Prettiest Corner in Town and Freewriting

Couple years back I bought the small Fujifilm x100-series camera for the sole reason that I’d always have a camera with me where ever I go, without sacrificing picture quality. I love my big Nikon(s) but they are quite the burden to carry on an everyday basis if I’m not really going out for shooting. I know a lot of people can take good, if not even great, images on their cellphones, but I’ve never mastered that. I absolutely hate taking pictures on my iPhone, I think the camera is shit, and the controls are shit, and the quality is shit.

Yesterday I went to the movies and knew it would end around 11pm, right around sunset. I had every intention to take my lil camera with me so I could take pictures on my walk home if it looked nice outside, like I assumed it would because the weather had been tumultuous, which usually makes for great skyporn in the evening. I wss right, but I had forgotten my camera. I even had a bag with me, and along a half a kilo of candies for the movie, there wouls have been plenty of space in bag for a camera. I only took this one image on my phone and it’s alright, but it could be a lot better.

Many times when I’ve mentioned on the chain about walking home alone, after dark, though it doesn’t get dark in the summertime at all, I get concerned comments. People who live outside Scandinavia, or other somewhat civilized country, think it’s very risky for a woman to be walking alone at night. I live in one of the safest countries in the world, and in a small city at that, and I’ve never felt threatened by anyone while walking alone. I’m not stupid and think I am always safe no matter what, I don’t wear headphones at night and I do keep my eyes open, but it really is very safe in here. I’m much more vigilant when I travel.

I’m so grateful to live in the safe have that Finland is. I can go out what ever time I want, and don’t need a chaperone. Funny thing in the modern world is that people are actually more scared when they are in the woods, than in the cities, even though other people are a far bigger thread to one another than anything in the Finnish nature. I’m countryside girl so I know they are more scared of you than you are of them.