DAILY PHOTO: Waterfront

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DAILY PHOTO: Ambiguous Hour, Laajalahti

Is it sunset? Sunrise? Both? Neither? It was like this for an hour or so when I was in Finland during the Summer. Never getting fully dark.

DAILY PHOTO: Midsummer Midnight in Finland

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Helsinki Limerick

There was a cafe owner from Helsinki
whose coffee shop was often called "dinky."
"You must pack them in --
the fat and the thin --
to save on heating, not to be kinky."

DAILY PHOTO: Suomenlinna Fort on a Beautiful Day

Taken in the Summer of 2011 at Suomenlinna in Finland

DAILY PHOTO: Inside Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki

Taken in the summer of 2011 in Helsinki

DAILY PHOTO: Kansallismuseo Spire, Helsinki

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Helsinki

Helsinki Limerick

There was a fussy man from Helsinki
who loved his town wasn't dirty or stinky,
but covered in snow 
and twenty below
the place is pristine, but also quite inky.

DAILY PHOTO: Senate Square, Helsinki

Taken in the summer of 2011 in Helsinki

DAILY PHOTO: Wasa Aktie Bank Building, Helsinki

Taken in Helsinki in the summer of 2011.