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Two full moons and The Matrix

Are you a Matrix fan? I was obsessed with the first movie in 1999, I've seen it so many times! We even used, with my friends, to watch the last scene and with the

The beauty of stability

Or I could title this post : "From 7 to 47". But let explain myself. I am on 47th day of posting daily and I don't mean just uploading a snapshot writing

Showcasesunday: Walking in Athens

In case you you don't know it, Athens is the capital of Greece and was my home for more than 40 years, before I move to the island of Crete in search of a rural

Pictures and music

I live in a very small village but we do have our own band! Not professionals but pretty good and we enjoy listening to them in numerous occasions each year during

Vera and offspring

I have been a dog lover as far as I can remember myself. There was always a dog around me through my childhood and it was a dog that became my best friend ever as

Made in China

I guess that if you are not living in Cuba, a vintage car is an absolute luxury that very few can afford. This one for example is a 1948 Tucker Sedan. Only 51 of

The common ingredient

I rarely post food pictures but there are three recipes that I am quite fond of. Actually they are quite similar and they all share a common ingredient that I totally

The "modern" version

Raki is an alcoholic drink produced by distillation of grape pomace. The word is Turkish, originated from the Arabic "arak" and variations of the same

Notes to myself

Do you remember your first days around here? For me it was March 25, 2018 when I wrote my first post and I had almost forgotten how hard and discouraging those first

Showcase Sunday: A Gorgeous Day

I made this post on August 18 2020. It was a sunny and beautiful summer day. I did my best to take as good close-ups of bees and butterflies as possible. I was satisfied

Showcase Sunday: My Best Photographs Taken In June 2019

This set includes many photos of places haven't been to for a while. The first series of shots is my favorite. They were taken on the Suomenlinna fortress islands

Showcase Sunday: Night Shots Of Tampere

I took these long exposures about a year ago in Tampere. That was three weeks before the epidemic and the beginning of the lockdown. This was the last time I visited

Showcase Sunday: Lake Kymijärvi

I took these shots on January 17, 2019. All the residential buildings except for the one in the first image are typical architecture here. Here's a link to the original:

Showcase Sunday: The Heat Contined + Beach And Countryside Shots

There is a lot of snow out there and more of that stuff is falling as I'm typing this. I pushed most of the snow in the driveway over to the other side of a small

Showcase Sunday: A Gorgeous Day

It's so depressingly dark and gloomy out there as there is no snow but the length of day is only 6 hours and 41 minutes. The sun rose at 8:43 and set at 15:24. The

Showcase Sunday: Artjärvi + Dead Volvos Society

I'd like to share a post I made about the small former municipality of Artjärvi and some wonderful carrions of Volvos I found rusting away in the yard of an abandoned

Showcase Sunday: View Over Tampere From Hotel Torni

I took these shots in Tampere on October 22 2018. Hotel Torni is a 25 storey hotel right in the city center. I wasn't born in Tampere but I spent most of my life

Showcase Sunday: Abandoned House In A State Of Disintegration

I made this post on May 23 2019. It was about an small house abandoned decades ago I happened to drive past. It would've been just another little house left to rot

Showcase-Sunday: Why We Lie?

Have you ever caught yourself lying? If the answer is no then you are a liar! Even though most of us have a direct response to this question which i bet is yes,

Showcase Sunday: Fog + Snow + Railways

This is a photography post I made last November. I liked the results particularly when I made them black and white in editing. I went to pick up my daughter from