[Written 21 March 2014] Finally, FINALLY, we got a ‘warm’ day (temperature slightly over freezing point) coupled with tons of RAIN! The result was a LOT of melt-water, that needed some help getting to a drain. Enter the manly men of the street: As of today, our street is finally 95% clear of ice! Yay!Read more
[Written 13 March 2014]
Yet again, our busy weekend schedule meant that my only opening for a FFF outing was from 11 am on a Sunday morning, to about 2 pm.
I was feeling ‘sporty’ so I was initially just going to go shoot arrows at paper targets, but discovered just in time that the Archery Range opens at noon.
To pad out the outing, I therefore decided to visit Gerðarsafn (Museum of Gerður) first, where they were showing the Icelandic Photojournalism Association’s Pictures of the Year. (Ironically, I decided not to bring my ‘big’ camera, all the following images are from my phone.)
The photo show was pretty much as expected, except that I learned that almost all Icelandic Photojournalists are male. And it showed. (11 images total)
Back at Gerðarsafn. (See also FFF #4.)
[Written 13 March 2014]
Emma’s been pretty curious about the snow, so I decided to dress her up and set her free on the patio.
She was pretty ambivalent about being cast outside. She poked at the snow a bit, decided fairly quickly that it was no fun, and demanded to be let back inside! (2 images total)
Smirking at being outside.
[Written 13 March 2014]
A ton of snow fell in a short amount of time the day before, which somehow inspired Finnur to clean the hot tub and get it up and running.
The big kids got to play in it after and early dinner, and then Finnur and I soaked for a good hour later that night. It was fantastic! 🙂 (3 images total)
Finnur fastening the lid.
[Written 13 March 2014]
The kids dressed up for Ash Wednesday (known here as Öskudagur, or just Ashday) and went to school for a “fun day”. (8 images and 2 videos total)
The Vampire, The Witch, and The Gulper.
Emma has started to climb up on the sofa, meaning all the carefully hidden and elevated electronics are now in danger. Yay?Read more
Another short-notice FFF outing, due to a last-minute schedule change, but Elsa chimed in anyway and let me know she’d be joining me for lunch!
Not a lot of places are open at 11 am on Sundays, so I decided to use that ‘Culture Card‘ I got way back in the beginning, and visit the Reykjavik Art Museum at Hafnarhúsið (the Harbor House) “for free”. (34 images and 1 video total)
The Art Museum is right next to the Museum of Photography/Main Library (see FFF #5).
The meeting of February and March brings with it a torrent of birthdays. Among them: my 37th birthday (eeeeek!!) and Steinunn’s 30th birthday. (26 images total)
Finnur got me flowers! Awwww! 🙂
I’ve been filled with unusual amounts of can-do these past couple of days, knocking (small but pesky) things off the to-do list left and right. Among stuff done was: outside yuletide lights turned off and stowed away inside in honor of the ever increasing daylight, garage tidied (mostly just actually shelved the yuletide stuff), blackoutRead more
[Written 27 February 2014] Emma’ still not walking but she’s standing up more and staying up for longer bits of time. And it’s adooorable! 🙂Read more