Dagbók Hrefnu og Finns

The Leaning Wall Fix of 2018

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[Photos taken on 12-19 May 2018, posted on 16 December 2018. It’s wet and warm outside. Finnur’s in the USA, expected to return in a couple of days.]

In a fit of insanity/curiosity/too-much-sleep I decided to dig a large hole behind the sloping wall in our backyard, “to see what was behind it”. This ended with Finnur completely dismantling the whole wall, and rebuilding it, now with drainage, in the hopes that it won’t start leaning again any time soon. This project took the whole entire summer to complete!

Aside from that, live went on as usual! (20-ish photos total)

Saturday 12 May 2018

Emma and Finnur out in the backyard, being productive. The leaning wall is on the right of the image.

Spring in the Air

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[Photos taken on 07-11 May 2018, posted on 03 December 2018. Trying to do small updates and not mega-posts.]

Biking to work, hair cuts, farm-animal park visit, celebration at daycare, and gymnasium opening. It was a busy five days in May!! (24-ish images total)

Monday 07 May 2018

Photographic evidence that I biked to work. I can’t remember why it happened a few times in May, but it did, and then not for a looong time!

Snow in May 2018

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[Photos taken on 03-05 May 2018, posted on 02 December 2018. It is chilly but pretty with clear skies outside. Long time since any precipitation came down.]

A few photos of when winter was trying to hold on, but summer was’t really having it. (12 images total)

Thursday 3 May 2018

Winter tried to make a last stand by snowing down enough stuff to cover the ground.

April Solo Parenting Part 2/2

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[Photos taken on 26-29 April 2018, posted on 18 23 November 2018. It is somewhat ironic that Finnur’s has ~~just~~ departed to the UK for another working week in London. ]

The latter part of the week that Finnur spent in jolly old England was about as busy as the first half. I went on a team-building ride with my team-mates from work, went on a nice walk, we attended a birthday party, ate dinner with friends, visited the library downtown, and planted some leeks, among other things! (45-ish images total)

Friday 27 April 2018

Yours truly, out in the wilderness (sort of) on a team-building day with my group at work.

April Solo Parenting Part 1/2

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[Photos taken on 20 – 25 April 2018, posted on 16 November 2018. After a few frosty days, we are back to warm weather, with lots of rain, and wind.]

The day after the big confirmation party, Finnur took off on a 10-day-long work-trip to the UK. While he was away I held down the fort the best I could, with minimally exciting dinners, and early bedtimes for all.

We did a bunch of things though. For example, Bjarki participated in a gymnastics meet, we met visitors from the US, went out in the country, met with family and friends, went swimming, and did what needed to be done so that everybody was clothed and fed! (45-ish images total)

Friday 20 April 2018

On a hunt for walking boots for Anna. Emma found a kayak instead!

Hildur Sif’s Confirmation Party

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[Photos taken on 19 April 2018, posted on 03 November 2018. Second swimming pool visit this week today, yay!]

After a photography lull (what a long long winter!), I decided to bring my gear to Hildur’s confirmation party. Anna and Halli had managed to reserve a really nice gathering hall through Halli’s worker’s association, which made everything easier.

I took about a gazillion photos that day, and some 300 were deemed ‘ok’. Here are some of them! (55 images total)

The newly confirmed lady with her parents.

Uncle Arnar Turns 50!

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[Photos taken on 15 April 2018, posted on 02 November 2018. WordPress has some new editor, which may or may not break the site.]

Somehow, my uncle Arnar (who is only a hop and a skip older than I am) is now 50 years old! To celebrate, he hosted a small get-together with the closest family members and some friends. (24-ish images total)

The birthday “boy” with his trademark “what, me, 50?” look.

A Theatrical April Week

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[Photos taken on 07-14 April 2018, posted on 01 November 2018. WordPress has some new editor, which may or may not break the site.]

April trudged onward with more sunlight, and the promise of spring.

Gathering these images today, I only just realized what a crazy week this was, with sporty school, friends visiting, hanging out with family, Anna acting in a school play, and attending a big ball, us going to see Rocky Horror, Bjarki managing to score a big bump on his head, and the tree trimmers finally having time for us. (47 images total… I think!)

Saturday 07 April 2018

Emma at the Sports School, before all the action began.

Fire!

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[Photos taken on 05-06 April 2018, posted on 24 October 2018. Spent over an hour out in the freezing cold wind to support the women’s strike downtown today.]

As I was driving to work after the gym on a cloudless gorgeous April morning, a gray smoke cloud over by where I work caught my attention. On closer inspection the ~~house~~ multipurpose commercial/industrial building next door to my workplace was engulfed in flames! (28 images total)

(It turned out later that the center area of the building, aka where the fire started from an electrical fault, didn’t have water sprinklers, as it had started out being the LazyTown filming studio (and thus mostly empty) before Icewear came along and filled it with flammable clothing. Nobody seemed to realized the fire prevention system was not up to the task…)

Thursday 05 April 2018

A very scary smoke cloud.

Day Off, Pink Paint, and Unstable Weather

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[Photos taken on 02-04 April 2018, posted on 22 October 2018. Wrote this post at home. That hasn’t happened in a long while, but now I’m late in going to bed. Boohoo!]

The first few days of April. We had an extra day off, Emma played with pink paint, the weather was non-stable, and I mulled what to do about that wall in the backyard… (22 images total)

Monday 02 April 2018

Emma with very pink hands.