{"id":43168,"date":"2025-04-22T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=43168"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:53:59","slug":"frame-staining-confirmation-spring-y-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/frame-staining-confirmation-spring-y-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Frame-Staining \/ Confirmation \/ Spring-y Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 22 April 2025, posted online 8<\/s> 14 February 2026. Still no precipitation, but it’s freezing cold outside. Brrrr…<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Easter holiday all done and dusted, it was time for more spring tasks, as the sun kept staying up in the sky for longer and longer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were walks, some biking, gymming, a confirmation party, and a lot of wood-staining. I attended a spring-y choral performance, and we went out to dinner with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 22 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The priming and staining of the veggie-box-tops continued. Here are 2 out of the 4, all set up to be stripped of staples and acrylic fabric by helping hands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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I worked from home that day I think. It was nice to look outside the window occasionally, but there wasn’t much green to be seen yet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Anna made bagels from scratch, yum!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Helping hands activated!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 23 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Spring jitters won out, and I went for a walk around my workplace. There’s a forest-y area pretty close to it, overlooking a harbor. There’s a white wall built out of containers to shield cars from the sea-breeze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A little further along is the “insane asylum” (Kleppur), more properly known as the “Icelandic psychiatric hospital”. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I stumbled upon what may have been a homeless person’s place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More random things lurking in the “forest”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The trail of things led all the way out of the area, but I saw nobody about.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Blue Prince video game still held my interest…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 24 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Confirmation-party-time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The youngest of good friends had been confirmed that day, and that was a good reason to celebrate!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They clean up nice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At 18:30 it was still plenty bright outside to prime some wood for staining!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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What I was using. It’s water-based, which means cleaning is a breeze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Drying!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 25 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The color green starting to show up outside again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 26 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Next up, the stain. This was at 6 in the afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hiding a stained frame from potential droplets from the sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Two more drying, yay for progress, and bright warm-ish evenings! (This was at 9 in the evening.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 27 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The finished frames returned to their spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki called me from the road, telling me the side mirror of the car was wiggling furiously. I drove to him, and yes, the mirror glass had come loose! That was a little too exciting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Our poor floor looking a lot worse for wear because…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The plastic leg-end of one of the chairs had broken off. Not great.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 28 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Dinner being made. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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After-dinner studded-tire removal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma started going through her toys, that she’d stopped using. They grow so fast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 29 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Selfie taken on my way back home from work, as the weather was so nice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Arriving at a church to listen to a spring choir concert!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Colorful performance! So nice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The conductor extraordinaire!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Familiar faces!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Meanwhile, I tried learning something on piano, slowly, because I can’t read notes beyond the range of a recorder…!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 30 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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All by myself in a meeting room!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We found ourselves downtown, as we had a dinner reservation with some friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was zero wind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was a preset three-course menu, from some offer we’d bought many months prior. The soup was lovely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The beef, however, was atrocious. It had a sour taste to it, and the chef was baffled, as it was freshly unpacked. Probably the worst beef I’ve ever had in a restaurant. I’d stick to fish there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dessert was fine though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Wind picking up…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ah, fresh fruit, always welcome! Thus end-eth April 2025!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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[Photos taken 22 April 2025, posted online 8<\/s> 14 February 2026. Still no precipitation, but it’s freezing cold outside. Brrrr…<\/em>]<\/p>\n

With Easter holiday all done and dusted, it was time for more spring tasks, as the sun kept staying up in the sky for longer and longer. <\/p>\n

There were walks, some biking, gymming, a confirmation party, and a lot of wood-staining. I attended a spring-y choral performance, and we went out to dinner with friends.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 22 April 2025<\/h2>\n
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The priming and staining of the veggie-box-tops continued. Here are 2 out of the 4, all set up to be stripped of staples and acrylic fabric by helping hands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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