[Photos taken 01 – 06 October 2023. Posted online 09 June 2024. The winds have finally calmed down a bit, and the weather is gorgeous. Do we dare plant summer flowers outside? Also, I tore up my sprained-back again on Thursday, while innocently leaning forward to wash my hands, after perhaps doing too much physical stuff earlier that day. Grumble.]
A dear cousin asked me to photograph her wedding on the first day of October, and after giving my usual spiel of “I’m not a professional by any measure, I don’t really do any post-processing, but I’ll do my best” I went to gather my collection of camera-stuff.
I’m still using the (then) 10-year-old Canon 70D as my “big” camera, and I now have three Canon L-lenses (1: 17-40mm f4, 2: 70-200mm f4, and 3: 100 mm f2.8), all of which I used on the day. However, I will admit that the loud shutter-noise in the quiet church had me wishing for a mirrorless camera, but I’ve yet to work up the courage to go there…
The wedding day was wonderful, and left us all with big smiles. Congratulations dear cousin and spouse!
In other news, the garbage bin shed floor/deck was finally finalized, and we could start working on the walls. I tried to keep moving even though my shoulder was in loud-protest-mode, and Bjarki went in for wrist-surgery to remove a ganglion cyst.
Sunday 01 October 2023
Just married!
The lovebirds!
The bride.
The groom.
Is this a kissing book?!
At their favorite beach.
w00p, w00p! Then there was a big party, and the day ended with smiles all around!!
Monday 02 October 2023
The next day, life resumed as normal. Finnur cut the wood, and I screwed it, and slowly but surely the garbage bin shed floor was born.
Remnants of a veggie garden. The broccoli was doing just fine a box over.
Hand-sawing a piece that was a bit too long.
Be still, my heart!
Tuesday 03 October 2023
The gym celebrated surviving 25 years by creating ads that were inspired by works of the “old masters”.
Lunch arriving at work. We would put in an order from a menu of 4-5 options per day for the entire following week on a Thursday or Friday, and then at lunchtime every day a person would show up with deliveries from the various restaurants.
With my shoulder still banged up, I went for a walk during Emma’s piano lesson. This time I ventured into the neighborhood behind the music school, and was mildly shocked when a horse and rider appeared in the street in front of me.
Unexpected architecture!
Mini-me garage under construction.
About where we parted ways.
Lake Elliðavatn.
Pretty pretty.
The lake is somewhat artificial, there’s a dam that’s keeping a lot of the water in.
Found a duck or two.
Pretty colors.
A brand new walkway between streets being created by a large house.
Another type of architecture.
A trampoline guard dog by the new path.
Grumbling when I discovered that I needed a non-standard battery.
Wednesday 04 October 2023
The subscription-fruit box I picked up from the fancy cooler looked particularly tasty.
I was trying to not go crazy from the lack of lifting heavy things, and went out for another jog during another music lesson.
Lovely path!
A break at the weekly (contact) bridge course. Looking at art being displayed on the walls.
I finally realized why the art looked somewhat familiar… it’s by the mother of a good friend!
Thursday 05 October 2023
Tried swimming. My shoulder protested loudly, so I mostly hung out in the hot tub.
Friday 06 October 2023
Bjarki about to head into wrist surgery.
He’d developed a ganglion cyst in his wrist a long time ago, which was reducing his mobility, and causing him pain.
Prepping the addition of walls.
The magic of “socialized medicine”: I have psoriasis, which was getting worse and worse with every passing year. Some three years ago I was approved to start getting the “biologic” drug adalimumab, and it’s almost entirely wiped out the (visible) psoriasis. Although the drug is not as expensive as it was, it’s still about $1500 per 3 months, which is fully paid (well, aside from $15 or so) by the governmental health insurance that’s included in our taxes. Yay!
