Unseen moments of learning
10.10.2021
“An important part of learning takes place when nobody is teaching or training.” … More Unseen moments of learning
The Time of the Harvest Moon
19.9.2021
The autumnal equinox is approaching. The full moon nearest to the autumnal equinox is the “Harvest Moon”. This time of the year the angle of the moon’s orbit in relation to the Earth’s horizon is smallest. Therefore the full moon rises above the horizon much faster than usual. It may appear big or bright or … More The Time of the Harvest Moon
Shakespeare´s Midsummer Night´s Dream in Teeriniemi
25.6.2021
Early hours of Midsummer Eve 2021. Here in Teeriniemi, final rehearsal of the summer theatre show has taken place. There is a Shakespeare living in Teeriniemi and this Shakespeare has modified a script written by another Shakespeare long time ago. 25th of June 2021 is the opening night of Midsummer Night´s Dream. Below we present … More Shakespeare´s Midsummer Night´s Dream in Teeriniemi
Half a month to the summer
26.4.2021
Everyone if Finland knows this saying: “Kuu kiurusta kesään, puolikuuta peipposesta, västäräkistä vähäsen, pääskysestä ei päivääkään!” It translates approximately this way: “One month to the summer from the arrival of Skylark, half a month from the arrival of Chaffinch, almost there when the Wagtail appears, when the Swallow is here – the summer is here.” … More Half a month to the summer
New Year resolutions
31.12.2020
If local livelihoods and wildlife are lost, we hope that the environmental gain is seriously large and makes a difference in saving the world. … More New Year resolutions
Too many rain drops and other summer tales
24.7.2020
Climate change strikes again. After the extremely snowy winter, snow melt here in Lapland caused quite a bit of flooding. Water in the lake hardly reached the normal level before the rainy part of the summer started. Flood pools near the shorelines offered an excellent breeding ground for insects. Insect eating birds and their little … More Too many rain drops and other summer tales
Ymmärrystä yli lajirajojen
24.4.2020
Laumanvartijakoirassa on ripaus lammaskuiskaajaa. Olimme kolunneet läpi kasapäin kirjatietoa laumanvartijuudesta ennen kuin meistä tuli Maremmano-perhe. Kuitenkaan meillä ei ollut aavistustakaan siitä, kuinka taitavasti nämä koirat kommunikoivat toisten eläinlajien kanssa. Nämä koirat eivät käskytä tai pelota lampaita ohjatakseen niitä. Laumanvartijat vain jotenkin “keskustelevat” lampaiden kanssa. Lyyti ja Cloud. Asumme käytännöllisesti katsoen keskellä erämaata ja tässä maailmankolkassa … More Ymmärrystä yli lajirajojen
The farm where fiction and reality blur
23.3.2020
Life-changing books? Do they exist? If our life has not been changed by a book, at least it has become more colourful because of a book. Keeping sheep had been in our minds for a long time. We even became members of a sheep association ten years before our sheep finally arrived. During those years … More The farm where fiction and reality blur
All the light of the Equinox
22.3.2020
After mid-winter darkness, March seems to be full of light. Sun shines over the snow-covered landscape. Days feel long. It is time of Equinox. This spring, around the whole world, people are fighting against a disease or getting prepared to fight it. Lapland is turning quiet, travelers have gone home. We live in a remote … More All the light of the Equinox
And then it snowed even more
17.2.2020
We already told one story about our extremely snowy winter. It has just kept snowing ever since. So, the winter has been an exceptionally warm and wet. Here up in the north it has though been just and just cold enough: all the rain has come down as snow. It has snowed again during the … More And then it snowed even more
