The journey home

Today we transported my wife from Helsinki back to Heinavesi in preparation for her funeral. It was a long day with not much to recommend for it.

The church which will conduct the funeral is a lovely old gothic wooden building which dates from the 1890's. The view from the hill is nice too.

My wife has family connections here so its a nice place to put her to rest among family.

One step at a time, makes this all possible as even each step feels hard. The journey feels impossible right now.

Thanks everyone for your support

Farewell my love

My darling wife has been taken from me.

She passed away while I was in transit from Australia.

She was my best friend, my travelling companion and support.


The world has lost one of the most caring and generous people. She will be missed by us all.

Fighting for her life

Tonight I am a mess. My lovely wife has been struk down by some tumor on her brain. She is at this minute fighting for her life after surgeons have tried to remove some of the pressure.

She is in Finland visiting her family and I am here in Australia waiting for a flight out tomorrow.

I can only pray that she holds on till I get there.

She tied a yellow ribbon around the table leg where she normally sits before she left (actually I didn't see her do this).

So if its not too much to ask would those who read this please offer a prayer to ask God to keep her here with me.

She is my everything and I am so very afraid right now.

Feral plants

With more and more Australians leaving the land and going urban it seems that the lands are being left to the mercy of the exotic weeds.

Sadly