Summer rain

Silent summer rain
In west bird of destiny
Fateful sound echoes

Pictures of the floating world

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ca. 1797 – 1861) is one of the great masters of the japansese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e means pictures of the floating world. The famous writer Asai Ryoi (ca. 1612 – 1691) attempted to describe this idea in his Tales of the floating world.

Luncheon of the Boating Party

One of the important lessons I learned in life is that time is the key. In the Universe there’s plenty of time. Actually the amount of time out there is so incredibly large we could never fully understand it.

Weekend in Helsinki

I flew to Helsinki for the weekend to visit my aunt who lives in the part of the city called Vuosaari. When we were strolling through Uutela nature park she told me about the finnish artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä who used to live there.

Happy birthday Hubble!

The Hubbletelescope has now been in orbit around Earth for twenty years. Thank you, dear friend for the fantastic images.

Sic transit gloria

Do not all charms fly
At the mere touch of cold philosophy?
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven:

I once travelled to Varanasi by train

I once travelled to Varanasi by train. We arrived in the middle of the night. The plan to spend the rest of the night at the train station was quickly abandoned when we realized that every square inch of the floor was already occupied by a countless number of sleepy travelers.

Life is but a dream

For some reason this world famous nursery rhyme came to my mind.

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Beautiful Mini by Boontje

For months I’ve been working on a borrowed HP lap top since my old LG broke down. I really liked everything about my LG and tried to find a similar but new model. Turned out it was impossible.

Spring haiku

I experimented a little bit with the Japanese short poem form of haiku, using the 5-7-5 rule. I have no idea if I’m doing it right or not. This is the result anyhow.