sidenote, the Norwegian far-right terrorist and mass murderer Anders Breivik (now known as Fjotolf Hansen) credited Jussi Halla-aho's writings as his inspiration for considering "the left" as the enemy.

(Posting title is from the poem Covenant by Alan R. Shapiro.)

The news people is the only ones who got us out

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi on May 13th.

This morning I visited the golf course at Petikko. I don't mean that I played golf (Trump is reason enough to alienate from such thoughts). Instead, I explored the forests on the east side of the golf course. In all I got 2 1/2 hours of walking.

Each morning before reading the news I wonder whether they have managed to clean the house, or is Trump still president?

(Posting title is from the poem Convention Centers of the New World by Raymond McDaniel.)

Outside was all noon and the burning blue

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area on May 13th.

I have been rather busy today, and haven't had time to follow what is happening in the world. Is Trump still president?

(Posting title is from the poem A Death in the Desert by Robert Browning.)

To a rhythm you can’t hear, but you can see it

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area in Hyvinkää on May 13th.

Today the temperature rose to 22 °C in the afternoon. There was 8 m/s backwind when commuting by bicycle. Sometimes it is just too easy.

(Posting title is from the poem Democracy by Dorianne Laux.)

Exhausted eyes peering, then swiveling away

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The photograph was taken on April 16th.

Yesterday I visited the Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area in Hyvinkää, walking over four hours up and down hills. This time I explored the northeast part of the area, walking along and across river Vantaa, which is quite narrow this far north. I carried provisions with me, taking a short break for eating and drinking, so I didn't get very tired. Many places felt familiar, until I realized that I was either thinking of another part of Kytäjä-Usmi with similar characteristics, or another place altogether. I have visited Kytäjä-Usmi once or twice each year, and should remember to do it again at some point. So far I haven't seen Gavia stellata which is said to be nesting there.

(Posting title is from the poem Danger of Falling by Patricia Goedicke.)

Suspicious eyes behind raised glasses

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi on June 18th.

Yesterday I cleaned windows. Today is a rainy day.

(Posting title is from the poem Lines from Europe by H. B. Mallalieu.)

There is no knowing what we will see

Rowan

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi on June 18th.

This morning I rode the bicycle for two hours, to Nuuksio via the south route, and then back along route 2000, via Pirttimäki. There were wild strawberries on the roadside, some of the ripe for tasting.

(Posting title is from the poem Night Dive by Samuel Green.)

And I lay down in the moss

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The photographs were taken on June 18th at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area in Hyvinkää.

This morning I walked for 2 h 40 min in Nuuksio, along Korpinkierros and Haukankierros routes. A nice way for starting the day.

(Posting title is from the poem Ballad of the Loser by Oscar Williams.)

Who thinks of love the less

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The photographs were taken at Kytäjä-Usmi outdoor area in Hyvinkää on June 18th. It was a rainy day, but there was half an hour when the sun came out.

This morning I rode the bicycle for almost two hours, going through Petikko, Tremanskärr and Luukki, and past lake Bodom in the south.

(Posting title is from the poem The Loser by Carol Johnson.)