Ants in the Celestial Room

The landscaping borders around the temple are made of Finnish ball granite. They are very lovely to look at and give the landscaping a sense of unity. They also provide a convenient path for the ants that you see here on going about their work. From time to time they lose their way and, unfortunately, end up in the Celestial Room of the temple where their fate is certain.

It has been interesting to observe the cultural difference between Finns and Americans as they work together to find a solution to the problem of "ants in the celestial room." The Americans want to take the most drastic legal action possible against the ants. Setting the ants' hill on fire or dousing it with large amounts of pesticides have been mentioned. The Finns say if you attack the hill, the ants will simply build another one in close proximity to the current one. The Finns say the solution lies in locating their entry points and then blocking the ants in some way. To my knowledge no action has been taken and the problem has existed for at least a month. We continue to "remove" them one by one as we find them. Katsotaan.