Christmas, Easter and Special Days

14.2.2026 by Mervi I want to change the Valentine’s Day to the Day of Love and Friendship. Here are some heart warming photos of our animal friends – and a couple of humans, too. Venus […]

31.12.2025 by Mervi The year 2025 was again an ‘annus horribilis’ as Queen Elizabeth expressed it in one of her speeches. However, we must try to keep an optimistic mind and hope the lunatic world […]

27.12.2022 – by Felix Bernard och Richard B. Smith, Collages by Mervi Today I suggest we sing ‘Winter Wonderland’ together. I hope the collages of polar bears and snow will put you in a really […]

23.12.2025 by Mervi It’s a tradition for me to write a little Christmas story every year although I know not so many of you read it. My collages are, of course, very amateurish compared to […]

23.12.2023 by the polar bears in the Yorkshire Wildlife Park (with a little help from Mervi) Christmas was approaching with giant steps and our polar bear friends in the Yorkshire Wildlife Park started to make […]

22.12.2025 by Mimmi (with a little help from Mervi) Hello Husse! It’s my great pleasure to wish you a very happy birthday. I made a ginger bread cottage for you instead of a cake. OK, […]

1.12.2025 1.12.2017 by Mervi, Translation into German by Bärgit A day before the first Advent there were lots of activities going on in Ranua. Sisu and Venus were making sure everything was ready for their […]

25.11.2025 by Mervi 25.11.2022 by Mervi, Photos by Marko Junttila The 25th of November 2016 was a happy day in the Ranua Wildlife Park. Polar bear lady Venus gave birth to a tiny cub. The […]