They had gathered reindeer some 70 km from town to separate them into family groups – and given the opportunity to go – I was gone. The tiny lines going across the lines of motion are snowflakes…

What spells more Hope than milkweed growing through the asphalt in a parking lot?

When the nurse at the dental clinic called today to remind me of my annual check-up, I could only sigh from relief that there has been some definite improvements made in the field of dentistry over the past century…

This piece of bone was used to manufacture pewter thread. Bars of pewter was gently heated and made thinner until they could be forced through the holes in order of size. Once it had the right thickness it was spun on the same type of spindle (distaff) we all know from various fairy tales.

I couldn’t get a good picture of an old neckpiece made with hand-drawn pewter – this one is undoubtedly made with commercially produced thread.  Yes, my future neckpiece will look similar to this one – I just have to get started on making my “kolt”.

That tiny splash of yellow beckoned to me when I came walking along the footpath.

I always notice something new – even among the permanent displays – when I walk around there.This is the same pattern as on my bracelet on a Sami canister for storage. I’m not sure what it was used for – but it seems to be almost watertight. Could it have been used for alcohol, I wonder.

He stayed quiet, just watching some other boys playing outside school and looked as if he felt pretty secure on his side of the fence.

I don’t even know what movies have been nominated, so this will hopefully be really entertaining.

The tenant here must not be as obsessed over light as I am…

This handmade lamp comes from a local glassworks. Beautiful simplicity but it takes a real artisan to produce it and a number of similar birds. The stylized ptarmigans have become the hallmark of the glassworks that opened less than 2 years ago.

Many of the students also walked away from there with renewed confidence in their own ability to express themselves. Wonderful – and what a good start on a writing module in Swedish class!