{"id":31900,"date":"2022-03-21T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=31900"},"modified":"2022-07-21T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:19:52","slug":"bowling-hiking-concert-sewing-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/bowling-hiking-concert-sewing-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowling, Hiking, Concert & Sewing Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 26 – 31 March 2022, posted online 21 July 2022. Anna and I replaced our old oven last night, feeling very adult!<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma managed to squeeze another trip to the bowling alley out of me, I went on an organized hike<\/a> around Me\u00f0alfellsvatn<\/a>, saw St\u00edna<\/a> in concert with friends, hosted a sewing club, shuttled kids, remembered that I have a big camera, and told the kids we were going to Denmark over the Easter break! (45-ish images total)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 26 March 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Somehow bowling has morphed into bowling & shakes\/snacks…!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Out of the non-guard-rail-y-ones: Anna came in first, Bjarki in second, and I came in third.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki had a good day! (Animated gif, wait for it to load.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The door into the office was open, and there were loud text reminders on the wall about what kind of positive workplace this was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 27 March 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Driving out of town at 9 am. Mount Esja still dusted with the white stuff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The hiking group getting ready to set out by Me\u00f0alfellsvatn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was so much snow melt and rain going on that the rivers and the lake were flooding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Because of the flooding, we just walked along the regular road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By an information sign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Water everywhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Submerged boat-houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There’s usually no water on the left side of the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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During dryer times we would have walked along a footpath the runs along the usual edge of the lake. That path was under a lot of water that day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Walky, walky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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All the rivers were angry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Quick stop to refuel in a grove between tall trees, planted by the main-guide’s grandparents many moons ago. He’s the one handing out coke-bottles with one of his kids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Romantic snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Snow-left-overs. That is mount Me\u00f0alfell (“Average hill”).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Agnes and me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Due to the weather, two (or three?) hiking groups were in attendance, as other hikes had gotten cancelled\/moved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Approaching the houses on the western side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lovely muddy sludge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The horses were curious.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Goodbye flooded area! Since this was all roads, this was the shortest “all-day walk” ever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The route according to Strava.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Dinner with a couple of friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Next up: Harpa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We scratched our heads over what was going on in the big hall… turns out there’s an American band called Umphrey’s McGee<\/a> and it had long since sold out a three-evening-long series of concerts, which is why we hadn’t seen any ads for it at all. According to the door-minder, all the attendees were from the US, and they kept their seats evening after evening. So weird!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We were there to see our friend St\u00edna <\/a>perform songs from her new album “Drown to Die a Little<\/a>“.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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She brought a dancer! The concert was very nice, you should give her a listen! (Animated gif, wait for it to load.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I was there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Old class-mates reunited!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 29 March 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Sewing clubs were back “on”, and it was my turn to host!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Full attendance!! And yes, I’d vowed to keep the Christmas photos up on the wall until I got my act together and renewed the sofas, as the old ones had begun to break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 30 March 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Bjarki artfully looking past my phone as he gets refueled between activities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 31 March 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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On behalf of my workplace, I ventured into MK<\/a> (Junior College of K\u00f3pavogur) to give them two industrial food processing machines we were no longer using. The guy accepting the gift took us on a tour of the food & serving school, where this amazing display of newly made wedding cakes caught my eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Not bad for 2500 m rowing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Brother Bjarni training in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was time to take the studded tires off the bikes. I managed to explode the first tire tube. Ooops!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma graduated to Bjarki’s old bike, and Bjarki’s now graduated to the adult bikes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sisters in the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki in the foyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sibling photo with the nice camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Relative heights is a big topic of conversations these days as Bjarki’s shot up past both me and Anna…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and on the planner, in honor of all of us being done with covid-19, a trip to Denmark during Easter break!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 26 – 31 March 2022, posted online 21 July 2022. Anna and I replaced our old oven last night, feeling very adult!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Emma managed to squeeze another trip to the bowling alley out of me, I went on an organized hike<\/a> around Me\u00f0alfellsvatn<\/a>, saw St\u00edna<\/a> in concert with friends, hosted a sewing club, shuttled kids, remembered that I have a big camera, and told the kids we were going to Denmark over the Easter break! (45-ish images total)<\/p>\n

Saturday 26 March 2022<\/h3>\n
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Somehow bowling has morphed into bowling & shakes\/snacks…!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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