Frame-Staining / Confirmation / Spring-y Choir
[Photos taken 22 April 2025, posted online 8 14 February 2026. Still no precipitation, but it’s freezing cold outside. Brrrr…]
With Easter holiday all done and dusted, it was time for more spring tasks, as the sun kept staying up in the sky for longer and longer.
There were walks, some biking, gymming, a confirmation party, and a lot of wood-staining. I attended a spring-y choral performance, and we went out to dinner with friends.
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Easter Break: Summer House / Feasting / Yard Work
[Photos taken 17 – 21 April 2025, posted online 07 February 2026. The multi-week draught got temporarily halted yesterday when we finally had a bit of rain, which promptly froze on the freezing ground, and had people slipping all over. The weather systems have been locked in a strange configuration for a while, and the UK and mainland Europe have been getting all the tumultuous weather that usually hammers Iceland in winter…]
The five-day Easter holiday weekend went by in a blur of activity! After an epic printer-battle, we went up to the summer house with some friends, and used the lovely weather to put the trampoline together again, in between lounging and playing games.
Easter day was by-the-book, with easter-egg hunts galore, good food, good company, and social whist. The second day of Easter was spent in the yard, as spring was very much in the air!
Thursday 17 April 2025
HP Confirmation Party / Swedes Leave / Lake Walk-Jog
[Photos taken 13 – 16 April 2025, posted online 01 February 2026. At this rate I’ll soon end up a whole year “behind” myself…]
We had the pleasure of attending my niece’s Harry Potter themed confirmation party on a lovely afternoon. The Swedes returned to their home a couple of days later, and then it was just “waiting for easter holiday”-time!
Sunday 13 April 2025
On a Red Light Show/ The Swedes / Family Time
[Photos taken 08 – 12 April 2025, posted online 31 January 2026. Still almost no precipitation on our shores, while the UK is getting drenched.]
The Swedish contingent arrived for an Easter visit, which was fun for us! I was cultural and went to a show (of the one-woman-kind), and almost peed my pants laughing. Us, the siblings, managed to book ourselves and mom for a lunch, and the weather kept oscillating between spring and winter.
Tuesday 08 April 2025
Spring Weather / Partial Solar-Eclipse / Gatherings
[Photos taken 26 – 31 March 2025, posted online 27 December 2025. Rarely have I fallen this far behind, but oh well.]
Life as usual reasserted itself with alarming speed after we returned from Tenerife! We were of course greeted with plenty of rain, but the week also included hail, snow, and dryness. Typical spring!
Anna fought with computing equipment and kept her young summer plants alive, Emma and I went on an outing, there were at least four gatherings with people (sewing club, friend dinner, cousin-meetup, ex-coworker dinner), a partial solar-eclipse, and gym-sessions!
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Tenerife Bali-Bed Chillin’ / Visiting La Caleta
[Photos taken 22 – 23 March 2025, posted online 22 December 2025. My Christmas present to myself is a two week vacation over the holidays, yay!]
Seemingly having lost the ability to sleep in, I woke up bright and early on our mornings in Tenerife, hauled myself out of bed, and attempted to claim three Bali-beds in the fancy balcony-section. Then it was on to breakfast, followed by some serious lounging!
The first full day was pretty quiet, but on the second full day we acquired a mobility scooter, and went adventuring. We had a lot of fun walking northwards to La Caleta, and then I decided to jog back, which went well most of the way until my Achilles tendon suddenly had enough.
Saturday 22 March 2025
Spring Tasks /
[Photos taken 16 – 20 March 2025, posted online 08 November 2025. Snow still lingers after the biggest ever October snowfall in the capital on 28 October. I measured 40 cm /16 inches in our backyard. 07 December 2025. Blog’s taken the metaphorical back seat as life’s been very very busy. Just returned from seeing Radiohead in Copenhagen!]
The temperature reached a convincing 8.5 C / 47 F, and I remembered that the shrubbery needed trimming before they started spring-sprouting.
We went out to dinner with friends, I went on a hike with a new hiking group (that I would miss a lot of hikes with), Emma got a spring-time haircut, and we packed for our upcoming triple-couple-trip to Tenerife!
Sunday 16 March 2025
Confirmation Photos / Sewing Club / Napoleon
[Photos taken 09 – 15 March 2025, posted online 26 October 2025. First snow of the winter season fell overnight, not nearly enough to cover up the grass, but the nights have been cold enough that it’s sticking around.]
This year’s confirmation season was relatively quiet, with only one cousin ascending to the halls of “being counted as an adult” (the wording is probably from when kids were big enough to participate fully in farm-work?). I was happy to take photos of the confirmed-one-to-be, although yet again I swore to one day really update my gear, so I don’t have to fight the lighting quite so much.
That same weekend, Bjarki and two buddies scored the third place in a programming competition, and each got $80/EUR70/ISK10000 for their hard work. The rest of the week saw warmer weather, a haircut, a swim, a ladies lunch, I hosted a sewing club, and we went on an outing to a theatrical production paired with wine.
Lastly, be warned that at the very bottom of the page are a couple of photos of a burst ganglion cyst…
Sunday 09 March 2025
Birthdays / Flowers / More Daylight
[Photos taken 01 – 08 March 2025, posted online 25 October 2025. Overnight frost has arrived, and thus bird-feeding has resumed.]
March is a birthday bonanza month. This time around I turned 48 years old, so I just have a couple of years to go until the big five-oh! We also belatedly formally celebrated Emma’s 12 year birthday, and mostly totally ignored our 25th wedding anniversary.
This first week of March was a mix of things, there was creme-puff-day, costumes for Ash Wednesday (now Halloween #2), an uncomfortable finger-ganglion cyst (mild yuk-photo warning), gym-sessions, and very suddenly a lot more daylight, but the frost held on.
Saturday 01 March 2025
12th Birthday / Increased Daylight / UK Winter Break
[Photos taken 12 – 21 February 2025, posted online 13 September 2025. It’s bright but windy day, the leaves have begun turning although the air temperature has been unseasonably high.]
Emma’s 12 birthday finally arrived, much to her joy! We had a mini celebration at home on the day, and she invited a few friends over a few days later. Further celebrations had to wait as a) I got sick and, b) we were headed to the UK for a school winter-break visit.
In the meantime, the days kept getting longer with the sun higher in the sky, which meant taking down yule-lights, and cleaning windows.
Wednesday 12 February 2025
