Wet Days

2011-09-28Uncategorized Standard

After a remarkably dry fall, rain is now upon us.  Today was the first day I biked home in solid rain the whole way home (35ish mins).  I therefore found it fitting to post some wetness-related pics.Read more

School/Work Life

2011-09-28Uncategorized Standard

The university has been in session now for a month (give or take a few days).  In that time, things have slowly gotten up to speed, and I think it’s safe to say that things are in full swing by now.  There is never a dull moment, that’s for sure!  I think the best adjectiveRead more

Life Imitating Art

2011-09-20Uncategorized Standard

When we bought our house, we assumed that we’d be keeping the green/blue/gray-ish tinted accent-wall in the living room.  It looked like a nice color, that would go well with everything. Then we moved in and it turned out that our sofas and that wall had precious little in common, which was unfortunate, since one ofRead more

Changes

2011-09-19Uncategorized Standard

A season of change is upon us.  Fall.  Autumn.  The leaves have started turning yellow and red.  Today was the first of the winter storms, with lots of rain and strong winds.  Thankfully both seemed to have calmed down this evening, or I would be in serious trouble biking to work tomorrow morning. In spiteRead more

Goodbye Weed-Tree

2011-09-11Uncategorized Standard

Some decades ago, Icelanders discovered that certain poplar trees (aspir, see for example Populus trichocarpa) grew very quickly even on wind-crazed bare land and as a result they were planted everywhere.  These days people have started to view the poplars as almost weeds in habituated areas, because they have insane roots, and will spawn other poplars using theirRead more

So Far, So Good

2011-09-07Uncategorized Standard

Tonight was the first evening I’ve had to do work this semester – and that was only because this day turned out to be entirely packed with meetings and interesting lectures.  I learnt for example that there are very few female professors in the medical department, and that when one of the first women doctorsRead more

Work-trip, Day Two

2011-09-04Uncategorized Standard

The Sunday was just beeeaaaauuuuttttiiiiffffuuul! 🙂  I think we most definitely got a small taste of “indian summer”, which was nice just before the winter hits the fan. My main project of the day was tending to some trees we’d planted 15 years ago or so.  These were trees that had been planted densely inRead more

Summer-house Work-trip

2011-09-03Uncategorized Standard

Every five weeks we have access to the summer-house Finnur co-owns with his siblings.  We usually invite people to come along with us, but this weekend “people” seemed to be either sick or busy so we went by our lonesome selves.  We weren’t entirely alone though, because Finnur’s parents, who own a summer-house within easyRead more

On Biking to Work

2011-08-31Uncategorized Standard

Although living right next to work (2 minutes walking!) was really really convenient, I came to the conclusion that there is such a thing as living too close to work.  For one thing, every time we’d drive home in the evening, we’d pass my building, and there would be lots of cars outside as theRead more

Archives

Calendar

November 2024
S M T W T F S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930

Categories

1 … 117 118 119 120 121 … 296