tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110844332024-03-20T09:54:27.694+00:00So the dog is in chargeChildren are for people who can't have dogs. ~Author UnknownNorthern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-72304271124676609352013-12-22T23:32:00.001+00:002013-12-22T23:32:13.659+00:00The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had to start the blog with a picture of Freyja, she is starting to feel the effects of old age, has developed a bit of a limp when she has been resting for too long. <br />
Well, it's almost Christmas - the years are flying by and I don't seem to be able to get anything done, I figure it's because I have a attained a high level of procrastination.<br />
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Unnur, Jóhanna, Guðný and I had a weekend in Akureyri at the summer house that Jóhanna can rent through the pilots association - this is the third time that we have gone (or is it four), it's such a nice weekend of relaxing, eating, shopping and them knitting or doing other crafty things whilst I drink red wine....<br />
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The Yule tide lads have arrived again..... Mum, Unnur, Olga, Ross, Henry and Vicki will be spending Christmas with me. At the moment Árni is perhaps going to keep up tradition and go to his ex to spend the evening with her and the kids. I had to go to a meeting in Reykjavík last week, so I convinced Árni to come with me and drive the hire car. It was great that he did as I do not enjoy driving in winter conditions - however, we really couldn't complain about the weather, it was so nice.<br />
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The view over to Skagaströnd the sun seemed to be hiding behind the mountains.<br />
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The view to the west fjords... so still so clear - so cold.<br />
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Yesterday was mid winter soltice - the shortest day..... of the year - which ofcourse means that the days are slowly getting longer... just a few minutes each day.<br />
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The moon was full and was shining in the eastern sky as we drove south.<br />
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In other news, there is a big storm forecasted for Christmas, arriving on Christmas Eve and probably not departing till after boxing day. Maybe being stuck inside the house will inspire me to write a blog and post pictures from the festivities.<br />
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Love and hugs to you all this Christmas - twas extremely slack and wrote few cards.... Thank goodness Unnur is here to write the ones that did get sent. <br />
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xoxoxoxNorthern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-44295451812735773642013-12-04T01:17:00.000+00:002013-12-04T01:17:35.502+00:00I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy. ~Bern WilliamsWas about to state the obvious about not having written here for a while... <br />
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It's not as if nothing has been happening, or that life hasn't been good or bad or indifferent... Sometimes it's just hard to find the inspiration to say something or share something about what is in fact the day to day existence of a not so interesting person. <br />
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Having said that, I realise that each of us has a different life experience, and I know too that the majority of folk that visit this site are my family and friends and all they want to know is how things are. Once, not so long ago, we wrote letters - in long hand- to one another. Now, when I use a pen I get a pain in my wrist and find it hard to find inspiration to write to anyone about anything, it all seems so pointless, the news that I send via snail mail is 2 weeks old... and yet when I get a snail mail letter I am so happy and it goes into my mail drawer - to be kept till I die and some poor relative has to throw it all out... <br />
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I often wonder about how much this technological age of ours is losing for future generations.. it's all electronic and snap chat, tweet texting, sms... I remember seeing the time machine for the first time (takk Jómbi) when he went into the future and the books became dust.... something about that really really touched me and has always been a worry for me.<br />
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I hate how reliant we are on electricity and now even more how reliant we are on digital technology. Who has a radio that works on batteries in their house? I know I am starting to sound like a mad case bunker builder... but still, I sort of still want to think that I could cope with a power cut that lasts longer than a day or two.... but I would not have a phone, nor radio, nor television... fridge and freezer depends on the time of year, even my natural hot water heating is dependent on electricity to pump the water up from the ground. <br />
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Goodness me, this blog post went to places I never intended it to go, but this has been on my mind for a while now so maybe I needed to vent it.<br />
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In other news, mum and Unnur are off to Paris ... they leave the Krók tomorrow, and off to Paris on Thursday back to Iceland on Sunday.<br />
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Freyja is getting old and probably arthritic, she limps every now and then - but doesn't seem to be in pain. She is still the most indulged dog in the hood.<br />
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Christmas is coming and so we are allowed to indulge in lights all over the place..... The tree was lit last saturday, so so cold - but no snow - still twas nice to see so many down in the old town square. <br />
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Will put photos on that have probably nothing to do with the post - but hey - it's been months.......<br />
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In Akureyri.. weekend away with Árni Maggi and Valborg<br />
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Berlin... with me Árni, Bjössi and Rannveig<br />
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Berry picking with my bestest sister...<br />
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Berlin beer fest with Rannveig, Bjössi and Árni<br />
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Alexanderplatz tv tower<br />
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Amma and snotra...<br />
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the cutest boy in town... Henry ...<br />
