Year of the Rooster

Soundtrack 'Metropolis' by RocketNumberNine and Four Tet: soundcloud.com/four-tet/rocketnumbernine-and-four

I took all my old SLR, DSLR and roll film camera gear to camera store that buys and sells them. On my way I missed the first bus, and I had to wait 20 minutes for the next one. And when I arrived to the store, I had to wait for the previous customer to become served. When finally came my turn, I was surprised to hear how valuable my old gear turned out to be. The most valuable thing was an old 6x9 bellows camera. And what was worth of nothing was an Olympus E450 and all three lenses I had for it. I wasn't very surprised to hear that because the old Four Thirds DSLR system has totally replaced by Micro Four Thirds. So, I decided to bring it back home, just in case I sometimes wish to give it a chance. And when the guy asked whether I want 500€ in cash or 600€ exchange value for something else, I saw it: The previous customer had just left Canon G5X on the desk! Just the camera I had planned to buy, but have had no money for it. And together with it I got two memory cards and very nice and slick Manfrotto tripod. The G5X turned out almost brand new. The pervious owner had first switched to it from some older DSLR, but soon discovered he wishes to shoot with DSLR after all. If I haven't missed the bus, chosen this very Saturday to bring my gear to the store, or chose to do who knows what else, I would very likely missed this chance.

Soundtrack 'I like it' by Thomas Lemmer: soundcloud.com/thomas-lemmer/1-thomas-lemmer-i-like-it

In place called Perus, there is a small island between rapids. Every spring the white flowers of Anemone nemorosa is blooming there, cowering the forest floor with white clouds. I found the S-curve challenge surprisingly difficult, because it was difficult to find what I was looking for: a river, road or a path forming the s-curve. It was not easy to find a curve that would be visible enough. Most often the second curve got hidden behind the flora. This was the best I could find.

The Kalevala runes, translated by John Martin Crawford, [1888]. www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/index.htm Statue of knitting mother and daughter by Emil Wikström, [1913]. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%A4sikallion_suihkukaivo_Tampere_2.jpg Soundtrack My Kantele by Richard Bruner. soundcloud.com/richard-bruner/my-kantele

First lines in pale red: ""We have to stop consuming our culture" Soundtrack by Eastern Sun: soundcloud.com/easternsun/eastern-sun-days-gone-by

Soundtrack by All India Radio: soundcloud.com/allindiaradio/the-quiet-ambient-remix