So I’m now officially a ”fönebo” – spent my first night in my new home! I have a good feeling about this, somehow it feels like this new home is a little bit luxurious compared to the old one, even if some things here are clearly too old and in need of replacing or fixing. And the electricity bill will probably kill me because the heating elements are old and not programmable like in Loos, and this is a bigger house anyway. But the luxury is in the little things – like walking with bare feet and not freeze because the floor is actually not icy cold. Or standing in front of a window and not feel a draft. Or going to the toilet in the middle of the night and it’s warm – during the cold spells in the winter, it was only 13°C in the bathroom because there was no fixed element there that I could keep on at all times!

It felt like I had way too much stuff when I packed for the move. I was concerned that we would have to make two trips, but one of the guys who were helping me was a packing expert and we were able to fit everything in the trailer and got away with just one trip. This new place is bigger than the old one, but there’s no walk-in closet which means that I don’t have any place for those ”out of sight, out of mind” things. Which I think is good for me, because now maybe I will start throwing or giving away things I don’t need, instead of just saving everything.

One of the best things about this new house is the view. During daylight, it’s nothing special – there’s some open fields and a hill with with a couple of ugly logged spots and a few houses at the foot of the hill. A good chance of seeing cranes when the snow melts, and I’ve already seen roe deer graze nearby. But at night… the kitchen window points to the north. When I turned off the lights last night, I looked out and saw the aurora. From my frekkin’ kitchen window! So I took my camera, set it up in the comfort indoors, and then went out to the porch and took some pictures. The foreground is probably not the best possible, but I’ll just say this again. I was shooting aurora from my frekkin’ porch!

Welcome to Föne.