World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki: 35

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Mix and Match in Helsinki

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber

Market Square

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“Fresh fish,
Get you fresh fish here,
Catch of today
On your plate won’t stay!”

“Sausages,
Fresh boiled sausages
Made from reindeer
Don’t worry dear
Rudolf not included!”

“I-iice cream,
Come and get some i-iice cream,
Cold and cooling
If you need the smoothing!”

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki: 34

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Mix and Match in Helsinki

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber

Ye Old Shopping Mall

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What ever your heart may desire…

Well, then you’ve come to the wrong place
But we do like to cater to the buyer
In this old historic space
They commonly call
The Market Hall

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki: 33

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Mix and Match in Helsinki

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber

Harbour Area

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A slow boat to Sweden
Or a catamaran to Tallinn
If you are looking for Eden
Well, maybe
But you better be all in!

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Delicious and Colourful (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Two

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Poetry, Day Seven: Flavor

From the simple (butter on toast, a childhood-evoking bubblegum) to the more complex (insert your latest dinner-party triumph — or fiasco), flavor occupies a crucial place in our memories, in our stories, and in our social interactions.

Delicious and Colourful

“I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It’s very comforting” Teri Garr

Strawberries!

In summertime,
In July
Something easy,
For both tummy
And the eye

Delicious
Nutricious
Precious

Sun kissed
Wouldn’t miss

Eat them
While you can
Soon, the season is over
And it will be October
When you’ll be eating
Canned spam!

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Down the Drain (WP Developing Your Eye II)

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Day Seven: “Glass” — Interact with a Surface

Incorporate a form of glass — a window, a mirror, a wine glass, sunglasses, or something else — in today’s image.

” I hate to burst your bathtub bubbles, baby, but that ain’t just mud down there!”
— Jak II: Renegade

Down the Drain

“Down the hatch!”,

She said
Snatching the full glass
With one pass
As the liquid poured down
A few trickles on her gown

“What?
Do you really think
I was letting it go to waste?”

Looking at the empty vessel
The content definitely not made by Nestle
Searching for any signs of discomfort
But, on the contrary
She was seemingly triumfant

Offering the glass back to me,

“Be a sweetie:
One more for the road!”

She added with a smile

“One man’s vile
An other woman’s style”,

I thought
Looking at the bottle I had bought

Pouring the glass full again
Thinking to myself,

“Better than pouring it all
Down the drain!”

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Konebuilding (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Seven: “Big” — A Point of View

Today, let’s go big. Photograph something of massive size, inside or outside. Get creative with your shot: Capture all or just part of the subject. Place it in the foreground so it takes up the entire frame. Or shoot it from afar so it appears smaller — yet still prominent.

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us” Winston Churchill

Konebuilding

A tall glass house of blue
Possibly quite see through
Hardly qualified as a skyscraper
But with many a
Windows, doors and elevators
It’s easily a wannabe simulator

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Delicious and Colourful (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) One

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Poetry, Day Seven: Flavor

From the simple (butter on toast, a childhood-evoking bubblegum) to the more complex (insert your latest dinner-party triumph — or fiasco), flavor occupies a crucial place in our memories, in our stories, and in our social interactions.

Delicious and Colourful

“I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It’s very comforting” Teri Garr

Cherry on Top

The red, red cherry
Is one delicious berry
Quite the legendary

Consume it
With a glass of Sherry
And,
In to a heavenly state
You’ll soon be ferried

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Happy Birthday Sir Patrick!

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“A couple of years ago, I was asked, ‘How would you like to be remembered?’ And my answer was ‘That I was very funny.’” Sir Patrick Stewart

Happy Birthday Sir Patrick!

Main Pat Stew

Totally charming
Maybe even utterly harming
When you make us laugh
And make us cry
With a voice like that
Sir Pat in a hat
Canny as a cat
Who could resist
Of being kissed
By a great fellow
You’re hell of’
An actor, a Captain and a King
And even able to sing

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Wishing you a merry, happy and utterly great Birthday
And as the cliche goes, if I may

Live Long And Prosper
Oh, Captain of Captains!

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My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II) Two

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Day Six: “Landscape” — Crop Your Image

Today, let’s walk in the footsteps of masters like Ansel Adams and focus on landscape photography.

Landscapes generally focus on wide, vast depictions of nature and all of its elements, from formations to weather. In this genre of photography, you won’t find much of a human presence: nature itself is the subject. A focus on nature isn’t mandatory, however — you can also capture a sweeping panorama of a city.

My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II)

“I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued” Galen Rowell

My homestead

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My homestead
Where I get rested
Where I can clear my head
The place where I am fed
And each night
Go to bed

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My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II) One

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Day Six: “Landscape” — Crop Your Image

Today, let’s walk in the footsteps of masters like Ansel Adams and focus on landscape photography.

Landscapes generally focus on wide, vast depictions of nature and all of its elements, from formations to weather. In this genre of photography, you won’t find much of a human presence: nature itself is the subject. A focus on nature isn’t mandatory, however — you can also capture a sweeping panorama of a city.

My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II)

“I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued” Galen Rowell

Mäkkylä, Espoo, Finland

Mäkkylä is a small area of the Leppävaara district of Espoo, near Helsinki. The area had 3936 inhabitants at the turn of 2013-2014. The housing has grown steadily since the 1960s, and most of the buildings in the area are residential buildings. Mäkkylä has a railway station, small industries, two schools , a couple of day care centers and a ball field. It is also the home for the Central College of Arla for the seeing impaired.

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