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• 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… Read more.

• Welcome to Butterfly-ville

  Greetings Friends! Daylight hours slip away imperceptibly at first after the height of summer solstice. The shortages become quite noticeable… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• The Vestiges of Autumn 2024

  Hello and welcome back! We’ve been experiencing pretty mild temperatures, very consistently, for a couple of weeks now. An occasional… Read more.

• Autumn tasks: Bulbs, Bulbs, Bulbs!

  Hello Friends! Welcome back to Vanha Talo Suomi! Today is a partly sunny Saturday, but with half decent temperatures hovering… Read more.

• Champagne Wishes

  Hello friends! Greetings to you from Vanha Talo Suomi! We are presently enjoying what looks to be the final warm… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• 2024 Trifecta: Good Things Come in TENS

  Hello again friends! April is well and truly at the midway point – spring officially arrived and once the snow… Read more.

• Hello! It’s Mars

  Haha, Hi friends, how are you all? I hope you are well :=) February goes by so quickly, even when… Read more.

• 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.… Read more.

• Remember When…

  Hei ystävät! Pian on aika Vanha Talo Suomen erityiseen julkiseen puutarhapäivätapahtumaan 06.08.2023 – ensi viikonloppuna avaamme puutarhaportin sinulle tutustumaan puutarhoihin!… Read more.

• Six on Saturday 08.07.2023: Hallelujah!

  Breaking News! It’s rained since my last post – several times! Nearly daily we’ve been visited by a rain shower,… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• Six on Saturday: Our Finnish garden 27.05.2023

  As much as I look forward to being able to get outside and garden once the snow is gone, maybe… Read more.

• Six on Saturday: Finland Edition 20.05.2023

  Hello everyone! I’ve got to start right off by saying how much we appreciated the warm welcome and gracious comments… Read more.

• A Momentous Occasion: Lohja’s 700th Anniversary

  Hello friends! I’ve been reminded a couple of times since early February that this year is a big one for… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• August 2022: Vanha Talo Suomi

  Hello again friends! What a weird summer it has been, so far! Hope you are well. I think when I… Read more.

• Vanha Talo Suomi – Summer Edition

  Hello friends! Been a long time since the last post, but really there wasn’t much to share. Here we are,… Read more.

• 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… Read more.

• Prince Spaghetti Day

  I remember well the national Prince Spaghetti television ads and so many other ads of the 1970s. It’s not easy… Read more.

• 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!… Read more.

• 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… Read more.