Weather is about perfect as I write this in the evening looking toward Sweden. In fact the ladys are doing their daily gymnastics in Sweden. Normally Sweden is the "backyard of Märket, but in the evening it is much nicer than Finland!


Work out in Sweden

Mira is leading the gym - easy to understand as she is a ballet dancer. Still she is a hard worker. She was fully working with us men as we finished the tearing down of the middle room in the first floor. The panel walls that we discovered are great, but in bad condition. The floor was a great surprise. Under the plastic carpet we found a great wooden floor made of wide pine or spruce board. It is mostly in good condition.


Suprise under the carpet

Believe it or not, again we had no visitors, except some seals. The Finnish frontier guard airplane flew very low above us. A sailing boat from Sweden passed us some half a mile South on its way to Eckerö. What a pity it didnt visit us.


You can count on the seals

Every day we feel more and more respect for the old lighthouse building. It is a honour to have the possibility to live in such a great building and to work for it. This is what I feel every time I climb up the stairs that have miraceliously survived all the water that have ran down the inner walls in the recent years.


Bringing back the old Märket.

Soon it is time to decide if we put our single fishing net in the water to catch fish again. Problem is the algae that is tagged in the net knots.

Tomorrow we will have a very interesting day with very special guests. Until then,

greetings from the gym girls and stonemen of Märket...