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350 | Super simple

Mitchel Lensink

by Mitchel Lensink

I put a new strap on my camera and now I want to pick it up and use it even more than before. Sometimes I laugh at my own one-dimensionality. So to honor that rekindled love, I need to take my camera out again. Tomorrow afternoon is a good moment for another walk. Which means that tomorrow morning, I’ll bring up the map, pick a direction and then when noon hits, i just start walking. Yes, of course, things can be that simple.

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