My Northern Home

 "You have the power You wear the crown From the pinnacle To the pit" - Ghost- It was agreed to be just a small evening walk. Nothing major. Just some fresh air with autumn colors. Nice possibility to go check those two small nameless canyons next to Hirviäkuru canyon, where we have been so many times. It turn out to be an unexpected adventure. For three hours we explored those canyons, those, which let you expect nothing on the map. Good reminder for us, how the smallest things, can turn out to be a mind blowing experiences. The autumn colors, or ruska as it is called in Finland, was on it's best. The whole forest in flaming red and orange. Autumn is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. Although I think I say this at beginning of every season. Walking deeper in to the forest, bigger and bigger rock formations greeted us. Old kelo trees lying where they had ones felled. At the side of the first small canyon we found a small cave with a fire place. Something h...

 The plan was to go for a hike. And maybe spot some new rocks to climb. And have a picnic on top of the hill, of course. As it is the harvest time in forest and berries and mushrooms are ready to pick, I packed a fabric bag and my mushroom knife, just in case we would find some. Little did we know. The warm rains had made it. The forest was full of mushrooms. And I'm not exaggerating. Like really Full Of Them. First we picked what we found, but the amount of mushrooms was so overwhelming, that in a while we grew more selective. It was hard to decide which to pick and to what direction to go for them. Eventually, the mushroom mania hit us. We end up wondering around the hill sides for five hours. This of course included long and nice picnic on the top, including, among others, carrot cake muffins and home made pizza slices. In that moment life felt just perfect. We have saying in Finland "tulee kuin sieniä sateella" Meaning, that something will "come as mushrooms in t...

Ay! I can see an adventure a head of us! My dear old friends visited me last week. Or like they kindly said, "we came to see ruska and reindeers, you just happen to live here". Yes, I love you guys too. I decided to arrange us little ruska adventure. Some where they would maybe not end up by themselves as tourists. So we wondered to Rykimäkuru. Translated as the Valley for fucking. Which was topical place to go, as the rykimä season has started. (Rykimä is the mating season for the reindeers)  The colors of the forest were amazing.  The forest is full of little wonders. Frizzy old trees and oddly shaped rocks.  On a field trip to forest, with your childhood friends, the forest can come your play ground once again. Can't remember laughing this much in a long time! At Rykimäkuru hut we decided to take a brake and eat some sandwiches. And not a minute too late. As we sit in the open hut by the f...