Calm waters

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Pyhäjärvi from the Arboretum in Tampere, September 2022

Autumn morning

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Autumn morning Tampere, September 2022.

I walk next to the lake every morning.

I see the season changing. The clouds over the lake. Their reflection on the surface when there is no wind. The leaves of the trees turning yellow.

The air is chillier.

People walk their dogs. I walk mine. Sometimes we exchange good mornings.

Morning runners are deep into their music or podcast.

1, 2, 3, 4, gone

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Saturday evening

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Sunset in Rantaperkyö

Aeneid Book VI

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Ancient times

Elsewhere Anchises
Fatherly and intent, was off in a deep green valley
Surveying and reviewing souls consigned there
Those due to pass to the light of the upper world
It so happened he was just then taking note of his whole posterity, the destinies and doings
Traits and qualities of descendants dear to him
But seeing Aeneas come wading through the grass
Towards him, he reached his two hands out
In eager joy, his eyes filled up with tears
And he gave a cry: “At last! Are you here at last?
I always trusted that your sense of right
Would prevail and keep you going to the end
And am I now allowed to see your face
My son, and hear you talk, and talk to you myself?

This is what I imagined and looked forward to
As I counted the days; and my trust was not misplaced
To think of the lands and the outlying seas
You have crossed, my son, to receive this welcome
And after such dangers! I was afraid that Africa
Might be your undoing.” But Aeneas replied:
“Often and often, father, you would appear to me
Your sad shade would appear, and that kept me going
To this end. My ships are anchored in the Tuscan sea
Let me take your hand, my father, O let me, and do not

Hold back from my embrace.” And as he spoke he wept
Three times he tried to reach arms ’round that neck
Three times the form reached for in vain, escaped
Like a breeze between his hands, a dream on wings

Photo credits Mikhail on Unsplash

I am moving the blog

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Hi all, I am moving the blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. I want to try to self host the blog.

As expected the move had produced some hick ups and the new site is not ready. I am working on it and fixing things step by step as I am learning about self hosted blogs.

You can find the blog which is a work in progress at the same address: www.photosandwords.fi

See you there 🙂

Twenty five years

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Pyylinsaari | Tampere 2022

I guess you can see it. They really show how old they are. But they still go strong. Up and down the hill. Walking on the soft moss that covers the rocks like a carpet and when I look for blueberries.

In the mornings they get a bit wet and cannot hold water very well anymore. My socks get wet but I do not mind. They have walked hundreds of kilometres and in many countries.

Twenty five years is a long journey.

Twenty five years

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My hiking boots
My hiking boots

I guess you can see it. They really show how old they are. But they still go strong. Up and down the hill. Walking on the soft moss that covers the rocks like a carpet and when I look for blueberries.

In the mornings they get a bit wet and cannot hold water very well anymore. My socks get wet but I do not mind. They have walked hundreds of kilometres and in many countries.

Twenty five years is a long journey.

Pinhole

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Enonkoski, July 2022

Pinhole to nature

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A pinhole in Enonkoski to look at the landscape
A Pinhole to nature, Enonkoski July 2022