Foxy's
winter adventures
 Part 17

2012

Foxy and the reindeer 2
2012-03-05. Me feeding a reindeer with lichen.
2012-03-05. Still feeding the reindeer.
2012-03-05. It was a sunny winter day at Gammlia
2012-03-05. I went to the reindeer again
2012-03-05. This reindeer was staring at me.
2012-03-05. A beautiful reindeer.
2012-03-05. The reindeer calve.
2012-03-05. Gatti.
2012-03-05. The reindeer calve.
2012-03-05. He lost his head :-)
2012-03-05. Me petting the calve.
2012-03-05. This reindeer could pull the sled. But the Sami did not ride the sled this day.
2012-03-05. This calve was hungry and went eating direct from the bag.
2012-03-05. Still wanted more food.
2012-03-05. I was feeding a reindeer. This is NOT Gatti.
2012-03-05. Eating.
2012-03-05. This reindeer saw food on the ground.
2012-03-05. There was some lichen by the rope.
2012-03-05. Gatti sleeping.
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2012-03-05. One reindeer was eating, the other resting.
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2012-03-05. This reindeer was resting in the woods a bit from the place there we were.
2012-03-05. I took this pictures of this reindeer with the telephoto lens.
2012-03-05.
2012-03-06. Now it was Tuesday. I went to the reindeer again.
2012-03-06. The calve was eating snow.
2012-03-06. These reindeer were also a bit from us in the woods. The Sami let them go loose. They did not run away. Reindeer use to keep together in a flock.
2012-03-06. The calve and the wooden bird.
2012-03-06. The calve saw a hand. This could mean food.
2012-03-06. the calve was looking at the fireplace. Then a little boy said: "No, not eat the sausage, not eat the sausage!" But reindeer don't eat sausages and they will not go to near the fire.
2012-03-06. The reindeer by the sled.
2012-03-06. He felt very proud that the Sami used him as a  draught-reindeer.
2012-03-06. Here he was eating lichen from the trunk of the birch.
2012-03-06. He was posing so nice for the camera.
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2012-03-06. The Sami tent
2012-03-06. The North Sami house (camp)
2012-03-06. Painted art.
2012-03-06. Inside the Sami house.
2012-03-06. There was a stove and it was warm and cosy there. And nice to sit on a reindeer skin and talk to other people who also were siting in the house.
Ove took this picture in summer 2011-07-27.  I'm sitting in the house in my green summer jacket,  But in March 2012 I had my dark olive winter jacket.
Another picture that Ove took of me in the Sami house 2011-07-27.
2012-03-06. The door of the house.
2012-03-06. It was beautiful with the snow in the sunligth.
2012-03-06. A path in the woods. They did sprinkle sand here so the people should not slip and fall.
2012-03-06. There was a lot of snow on the roof of the little storing house.
2012-03-06. A man was making a track with the snowmobile. It should be used for the reindeer and sled.
2012-03-06. Snowmobile
2012-03-06. The track of the snowmobile.
2012-03-06. The bakery at Gammlia. They were baking Sami bread there.
2012-03-06. I bought Sami bread that is called "Ghakku". This bread is good to have in the backpack. The bread is "consistent" meaning it has mass and doesn't break apart easily.
2012-03-06. Ove and I were eating the bread with smoked reindeer meat and coffee.
 
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