The wind blows as if it were trying to send us a message that we should have a laundry day. Oh, how nice it would be to wash sheets and towels and hang them drying in the wind!

We made an expedition trip down to the basement. It's a fascinating place but in a poor condition. We were surprised that there was plenty of daylight and only a little use for forehead lamps.

We brought one chair up from the basement and placed it in the front yard to dry out. So, no laundry today, but drying out old furniture.


Refurnishing the lighthouse.

Speaking of furniture, Marko repaired one bench which had broken it's legs. Now our future visitors will have more space to sit down and enjoy both the great coffee serving and the view that we have here!

We had a lot of fun down at the basement finding old shampoo - and detergent bottles on the shelves in the potato cellar. Shampoo called Hellä Mietonen must have been very gentle for one's hair.


Gentle Mellowness - a free translation on the shampoo's title.

There's also a sauna in the basement, but it's in a really poor condition. Maybe some day there will be a new one and perhaps it could be with a view!

There is a minor setback in our renovating project. Heating pipes are harder than they seem and Makita's blades won’t bite. We need a more powerful tool before we can proceed.

Marko measured the amount of the boards in the storage, the size of the roof between the lighthouse and the engine room and also the nearly broken part of the bridge. Measurements are needed in order to plan future repairings.

While Marko was busy with measuring, Laura prepared delicious "Pasta de pimienta roja y cebolla" for lunch. We both think the gas stove here is splendid: it's fast and, in a way, more sensitive when boiling pasta.

Today we had also time to remove paint from one door downstairs. Now that we have unlimited amount of electricity here, we have decided to make the most of it and use devices that need it. We leave painting and other that kind of jobs for crews to come.


The hard labour continues.

Despite the weather we had one boat with three men visiting us in the evening. They were Mattias Sidström, Johnny Siren and Mats Sjöström, volunteers from Sea Rescue Center in Eckerö and they were kind enough to drive their boat here and bring misplaced but important things from yesterday. They told us that the wind speed is 13 m/s at present.


The boat from Eckerö arrived.

Now we head out to hit some waves and a bit later it's time to finally test the grill.

Greetings from the two musketeers.