By Wladyslaw Sojka - Own work, FAL, My family and I went to Stockholm for a fall vacation. We stayed there from Friday to Saturday night. We got a travel package from Silja Line, which we all used for

Yesterday, my family and I decided to take a trip to a manor by a lake to have lunch and to take a walk on the lake shore. It was 18 C and really nice and sunny. The manor was not very large. First we

I visited an old brick factory today. This has been in a derelict condition for as long as I can remember. Here's one of the entrances. The place is full of graffiti as you can imagine. The rest of it

Pyynikki observation tower, built in the 1920s Indoor observation room right below the open air observation level. Really steep staircase This tower is almost 100 years old. Näsinneula observation tower

I love the perspective correction tool of Darktable. You can make your smartphone photos including some in this set much better looking by removing perspective errors that can be quite horrid when shooting

I stopped by this castle this evening to take some shots. It was around sunset. The moat is in the foreground. The construction of the castle was begun in the early 14th century. The old prison of the

I took this this morning. It's above freezing now. Snow must be dropped in a controlled manner from roofs to prevent large amounts of it from falling suddenly. The owner of the building is legally responsible

From the top of the Salpausselkä II esker that runs through the entire country from the southwestern coast to the eastern border and over to the Russian side. You're looking at the southern parts of the

The wooden building in the glass box in the background is a concert hall. Those ships have restaurants in them from May 1 until August 31. Vacant but not because of the pandemic This is a really nice place

Stromae has some pretty good songs and this one is one of them.

Planted last summer. Maybe a third of the total length is above the snow. That's a berry bush. Eaten by rabbits. That tree will be gone in the spring so it doesn't matter.

Yet another day night and day of snowfall. It's literally back breaking labor to keep the driveway clear of snow. I felt muscle pain in my upper back yesterday. It's gone now thanks to applying Voltaren

I had to share this chanson. I think it is one of the best songs in the entire genre that I've heard. Brel's voice is incredibly expressive and the composition is pure gold. Ne Me Quitte Pas ("Don't

Both were taken with an iPhone. The perspective error was pretty horrid in the first one. Luckily, with perspective correction tools they are quite easily corrected. This one is still off a little bit.