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Late winter explorations in Hossa National Park
Here´s some glimpses from an overnight trip to Hossa national park in April, where we spent two days exploring and ice-fishing on this remote lake. This is the time when the snow starts getting wetter with the increasing sunlight and then freezing up during the night as the temperatures drop, making it easy to ski…
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Winter activities in Hossa
Here´s a little update on how it has been to engage in all the fun winter activities in Hossa after a while. Living with the rhythm of the seasons and having a huge contrast between them is such a richness; always different things to do and changing things see out there. Last year ended and…
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Into the wilderness by bike
Last weekend I decided to head into the wilderness by bike instead of walking. I do prefer walking in these forests because of its calmer tempo and because that way it´s easier to observe nature and have animal contacts but variation creates refreshment! Cycling about 25 kilometers through varying terrain turned out to be very…
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Picking berries and cooking with mushrooms
In Finland, late July and August are very busy months if you are into picking berries and cooking with mushrooms for example. It´s simply great that one can just head out there and harvest and preserve all the tasty wild foods of the season! This is the time when first mushrooms can be found here…
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Local summer activities in Hossa
The last few days here in Hossa have included making bath whisks for sauna and other local summer activities taking place this time of year. A bath whisk is simply a bunch of leafy, fragrant branches of Silver Birch that is used to gently beat oneself in a sauna. This has a relaxing effect on…
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Scent of spring
During this time of year when the snow melts at accelerating speed and the lakes and ponds are released from their long icy captivity, there´s definitely a recognizable scent of spring in the air. Soon we will be enjoying from the constant buzzing of different insects and the daily concerts of dozens of nesting birds….
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