Autumn Approaches: Garden Season Winding Down
October is but a couple of days away, thankfully the last week of September turned out to be the best …
Tag Archives: crazy Finnish weather
Welcome to Butterfly-ville
Greetings Friends! Daylight hours slip away imperceptibly at first after the height of summer solstice. The shortages become quite noticeable …
It’s Getting Hot in Here! (BUT mostly out there)
Hello Friends! Someone once said, every picture tells a story. I’ve seen plenty of captivating pictures, that’s for sure, and …
June, You’re Almost Gone, and That’s Good!
Greetings friends! June is nearly done and dusted, and I won’t be too sorry about heading into July. As can …
2025: What Lies Ahead
Hello friends! The new year is still quite fresh and new. Possibilities and outcomes of what lie ahead should look …
Jari Myrsky – November Snowstorm Jari
Hello again friends! As we are making our way through the final week of November, I thought a word from …
Fickle Finnish Weather: Summer in Finland
Hello Friends! Greetings from partly sunny, sometimes damp, sometimes hot, sometimes cool and breezy Finland!! It’s the first week of …
Kesäkuu Saapui Vanha Talo Suomeen
Hi everyone! Yes, June arrived to Vanha Talo Suomi, just as it has to every other place. Our dry conditions …
May 2024: Bringing the HEAT
Hi there everyone! Taking a respite from the swelter and pollen to say hello and bring you up to speed …
Hello! It’s Mars
Haha, Hi friends, how are you all? I hope you are well :=) February goes by so quickly, even when …
Waning Days of Summer: Autumn Beckons
Hello again friends! August has been a roller coaster of excitement, but also a month of long periods of downtime. …
Six on Saturday: 01.07.2023 Heinäkuu/Juli
Hello from Finland! We were off last week, enjoying Juhannus, but we weren’t completely absent! Rosie Amber featured our garden …
Six on Saturday 17.06.2023 Countdown to Juhannus
Greetings friends! Sending everyone very warm greetings from Finland this lovely Saturday morning. When I say warm, I really do …
Are You Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Wishing to experience snow (lumi) during the month of December (Joulukuu), and especially leading up to Christmas Day, (Joulu) is …
Syyskuu 2022 – September at Vanha Talo Suomi
Hello Friends! Generally, we are finished gardening for the year, except for a few watering tasks until any rain that …
Crazy Finnish Weather: The agonizing wait for spring is REAL
Whelp. Here we are again. Another round of, Where is Spring? currently underway. Hello Friends! Welcome back! We’re here, same …
Breaking: Spring held Hostage
Hello friends! Someplace, somewhere, it’s spring. Not here in southern Finland! Oh, no! I foresee this mutant seasonal phenomenon will …
Happy New Year: It’s March Already??!!
Weeeeell, that was quick!! Hello friends! Seems like I was just typing up the final post of 2021 just a …
It’s Still August!
Hello friends! It’s day 26 of 31, and it’s been raining almost every day it seems since my last post! …
Finland Today: Hot, Hot Hot!
Hello friends! A day late and a dollar short – I had mentioned in my last post I would write …
Mayflowers & May Flowers
Hello again friends! A well-known nursery rhyme comes to mind in recalling the past month’s weather; April showers bring May …
April Springtime at Vanha Talo Suomi
Hello friends! I’m enjoying a lull in outdoor activity these last couple of days due to a temperature plunge and …
This Just Might Be The End:
The end of winter that is!! Hello friends! Waking to the early morning crash of possibly 1000kgs of snow sliding …
An Abundance of Snow
Welcome friends! What can I say? We have been bombarded with snowfall, or have we? Things haven’t changed much outside- …
SNOWMAGEDDON 2021
Happy New Year friends! If you’re reading this you’ve *so far* survived rounds 1 and 2 and (hey what round …
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