The Effortless Garden
Hello & welcome! Tervetuloa kaikkile! Greetings from Vanha Talo Suomi! ❤ It’s beyond time to provide a status report of …
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Smooth Sailing: without a Sailboat!
Welcome Friends of Vanha Talo Suomi! ❤ We endured a very turbulent time this month with the death of our …
Farewell Viiru
With great sadness… The Vanha Talo Suomi family suffered a heart-breaking loss this past weekend – our beloved cat & …
May. Crikey that went fast!
Doing a bit of head shaking here, trying to grasp the fact the month of May is almost gone! Ummm. …
No April Showers Here…
Hello from Vanha Talo Suomi! Happy Spring greetings to you! No showers lately, and we’re under a grass-fire warning. There …
Time Changes and Changing Gears
Hello dear friends! We hope this update finds you well! Vanha Talo Suomi has elided into another month and soon …
What month is it anyway??
Hi friends! Welcome to our first post of 2017! A belated-Happy New Year to you all ❤ I can’t believe …
Pieces of Time
Pieces of Time New years come and new years go, Pieces of time all in a row. As we live …
New and Improved!
Hello and welcome to another tale of harrowing home improvement! A lot of things have changed at Vanha Talo Suomi …
Did someone order a white blanket? …Your order is ready!
Early November at Vanha Talo Suomi. I don’t know about you, but I feel this week will probably go down …
Morning has broken
Kissed by frost – these lovely roses were encased by the night chill of autumn. The death knell of severe …
Leafing September Soon
Fall, leaves, fall By Emily Brontë Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks …
Old trees, backyard’s spruce
Hi, this is Pekka writing. I was asked to contribute to our blog, Kate has done all the writing so …
Hot, It’s Not!
Hello to all you sweltering North Americans! Greetings to everyone, everywhere 🙂 Welcome to another Vanha Talo Suomi update. ❤ …
Juhannus Countdown
Greetings to All! We are now into the second week of June and Finns everywhere are counting down to Juhannus …
Meaningful Complications
I came upon a great post from Arcoteria @ JAMA House and believe there’s a lot of merit in the …
…And we’re back…
Three months since the last post… which, up until today I thought would be my final post. I’m not sure …
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds!
Hello again from Vanha Talo Suomi! I got bit by the seed catalog shopping bug! I tried everything to avoid …
Keeping Ourselves Spirited
The flush of Christmas and the New Year are still only a few weeks past, yet the ‘air’ feels a …
End of the Year Progress Update
Hello Friends! Hopefully the season of joy has found you! We are in the process of creating new Christmas traditions …
