Autumn Colors, New Piano

2018-09-22Friends, Píanó, Us Standard

[Photos from 22-25 September 2018, posted online 26 March 2019. Weather found the ‘spring’ setting again.]

We went to house #2 with friends, while the autumn colors were in full force. Back in the city, autumn weather said did its best to get rid of autumn colors, and we got a new piano!!! (50-ish images total)

Saturday 22 September 2018

Leaving the city, such a nice day!
Handsome husband driving.
We kid-swapped for a more peaceful ride for all.
Past the tunnel, looking at Hvalfjörður.
Approaching Borgarnes.
Past the Borgarnes turn-off.
Looking south, getting close.
The weed on the walkway had bloomed into violets, too pretty to remove.
Posing by the fireplace.
Our visitors, enjoying the view.
Finnur on the other side.
Emma playing outside, in fewer clothes than I considered advisable.
The view up the mountain.
Bjarki found a mushroom.
There were berries on the bushes!
Games afoot!
Looking westwards.
Cosy!
Computer time via the mobile internet.
(Re)learning the SmallWorld rules.
The hot tub got used.
The sky at 8:30 pm. We had just passed the equinox.

Sunday 23 September 2018

Happy old friends.
Apple for the birdies.
Still trying to figure out the rules, and about to play.
Bjarki reading a bit, post playing.
Finnur in his natural habitat.
Time for goodbye hugs.
Emma blowing bubbles in the sun.
Fun in the sun.
Anna emerges from her crypt.
The two teenagers.
All smiles!
Sun squinting, oops!
Emma waving.
Goodbye guests!
I took the kids to the swimming pool in Borgarnes while Finnur worked on a few things. Afterwards we went to our favorite local cafe.
We bumped into a friend at the cafe, who lives in town. Here she is having a conversation with her husband who was about to fly back to Iceland.
As it was all of a sudden really late (that’s a super cosy cafe!) our friend invited the kids to hang out at her place while I drove to fetch Finnur. Here’s a cat walking by close to her house.
It was almost 8 pm before we were on our merry way. I was very surprised by how clever this snapchat filter was!!

Monday 24 September 2018

The view from the gym as autumn weather did its best to rid the world of autumn colors.
Back at the piano store for the final decision time.
Yes, please!
Sorry dear chest of drawers, you’re being replaced by a piano…!
If you bump into these in one of the university libraries, they’re from my stash from when I got the free as a professor.

Tuesday 25 September 2018

Emma in Anna’s old dress.
This truck appeared shortly before dinner.
Very exciting!
Anna trying out the piano. Dramatic teenage music needs dynamic range!
It’s also an electric piano (!!!), with a “silent mode” where the soundboard is mechanically disengaged.
Just for future reference, these are the headphones that came with the piano. They are “anti-noise cancelling”, as in, you can hear everything that is going on around you with them. It’s really quite cool to play with them.