Category Archives: Photography

I found the Land of Lilliput

While hiking through Gauja National Park in Latvia, I spotted this toilet from afar. “Great,” I thought, “I don’t need to leave these yellow graffiti in the snow today.” As I walked closer though, the toilet hut seemed to shrink. … Continue reading

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Isn’t that a beautiful place? (Part 1)

I am going to write about my walk to that forest in a week or so, but in the meantime I’d like you to guess where it is. If someone gets it right, you will win a prize of my choosing. … Continue reading

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Meet my Fridge

Very energy-efficient: This is in mid-March. If I am (un)lucky, it will still be working in May. And then again from October onward. (Photographed during a short rest on my hike through Gauja National Park in Latvia.)

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I need to lose weight.

I am not fat, but I am not thin either. I have never been particularly concerned about my weight, as I measured my health by my ability to walk or run long distances. In my book, whether you are fat … Continue reading

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Keep it short and save paint!

Why “FUCK YOU!”, if there is also a short version? The next time somebody at your office or in your organisation goes on for hours about something which could be summed up in a few sentences, send him/her this photo. … Continue reading

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If I described it to you, you would think it was ugly.

If you asked me “how was your day today?”, I could tell you that it is still winter, it is terribly cold, a snowstorm has been ravaging all day, I live in a Soviet-era apartment block made out of pre-fabricated … Continue reading

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No wonder I got lost

No wonder I got slightly lost on my walk from Druskininkai to Grutas (both of which are in Lithuania), with sign posts like these. But luckily I had glanced at a map before I set out and so I could … Continue reading

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Grutas Park – a Museum of Falsification of History

Last weekend I was in Druskininkai, in the South of Lithuania, and of course I wanted to visit nearby Grūtas Park (Grūto parkas in Lithuanian), a sculpture park of Soviet monuments and a museum about the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. … Continue reading

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Sad Things (# 4) Sick Tree

Apparently, even trees can get cancer: (Photographed at Europos Parkas in Lithuania.)

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How cold is it?

Question: How cold is it in Lithuania? Answer: It is so cold that I saw this “icy” icon in the Google weather forecast for the first time. Not snow, not hail, just ice. But honestly, it’s not that bad. You … Continue reading

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