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This years Christmas tree.Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-62901967124662368942013-07-22T17:58:00.001+00:002013-07-22T17:58:41.239+00:00Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. ~Kin Hubbard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What better way to start a blog than with my beautiful grand-nephew Henry - here sporting a "buff" hairstyle (a buff is a cylindrical piece of material worn as head cover by the younger generations in Iceland - protect the head and ears from the northerly winds) Still the cutest.<br />
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Summer has been a long time coming - at least with all the rain we have been having the plant life is blossoming.<br />
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my favourites.<br />
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The harbour is filling up - love this place.<br />
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See how calm the harbour is .... so nice<br />
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ducklings going out with the mums for a bit of a look see in the new harbour<br />
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final touches to the foreshore. I stood and watched for quite a while - it is amazing what these guys and machines can do.<br />
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In other news, I have started my other job - afternoons from 13:00 to 19:00 the exhibition is of tradesfolk and artisans from the region. The above is all about Jóhannes Geir a painter.<br />
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Then there is Eyþór Stefánsson, composer, choir master, actor, director.... <br />
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and my all time favourite - Guðrún frá Lundi, she started writing her books at the age of 59, she wrote a total of 27 titles - one a year (except) 1968... or was it 69 - you will have to read the speel to see.<br />
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One of her book covers.... "On home ground"<br />
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A quote from one of her books "Drink your wine yourself, you will appreciate it more than I"<br />
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Jón Viggó - our local Polar Bear, shot on Þveráfjall road (just north of town) in 2008, he was 22 years old, rather sickly and basically on his last legs.<br />
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There was a concert in town (down on the harbour) in support of our local search and rescue teams. The band travelled around the country by boat and held concerts in all major harbours. All proceeds from the concert went to the local search and rescue. They raised 1.2million kroner here.... great initiative and well done everyone for turning out in the drizzling rain!<br />
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bit wet, lots of umbrellas but a great community feeling<br />
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The cat... such a princess<br />
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The dog - an even bigger princess<br />
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Guy and Yvonne, my wonderful friends from Australia - who took the time out and spent the dosh to come and visit me here on the rock! It was so nice having them here - I just hope that they enjoyed it half as much as I did!<br />
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We went to visit some vikings.<br />
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rather groovy little viking settlement in the next fjord to the east. Guy got to taste whale meat.<br />
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The we did the tourist thing and went to Goðafoss and Mývatn.<br />
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trying to get closer to the waterfall<br />
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Then Árni had dinner waiting for us when we got home - the sun was shining - a beautiful warm night so we were even able to eat outside - something that doesn't happen often.<br />
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Guy and Yvonne - some people will always be friends... I am certainly blessed with the friends that I have!<br />
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Then it was time to check out the midnight sun... this is taken just after midnight.<br />
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It didn't hurt that the moon was full - see how bright the night is! Love this place.<br />
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Oh, and a visit to Sauðárkrókur is made null and void if you don't check out the hanging/drying fish racks.<br />
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Just to keep you up to date on the progress of the river.... no more ditch - it all starting to take place, the tubes under the road will be hidden by a lovely rock wall... that will happen in autumn.... they will remain to let the water flow but the steel will be hidden under rock.Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-8472701974698532132013-06-24T22:53:00.000+00:002013-06-24T22:53:00.881+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, it has been a while... so we will start from my first night and week back in the Krók... Freyja... happy and eating - well sort of. Had to change her dry food out as she was not happy with the pedigree stuff.... I think here she is saying - the food at Árni's was better....<br />
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There was still snow in the hood when we came home... it was worse to the north and for a while there most were very concerned for the farmers and their lambs.. Luckily I can now say that summer has arrived and the worst was overcome. However, there are many farmers that have had to plow their paddocks and re-seed so that they have a chance of having hay this autumn.<br />
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had a bit of a get together here...<br />
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Óli and Bjössi discussing the issues of the day.<br />
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Then in other news - there is the small boat harbour.... my little pride and joy and one of the only things that I will really be proud about from my time in local council... it will be amazing.<br />
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these are from the early bits of construction - retaining walls being built.<br />
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We have also been busy in the garden.. Árni has been really busy fixing things up..<br />
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This is my new place of work -well this summer anyway. I work here from 1pm to 7pm - tourist information and curator of an exhibition of local artisans... I really really really like working here.<br />
