Agorafobic

This is a market place of my beloved hometown Lahti, Finland. Not alot action in a ordinary weekday morning. Couple dozen - or so - peoples in those outdoor cafe´s on the right. But that´s about it really. 

Judging the photo it´s huge. It´s due me using 16mm (on a full frame). It enormously exaggerates the depth perspective. I mean; look at one of those stones on foreground, one of them could easily cover that church tower in the horizon. Which is 40m (131ft) tall. So there you have it.  

My Corner of the Wolrd

Accidental Artsy

Bit more abstract one. I was photographing outdoors, after I was done I putted my camera in my rucksack. When I returned to home I find dozen - or so . pictures like this in my camera. 

To me this looks like a schizophrenic nightmare. What do you see?

My Initials

 And my brand new rubber boot. Didn´t paint those myself, there´s some digging going on there. So this is their markings. They´re my real life initials too not just my net-nick. My real nick name is Pisi, been called that since -83. All my old friend and 100+ drinking buddies calls me that. And so does my brother and mother. Prkl I added later, it´s short version of word Perkele. Which basicly means the devil. But it´s very usable word bit like the f-word. Suits fine with my bit roughf image.

I bought rubber boots for all these watery days of Autumn. Mostly to be used in forrests I visit at times. Don´t wanna get my feet wet. I guess one can use these in city enviroment too. Atleast they´re properly colored for Autumn.

Swamp Route

Friday was phenomenaly warm Autumn day. Almost the highest in recorded history. 22 degree Celcius (71.6F) it was. And all blue sky. That would be a great Summer day too, it was that warm. Me and my mom went for a hike in the woods. Wellcome to Lahti Healt Forrest.

It was new route to me. There´s all these marking along the way. That orange tree/man sign we was following. There´s hundreds of small walk paths and there´s marking at every path crossing so you wouldn´t go the wrong way. 

There´s warnings of slippery and for mountain bikers. At one place it said it´s a demanding path. And oh boy that was just that. Last ice age formed these ridges. Thre´s hills every where you go. At these scenes are world class skiing routes. It really was demanding. Almost 45 degree uphills at places. 

There´s all these small treasures to find in there. I thought this was a mushsroom growing on a tree stump. I got little closer and what? This is really nice find. Tee or coffee anyone?

More watery places there was these nice duckboards for easier access.

We had coffee in thermos and some sandwiches which we had at this small swamp pond. There´s wooden benches to sit and enjoy the Mother Nature. In several places.

The route was supposed to be 3.4km (2.11 miles). We missed some path marking and ended up walking douple that. My mom is notorious to get lost in forrest, this was not the first time. We was beat and barely made it back where we strated. With help from my mobile. I have not much good to say about  mobiles but this time it was really handy.

 

Been there, done that. There´s more than 100 of these small paths in this area. We shall return the area. Next time I´m navigating.  My legs are killing me yet still. Very sore indeed. It was a very hard for me but am pleased we did it. I literaly hugged a tree first time in my life. It felt bit weird and very nice at the same time. 

Autumnal Equinox

 Today day and night is equally long globaly. My Southern Hemisphere blog friends are going towards  Summer starting tomorrow. Us Northern folks the darkness is coming. Night will prevail so to speak. Day is turning into a night, last light of the day. Good Night to all my viewers!!!

A Wood Carving

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Flashback

16. kesäkuuta 1995 - Messilän juhannus, Lahti. The Offspring heitti lavalta löylyä niin kovin että yleisö oli ihan liekeissä. Konsertti keskeytettiin ja lavalta palokunta viilensi yleisöä paloletkulla. Eikä se ollut mikään puutarhaletku vaan lähinnä vesitykki. Jengin oli pakko mennä taaksepäin vedenpaineen johdosta. Bryan "Dexter" Holland totesi yleisölle ettei keikka enää jatkuisi ellei yleisö rauhoituisi. Lavan eteen pyörtyneet kannettiin pois ja keikka jatkui hivenen rauhallisimmissa tunnelmissa. 

Tämän viikoisessa biisissä on karut lyriikat, kertoo kouluammuskeluista ja jengiväkivallasta. Ikävä kyllä edelleen ajankohtainen kpl. Kandee lukea lyriikat samalla kun kuuntelee. Ei tätä(kään) varmasti oikein kuule jossei lue lyriikoita. Paitsi jos enkku on eka kieli niin ehkä sitten. Tosin on siinä ainakin kolme sanaa  amerikan slangia, nei välttis tule oikein ymmärretyksi vaikka lyriikat lukisikin. Strappin`= aseistautua. Colors = jengivärit. Score = saada pesää/hankkia huumeita/koetulos tai 34 muuta asiaa jotka sanakirjani tietää. Siitä voi valkata, itse veikkaan tota koetulosta.

Itselle tämä on ysärin paras bändi jossois pakko valita. Mulla oli 3 (tai 4) levyään ja ne puhki kuuntelin. Pari bändipaitaakin oli, nekin kulutin puhki. Toisen selässä luki isolla stupid dumpass goddamn motherfucker. Just mun näkönen paita. Eniveis, Neo-/Skeitti-Punkkia ysäriltä, olkaa hyvä.

Saturday Classic - The Offspring - Come Out And Play

You gotta keep 'em separated

Like the latest fashion
Like a spreading disease
The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
The gangs stake out their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal
If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix
They're gonna bash it up, bash it up, bash it up, bash it up

Hey, man, you talkin' back to me?
Take him out (you gotta keep 'em separated)
Hey, man, you disrespecting me?
Take him out (you gotta keep 'em separated)
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play

By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score
Your never-ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own...

Hey, man, you disrespecting me?
Take him out (you gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, man, you talkin' back to me?
Take him out (you gotta keep 'em separated)
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play

It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score
Your never-ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own...

Hey, man, you talking back to me?
Take him out (you gotta keep 'em separated)
Hey, man, you disrespecting me?
Take him out (you gotta keep 'em separated)
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play

Peek-a-boo

The Weekend in Black n` White

Off the bus

 Weekend Street/Reflection

Hirundo Rustica (i.e. Barn Swallow)

 I was shooting this rainbow back in July. I focused on the tree line. I was shooting wide open (f4 at  70mm) when this bird flew in my frame. I just had to pull the trigger, it was a reflex shot. Bird is bit bokeh, it was way closer than the tree line so that´s why.

If you look close enoughf you can see faint rainbow at the right of that clearly visible one.
Birds has gone south for a winter. I´ll see ém next May again. ´Til then; tah dah!    

Skywatch Friday