It’s been one of those ridiculously snow-heavy winters. Yes, Spring has made numerous attempts to emerge, but Winter keeps slapping it back with a ground-covering sheet of snow, and I’ve lost count of the Yule-tide-worthy displays of slowly falling snow of various flake-sizes (one of which is currently in progress as I’m writing this). ToRead more
Winter is currently holding the upper hand… again. But it’s making the world pretty, so it’s ok. 🙂Read more
Hi there blog, it’s been a while. I’m just checking in a week late to mark that I’m now officially Thirty-Five Years Old, which in some circles makes me officially Middle Aged. Happily I’m not the only one with a birthday during this week. Finnur’s littlest sister turned Twenty Eight the same day I becameRead more
We summoned my mother, brothers, spouses and kids over for ‘coffee’ one leisurely Sunday afternoon. I made American Pancakes. They came out yummy! 🙂Read more
For some reason I’m much less inclined to take pictures outdoors when there is little to no snow. So it would appear that it’s been snowing ALL winter, which isn’t entirely true, but none-the-less close. So here are a few more snowy pictures. Read more
Spring got punched in the gut on leap-year-day with a good snow-punch from Winter. It looked lovely! 🙂Read more
Our good friends, Kata and Jói, swung into town this week (they live up north by Akureyri) with their girls, and we invited them all over for a Sunday Brunch. Being the lazy sods we are, brunch consisted of stuff from the bakery and various toppings, but it all seemed to go down well enough.Read more
Ash Wednesday is kinda like Halloween in the US these days (it didn’t use to be). The kids dress up in costumes, and then visit shops during the day and sing for the staff to get candy. Knocking on people’s doors is uncommon though, and we certainly didn’t buy any candy. The day used toRead more
I don’t follow a whole lot of tv shows, but the ones I do, I obsess over. A lot. But now, all of my favorite tv shows are either on hiatus, or just entering production for the next season, meaning I’ll have no new episodes to devour until sometime in the fall. Which is aRead more
I’m not too familiar with this whole ‘leading up to lent’-thing, but I do know that there are three ‘special’ days that precede it: 1) Cream-Puff Monday (aka Bolludagur), 2) Boom-Day (aka Sprengidagur), and 3) Ash Wednesday (aka Öskudagur). On Boom-Day (‘Explosion-Day’?, ‘Eat-Until-You-Burst-Day’?…) it is customary to eat salted meat in a bean-soup with veggiesRead more
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