Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 20 February 2026
Days are getting truly longer fast now, daylight starts to be good after 7. 30 am already as sunrise 7.50 am. And it will last close to 5 pm as sunset is 4.45 pm. So daylight is now about 9 hours when during December is what about half that. So now when you start day it is daylight and when get back home it is just about to get dark.
Last truly busy weeks starting at farm, basically this and next one then it should settle some. And when we reach end of March it totally dies. Our team has been this year superb, same workers as always, yet things seems to run better than earlier, even though we are busier than ever before. It surely gives you some peace in mind. Trainees are also great, so it is nice.
It might be that I'm getting old somehow, my mind thinks that I am still around 35 yrs, yet my body seems to remind that it died around Finnish "Civil War". We have masseur who is coming every 3 to 4 weeks. Last time she said that she will start to pay me as my muscles never disappoint her. Always some high tension totally jammed muscles in me. She said that nobody else gives challenge to her like me. I'm not sure if that is good thing.
Temperature is still around - 20 celsius, there was one day with - 13 as it was clear sky and sun warmed weather. I have had one day off this winter, like that I didn't have to do anything, and I slept that day more or less.
I can admit I have turned as little couch potato this winter. It has been too easy with cold weather and long working days to come home around 6-7 pm and just plant yourself in couch, especially past two weeks with Olympics. Now when days are getting longer and lighter, you can feel some energy. I think it's time to start to pull roots of from couch.
My last excuse is Tatjana as she is our friend who is with as 2 more weeks having holiday (working for us :D ). She stays in one of our rooms which is normally my man cave, when she is gone I start fly tying. And as soon temps goes somewhere decent I think it is also time time to take E-bike out from garage. And fly rod...
Being couch potato is so easy in here, always excuses like cold, dark, Olympics... human mind is amazing it can make you do anything you want.... even being potato.
Now I have to run as there is farm waiting in neighbour.
Have a nice weekend and go fishing!
Mika