{"id":36257,"date":"2023-07-02T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=36257"},"modified":"2024-04-14T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T10:49:05","slug":"july-warmth-jog-tub-sunsets-horse-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/july-warmth-jog-tub-sunsets-horse-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"July Warmth = Jog, Tub, Sunsets & Horse Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 02 – 07 July 2023, posted online 14 April 2024. I have resigned from my current job! Still have a few more weeks to go until leaving for good. Hard to leave excellent coworkers, but brain wants a change.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July rolled around, and with it some lovely weather-days. I went out for a jog, and even cleaned the hot tub in the backyard, which rarely gets used. The sunsets were of the “are-you-kidding-me”-type evening after evening, we starting subscribing to fruit deliveries, the earth rumbled, and Emma finished yet another horse-camp session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 02 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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At the tail end of my 5k jog I found the cave-let (Mar\u00eduhellar<\/a>) that is a few steps away from a previous jog-route, but I only recently discovered existed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The start of the jog. It evolves into trees mostly on the left (hillside), and lava-features on the right (lava-field-side).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It’s also an excellent bike-trail!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Rocks and teenage\/young-adult-trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Instead of running back and forth, I took a right turn onto a path through the extensive lava field. It’s quite close to civilization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lava landscapes being hidden by vegetation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At the edge of civilization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I’m hoping not everything gets built over by houses…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At home it was time for a tub-cleaning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Clean! Time to fill the tub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Clouds rolling in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner company!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma playing with water, while I played with my camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My own dip in progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sun status at 22:25 in the evening. The windows desperately needed a cleaning, but since they get sanded right up again, the effort almost doesn’t seem worth it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 03 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Looking through the glass oatmeal container jar…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Toasty outside!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki recovering his electric scooter at the end of the day that he’d misplaced while being side-tracked. There was a mild panic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I caved and cleaned the windows with the magnet-gadget.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cheating anyway by taking a photo outside the window at 23:37.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 04 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Gymming at 08:32. Sweating happened.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Enjoying a bit of sunshine while drinking post-lunch cup of coffee. Trying to hide from the chilly wind, with my back against a car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur being a champion and high-pressure cleaning some of the woodwork after 9 in the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Big-bed-invasion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 05 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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That morning there was more earthquake-excitement. An eruption would start on 10 July 2023 by Litli-Hr\u00fatur<\/a>, far away from most everything. Volcanic activity stopped on 5 August 2023, and it was in such an remote spot, with unexciting viewing locations that I decided not to hike to it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A start-up company in Iceland<\/a> is now offering a subscription service of organic fruits from Spain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Fruits that actually have a taste, as opposed to the bland versions in the supermarkets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They deliver via another start-up which runs these pretty coolers disguised as small houses<\/a>, that you use a QR code to enter and fetch your thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yes, please!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Documenting that I cooked. Happens veeery rarely these days.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 06 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The garbage collectors were on their way…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… but behind the usual truck was a van, full of new garbage cans!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Welcome to the era of more sorting! Now there would be three cans: 1) paper, 2) plastic, and a 3) dual-one for organic waste on one side, and non-recyclable stuff on the other. We quickly discovered that we did not have a good place for the third can, i.e. where it would not just be blown somewhere during a storm…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Perfectly-sized backseat transport-hole!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma’s feet are now longer than Anna’s (41), but shorter than mine (43). Finding acceptable shoes for her is quickly turning into an endurance sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Somebody was procrastinating and it wasn’t me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 07 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Another Friday, another end-of-horse-camp demo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Walking to the demo-area in great weather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma off playing with a puppy while waiting for her turn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The kids spend the day ‘decorating’ the horses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and they’re off!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They went round-and-round, and made the horses turn, and trot, and whatnot. All went well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Turning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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All done!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A hug.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A lie down!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Heading back to the stables.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Every grassy surface being used as a feeding station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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“Parking” her horse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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You need a lot of helmets to run a horse camp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Another one for the collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Afterwards I went to pick mom up from her retreat in Hverager\u00f0i.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Idyllic surroundings! But the buildings are getting on in age now…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Plants in bathroom windows at 22:32.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Seven-minutes before midnight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 02 – 07 July 2023, posted online 14 April 2024. I have resigned from my current job! Still have a few more weeks to go until leaving for good. Hard to leave excellent coworkers, but brain wants a change.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

July rolled around, and with it some lovely weather-days. I went out for a jog, and even cleaned the hot tub in the backyard, which rarely gets used. The sunsets were of the “are-you-kidding-me”-type evening after evening, we starting subscribing to fruit deliveries, the earth rumbled, and Emma finished yet another horse-camp session.<\/p>\n

Sunday 02 July 2023<\/h2>\n
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At the tail end of my 5k jog I found the cave-let (Mar\u00eduhellar<\/a>) that is a few steps away from a previous jog-route, but I only recently discovered existed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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