We're here because Gail has always had a childhood dream of going to Lapland and I need the peace and rejuvenation of nature. First visit: 2011, Reindeer, Nordic design & art, good food (salmon for me, reindeer quiche for Gail), Learning about the Saami (Finland's indigenous people). Second visit: 2015, Lake Inari Cabin. Third visit: 2017, Christmas in Helsinki. Photos by Martin Boyle, shot with a Pentax K5- 18-35 mm lens and an iPhone 5 & 7Plus.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Helsinki Airport
This wall had beautiful cut out images directing passengers to the next building.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Alta, Norway
The Alta Museum has the most beautiful view of the Alta fjord. There are long wooden walkways around this World Heritage Site, which allow visitors to view hundreds of 6,000 to 2,000 year old rock art examples. Red paint was recently added. The museum, regretfully, did not realize that this could hasten the deterioration of these prehistoric art works.
The person in the boat is holding stylized fish.
An unpainted carving, above, is difficult to see. Most of the ones at Alta have been painted.
Alta Museum, Winding Paths
Paths lead to the two areas of rock carvings (petroglyphs) on either side of the museum. The complete walk takes about 2 hours. The winding fence like image on the rock have been interpreted as a fence for hearding and hunting or as a seperate symbolic cosmic realm where reindeer and spirit gods interact.
What if a shaman, 6000 years ago, foresaw the winding paths that would be built by the Alta Museum?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Albino Reindeer Sighting on the Drive to Norway
Juhl's Silver Gallery Showroom, Kautokeino, Norway
We visited a silversmith’s large gallery complex in Norway, https://www.juhls.no/en just over Finland’s northern border.
Gail was sure this was the way to go...
A mosaic in progress is of Mr. Juhl's thumb.
Near the entrance is a work in progress. Here is more infornation:
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