What? Will it crash on the walls of Märket?

Things don't go in life always as you think. Today we were expecting loads of guests, but we had only ultralight aeroplane pilot in the morning and Holmbergs family in the evening. So we were actually able to do some work inside.


Two young seals stay now on Märket - the other on Swedish side, the other on Finnish side.

My new partner here, Asta, made good work with doors and sealing. Some of the old paint was taken away. My warming up process wasn't going so well. I made fire in the fireplace of the first floor - and the smoke was goming out of fireplaces in the second and third floor! This may have been due to weather - almost no wind. I actually spent a couple of hours playing with the fireplaces and smoke. In the end I managed to heat them up a bit!

About 11 PM last night arrived last visitors. We had already gone more or less to sleep and I had to say to the four guests that the lighthouse is closed for the day. Well, after all they spent some time on the island and bought some postcards and stamps.

The story behind the visitors was that all of them have been sailing with ships on the sea nearby Märket hundreds of times but had not ever visited this place!


Is this a joke? No, it is an ultralight aeroplane from Åland!

About 10 AM today we saw aeroplane arriving from Eckerö direction. After some rounds above Märket and nearby I guessed that the pilot was going to land. He had seen the best spot from the air to strand his aeroplane with pontoons. The pilot visited the lighthouse quite briefly because he was worried about the pontoons and possible big waves.


Holmbergs made a picnic trip to Märket - but where do the the other boat owners of Åland hide?

As evening guests we had Holmbergs friendly family who arrived for swimming and eating. They told us it was too hot in Mariehamn. Here the day have been warm and partly cloudy.


Tim shows how to swim in the old harbour of Märket.

Still going excellent

Jari and Asta