Talkooviikko 26: Ari, Arto, Elina, Kaija-Riitta, Matti, Pasi ja Vesa

23.06. – 29.6.2013 Ari, Arto, Elina, Kaija-Riitta, Matti, Pasi and Vesa

Sunday 24.6.2013

New team found each other already on the boat from Turku to Mariehamn. Six lighthouse veterans and one a superman naturally born.

We travelled easily in a weather which was favourable enough.

A well-aquainted sight appeared on the sea. We felt like coming home.

In the evening we heated sauna and watched supermoon.

Sweet dreams, Märket falls silent.

Monday 24.6.2013

Monday has been full of work, and the story telling. We hoped that the number of words is correlated with the amount of work done.

First is pre-work done, by drilling uneven concrete and removing bitumen.

“We are making floor on the roof.” Well its a long story to explain . . . But here are tools to do the job.

Working men – last thing to make is a smooth finish.

In the same time kitchen spirit is good. Todays soup is special one by Elina. And also desserts waiting, strawberry soup, whipped cream, chocolate…

Time to eat is informed in the way of Märket.

Eating is one way to do “mouth opening.” Surprisely not always the quiet one.

After lunch the floor necs of saunas floor are sawed

Then, just waiting for coffee to be ready.

Tuesday 25.6.2013

Work has started well in good weather and hilarious mood. Workmates have welded together already.

We started to build constructure stands …

… and by the afternoon reached the worktop.

Sauna floor work continues successfully.

Pasi hijacked our women to a seal safari. Kaija-Riitta and Elina were deligted by the seals who showed great interest on them.

Our guests of today started sailing from Uusikaupunki and visited us on the way to Sweden. Inkeri and Iris traweled with their parents and bunny with own life jackets.

We discovered once again The famous sun valve (”solventil”, “solar valve”, ”aurinkoventtiili”) is a form of flow control valve, notable because it earned its inventor Gustaf Dalén the Nobel prize in physics.The valve formed part of theDalén light which was used in lighthouses from the 1900s through to the 1960s by which time electric lighting came to dominate.

In the basement we acquainted with the interesting history of the lighthouse.

Sunset was discovered with powerlifting company Bonn & Mess which is the oldest company still active in the floating sheerleg sector in Rotterdam. Could they find some interesting marketing material in our diary?

Wednesday 26.6.2013

Wednesday morning opened cloudy and windy but in the afternoon we were expecting and we got some sun and heat. Also some great waves were observed.

Putting up construction scaffolding started right after breakfast.

We were forced to order some special help to put up construction scaffolding. Luckily the manager of firm called Märketin Teline Taiturit (MTT) was nearby and attached to the contract immediately

MTT employed right away some questionable labour force from South Ostrobothnia to do some ”kökkä”. In other words in English something like ”voluntary work”.

No doubt this contract was succesful and the opportunity to build a sauna is closer than ever.

Mats brought 6 guests and we picked them up with rubberboat. In the same time we discovered something interesting on the rock. Can you see it in the picture?

While you are discovering something in picture above, here you can see Kaija-Riitta guiding our guests.

And here it comes. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle, In finish Riskilä) has made two eggs on the rocks.

The Black Guillemot or Tystie is a medium-sized alcid. Adult birds have black bodies with a white wing patch, a thin dark bill, and red legs and feet. They show white wing linings in flight. In winter, the upperparts are pale grey and the underparts are white. The wings remain black with the large white patch on the inner wing.

Their breeding habitat is rocky shores, cliffs and islands. They usually lay their eggs in rocky sites near water. Hopefully there is chance to have a happy family event.

Thursday 27.6.2013

It was a rainy morning but soon the sun began to warm up the rocks.

Tired dragonfly sat on the middle of the construction site. The area had to be isolated immediately by flag line. Reportedly dragonfly’s flight continued safely. Flock of butterflies were also flying around the Market despite of dangers of the sea.

As to food supplies all has been fine. Executive Chef Elina with assistant Kaija-Riitta have made many kind of goodies in front of us. Today we had some pancakes.

The paper is placed in the bottom of the floor.

Plaster work by Ari got today to the end.

Lighthouse Community will take a sauna bath on the top of the years 2013 calender.

Friday 28.6.2013

Our Black Guillemot couple have their place near the eggs discovered. Hopefully there is peace enough for them to continue their breeding.

Terns are birds of open habitats that typically breed in noisy colonies and lay their eggs on bare ground with little or no nest material. Terns have been quite aggressive because of then nests, eggs and chicks already hatched.

It makes sense to start job by thinking about what to do next an how to do it. Leisurely debate prevents future problems.

A timber roof truss factory started to do assembly-line work.

There is always some cutting and welding to do. And The Man to do The Job. In this case reinforcing steel to sauna floor.

There has been guite an invasion of companies and firms on the island. These companys do not need any state support. Operation of the firms is home and dry. It was needed to call firm HHH Hammarlandin Hormi Huolto to do some water pot chimney sweeping.

Its a wonder that its still been in full use – so blocked was the chimney.

Sauna wall is considered to be built using the old timber logs.

Hands are moving in the kitchen in case of batter bread.

Elina felt like she was not alone in The Lilla Mäket while washing up. She found the Little Prince…or is it a frog who has not been kissed? You never know where this story leads…

Our time in Märket is coming to end. Manager Pasi stays for another week but rest of us will leave taking with us a bunch of stories heard and good menories worth remembering, having left our own trace in Märket.

Greetings from

Pasi, Arto, Elina, Matti, Ari, Kaija-Riitta and Vesa

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