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more harbour.<br />
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then there is the seamans festival... twas a good night. - they look dour but they really are a friendly bunch<br />
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and they play instruments<br />
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and then there were speeches....<br />
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and the next day we ended up taking three Brits to Drangey... I don't need to tell you that I didn't go up this time.<br />
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I stayed and watched the birds<br />
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and then we went home.... Kerlinginn... looking good<br />
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Bjössi, Helgi Rafn and Árni entertaining Brit númeró eins... the head honcho (he buys fish from fisk seafood)<br />
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the harbour starting to take form<br />
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the first quays in place<br />
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bringing in the old quay that will be used by the sailing club<br />
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checking out the dock<br />
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the mini dock<br />
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a view from above<br />
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Henry's B day! Such a lovely lovely human being! (Olga too)<br />
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the nanny, lang amma and dad.<br />
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cakes and fruit salad... nothing can be better than that!<br />
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So good - taking cakes to all..<br />
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the dock<br />
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the big dock in place.<br />
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am very happy with my little harbour<br />
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peaceful and nice..... sometimes progress is ok.<br />
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Well, what can I say... summer has finally arrived. Had an amazing weekend - Hofsós mid summer festival Friday and Saturday night - working from 1pm on Sat and Sunday at the museum - so it was pretty full on - and so now finally on Monday night I am chilling and am going to go to bed a little earlier than in the last few days! <br />
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Mum is off on a trip to the east coast. Here in Iceland there is a special fund for women that have worked in the home... it's a subsidised holiday, all organised and all inclusive and doesn't cost much. My aunt Guja is going as well... I am sure that they will have a wonderful time - the weather is supposed to be better on the east coast for the next few days.<br />
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Next Saturday we are having a family gathering here in my garden, we are expecting some of the cousins from Reykjavik and Akureyri - am sure it will be wonderful. On Sunday the small boat harbour will be officially opened. Hopefully it won't be two months before i post about that.<br />
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Till then love and hugs to you all and especially Nicko and Mary on their engagement!!! xoxoxoNorthern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-104144244492720372013-04-08T03:18:00.001+00:002013-04-08T03:18:54.759+00:00Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. ~Tryon EdwardsIt´s been so long since I have written a blog, so I decided to start to do a draft of one and hopefully add photos later.<br />
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the last four weeks have been pretty full on, coming home to Australia was a big thing for me and I really didn´t know how it would all pan out. But as with most things in life it has surpassed all my expectations.<br />
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Coming here is ofcourse like coming home. However, so much has changed here in terms of infrastructure - the road network, new housing developments etc.<br />
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But.... lets get to the gritty. Traveling with the aunts here was a treat, they were great, knew to just follow and trust that I knew what I was doing. Even though I did not have as much of a trust in myself... but having them depend on me made me a little bit tougher.<br />
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Coming "home" has been excellent. I have such a great bunch of friends - both from school, work and within the Icelandic community and lets not forget the fantastic family that I have here! <br />
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I really must admit though that I do miss Iceland, this visit to my old home has just reaffirmed that I do belong in my little hut in the old part of a northern Icelandic fishing village. My heart is there and so is my home. This trip has also made it easier for me to come back again... I would so love to come and travel this wonderful country again, visit old haunts and see how much they have changed. lf only it wasn´t so far between the two.<br />
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We have had so much fun catching up with family and friends - there are tonnes of photos on fb and when I get home I will load them onto flickr.<br />
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Now it´s the last day and we are getting ready to go - it´s funny how you go into waiting mode - worrying about whether the bags are too heavy - if the cabin baggage is too big (reminds me I must check the Qatar site). My sister has been an absolute hero - but I know that saying goodbye will be hard for her - it always is - but it´s not bye - it´s just see you later - I think I have seen her more since I moved to Iceland than when I lived here in Aus on the East Coast.<br />
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<br />Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-35220002715570720232013-02-28T20:51:00.001+00:002013-02-28T20:51:40.491+00:00I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. ~Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been extremely slack with the blogging - but my excuse is that work has been particularly hectic. GST for farmers is due tomorrow - I have one file with me here at home to do tonight, but then procrastination took over.<br />
