Our dear dog Nancy turned one year old today. Of course we keep her away from our guests, but if they are not here she loves practicing her hobby: football, football, football. She also likes long walks with us through the forest and to eat all sorts of dung. Big hugs!
Our first volunteer has returned to the Netherlands. It was so busy this summer that his extra hands were well-used. He helped with cleaning apartments, he worked in the garden, he cleaned the terraces and made mosquito screens for The Hölada and The Fähus. In return we offered free lodgings in the guesthouse, breakfast, lunch and dinner and he got a lot of free time to go exploring with his mountain bike. Next summer another volunteer!
Despite the wonderful spring sun, the ice was thick enough for a real “ispimpla”- ice fishing. You drill a hole in the ice, fasten a maggot onto your mini fishing rod and drop the wire into the hole. We tried for 5 minutes but did not catch a single fish. We moved to another hole to try again, but another five minutes later, no catch. Alas, we know we are too impatient for ice fishing, but at least we tried. […]
Today we hiked through the snow to a neighbour. She takes care of the photo albums showing many of the original inhabitants in Näset. It was lovely to browse through some of them. So many villagers emigrated to America! Our neighbour made a family tree from the birth of Marcus Eriksson, especially for us. He is the man who built the farm. From the picture he looks like a real dandy, a man with courage. We’ve already heard stories about […]
