And then there are days when you go for a hike and you just gawk and wonder whether you still are on the same planet. Don't these trees look just like giant popcorn? Temperatures dropped at the end of the week and I am seeking new inspiration. Walking has always helped with getting the creative juices flowing, and having some time this week I went a little further so I drove to Levi. First day I spent snowboarding so no pics from that day, but yesterday I roamed about the top

Part of my Christmas is always having a sauna, and preferrably one with a wood stove. We are incredibly lucky to have one right in our yard. After having lived in an apartment in the center of Rovaniemi we found our current home a few years back. The lot with a sauna sitting in the yard was a major plus, even though it postponed the idea of having a small cabin further north in Lapland anytime soon. So the sauna is in traditional Finnish 50s style a little building with a sau