{"id":32708,"date":"2022-06-01T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=32708"},"modified":"2023-01-21T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:45:30","slug":"graduation-trip-mr-weeding-gorgeous-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/graduation-trip-mr-weeding-gorgeous-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Trip, Mr. Weeding & Gorgeous Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 01 – 07 June 2022, posted online 21 January 2023. After multiple weeks of an unusually deep freeze, with multiple days in a row at -12C\/10F, this weekend is The Big Thaw.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Anna on a graduation trip in Mexico, the house was a little emptier than usual. The days were filled with weeding (aka Bjarki’s hunt for money), I attended a choral performance, the kids’ school closed for the summer, we visited the house in Skorradal for a long weekend (where an epic mowing job awaited in glorious weather), and I socialized with the people at work. (60-ish images total)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 01 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Bjarki discovered (in a moment of maternal weakness) that he could get paid for weeding the back-yard, and all of a sudden my weeding-load went down dramatically. (Emma will have to wait a few years, she’s a bit too young).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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It didn’t take long for Bjarki to rope a friend of his into the yard-work gang. Yes, they both got paid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We got actual photographic proof of Anna’s continual existence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A photo of the “seaweed-like algae species known as sargassum<\/a>” that’s made these Mexican waters their home. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 02 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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About to enter Digraneskirkja (church) for a choir recital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This is Samk\u00f3r Reykjav\u00edkur, and it turned out that I knew quite a few members.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My brother, the singer, with his very pregnant wife!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We lived vicariously through Anna’s snapchat videos. Oh, look: PALM TREES!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Like all resorts worth their salt, this one had performances every night. Here the acrobats are practicing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 03 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The closing ceremony of the younger kids’ school. First time in a looong while that parents had been allowed to crowd into the gymnasium!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Singing the school song. Yes, your eyes are correct, they’re using an old-style projector and a transparency to display the lyrics!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Afterwards there was a little festival on the school grounds. Sadly it was raining, oh well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki\u00b4s turn manning the mini-snack-store, as his year began collecting money for their 10th grade graduation trip in a year’s time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Biking daredevils came to perform tricks. Yes, the biker made it over and across the kids sitting between the ramps!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma checking out one of the wet bouncy castles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mr. Weeder back in action, excited at the prospect of money.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Passing the school grounds on an evening walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki was there shooting hoops.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Meanwhile in Mexico there was a trip to a fun-park in the jungle…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and pouring rain with thunder and lightning in the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 04 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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I noticed some action going on at a nearby house, turns out they were getting a new window!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mr. I Want Money.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The perennial problem: what to do about the small baby trees that I find when weeding?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Summer flowers, check.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More flowers, check.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We drove to the summer house, and found that the grass desperately needed mowing. (Finnur’s allergic to grass, so mowing is mostly on me.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Making slow and steady progress around 8 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner with a view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Trampoline up and in use.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Love this view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mr. Yardwork earning more money.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A well deserved hot-tub at the end of the day (this is taken at midnight). As usual, Finnur had somehow convinced these two to help with various odd jobs. They’re too kind!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Meanwhile, it had stopped raining in Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pasty white Icelanders in the pool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 05 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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A nice moment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur’s artistic muscles getting a workout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Flipping on the trampoline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We dug out Alhambra<\/a>, and I had fun trying to decipher the rules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lovely view at 11 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Looking artfully into the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The last rays at 26 minutes past midnight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The sun actually went down eventually. It was eerily calm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Moon saying hi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The view in Mexico wasn’t too bad either.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hello ocean!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Apparently, coconuts fell from these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Whit Monday 06 June 2022 (Public Holiday)<\/h3>\n\n\n
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I took these two to the obligatory cafe on the way home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Wife down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur began his campaign against dandelion spores, calmly breaking the tops off of the ones in the common areas, to reduce their future spread.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Meanwhile in Mexico, Anna spotted a huge ceiling fan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Enjoying an arty activity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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How it began.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Close to being finished. She would later add black outlines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 07 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Attending an across-group-project celebration at work. The social budget was flush after little usage over the past couple of years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Speeches were given.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Then my group went out to socialize a bit more. Of course the nerds had to evaluate the automatic scoring system cameras, and plotted how to implement their own system!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Then we went and got dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cute wall decoration in the basement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At home, Finnur showed me his haul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Meanwhile in Mexico, Anna saw some birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 01 – 07 June 2022, posted online 21 January 2023. After multiple weeks of an unusually deep freeze, with multiple days in a row at -12C\/10F, this weekend is The Big Thaw.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

With Anna on a graduation trip in Mexico, the house was a little emptier than usual. The days were filled with weeding (aka Bjarki’s hunt for money), I attended a choral performance, the kids’ school closed for the summer, we visited the house in Skorradal for a long weekend (where an epic mowing job awaited in glorious weather), and I socialized with the people at work. (60-ish images total)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 01 June 2022<\/h3>\n
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Bjarki discovered (in a moment of maternal weakness) that he could get paid for weeding the back-yard, and all of a sudden my weeding-load went down dramatically. (Emma will have to wait a few years, she’s a bit too young).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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