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We had a bit of a dinner party last Saturday night, I made sushi and did some tempura prawns, sweet potato, capsicum and scallops. I think it went down rather well. A few bottles of wine went down well as well... nah - a good night and a nice way to get my mind of the panic that was ensuing because of work.<br />
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Also, am having a bit of an internal flux because of the trip to Aus, but that is only because there is so much to do before I go and so little time - but that is probably a good thing.<br />
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This weekend will be spent getting over the work stress and also cleaning out both my junk and some of mums. This is the second to last weekend in Iceland... again... so little time. Snotra is missing mum dreadfully, but I keep her happy with tinned tuna. Problem is I can't be nice and cuddle her as my allergy to cats is getting really bad. At least I know that Freyja will be happy up at Árni's - even though Árni is not as happy getting all that hair into his house. (I think that she will begin malting whilst I am in Aus... fun times ahead). This morning she snuck into his bed when we were eating breakfast - a taste of things to come!<br />
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Looking forward to seeing all my friends and family in Aus!!!! Looks like the 24th will be the day for a really big catch up in Kings Park! <br />
<br />Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-30276029079618708582013-02-18T22:07:00.001+00:002013-02-18T22:07:44.092+00:00To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~Eva Young<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Like the way that Freyja is stretching such has been my un-blogginess of the last month or so... Just so much happening, so little time, so much to do and the added fact that I am the slackest person in this area of the universe.<br />
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It snowed as I walked the dog last night - the first snow in over a month... however, the big snow hills still exist - especially between my house and mums - it's still an obstacle course. <br />
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The town always looks that much nicer with a touch of white.</div>
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Yep the Þorra season is almost over. The family took it a day early and had a bit of a get together - mainly so that we could give Nicko, Mary, Mum and Unnur a bit of a farewell get together with dad's side of the family.<br />
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Rúrik the latest member here in Iceland was the centre of attention! A cutie of course!<br />
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Unnur was a brilliant help - as always. I don't know how I do stuff when she is not here... I am extremely blessed - love her to bits!<br />
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Ingvi took Mary to check out ambulances in Iceland after this encounter! love my family...<br />
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Awww - me thinks that these two will make pretty fine parent folk.<br />
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But this guy is the best! <br />
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So nice.<br />
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as I said Rúrik sort of stole the show - as he should - such a good little boy - but then the gene pool that he has is quite a good one.<br />
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Such gorgeous women, again.. am very blessed. <br />
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This one in particular is a favourite!<br />
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Well, mum has gone so life has changed quite a bit - the old routine is no more... am actually not cooking as much as I used to. Now am being invited to dinner at the blokes house and at Bjössi skipstjóra. Freyja is also feeling the difference and is becoming extremely demanding - especially on the nights when we are "at home" - then she takes on the alpha dog role and tells me what to do. Not good, but then what did I expect - I hardly deserve better for not having trained her better as a pup. We reap what we sow as they say.<br />
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Less than a month now before I go to Aus. Must admit that I am feeling a tad apprehensive, maybe apprehensive isn't the right word. I always said when I left that it would be at least 10 years before i ever went back now it's 12... the timing is right and I am really looking forward to seeing friends that I haven't seen since I left - but at the same time I have such mixed feelings. So hard to explain. Thankfully a lot of my friends and all of my family have been to Iceland since I moved here - so the time since I saw them last isn't as long. A highlight will be meeting my new grand niece Olivia, a cutie if ever there was one. It's a big pity that I won't be going to the east coast - but I will save that for the next trip - which hopefully Árni will take with me.<br />
<br />Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-65049616629132663712013-01-28T22:37:00.000+00:002013-01-28T22:40:00.528+00:00I find in old age that it's possible to revisit the past, the one requirement being that you come as you are. ~Robert BraultNo pictures this post. I forgot my camera...<br />
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So much has been happening in the last week or so. Mum and Unnur have gone - are now on their way to Perth WA. Nicko and Mary are probably getting ready or have already started their dog sledding tour of northern Sweden. I went to Rvk on a visit with the minister for the environment, visited parliament and waited whilst the signing of the new agreement for flights to Sauðárkrók was taken care of.<br />
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This last weekend was a mixture of highs and lows. Saying goodbye is always hard - even if one knows that we will be seeing one another in just a few months time. Then there was a Þorrablót á Skaga... twas mighty good fun. It's also the time when I get to sleep under a 100% eider down duck doona... so so so good. (ah lotto... it has to happen soon... where we stay is a nesting ground for the eider duck so they collect feathers and create the most amazing doonas)<br />
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Going to work today was good, plenty of work to be done and deadlines looming - just how I like it.<br />
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Political life is getting into a higher gear - election year for the Parliament, lots happening on the local level as well. So life will certainly be busy for the next few months.<br />
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In other news, I booked my flights to Australia tonight... Am leaving London on the 17th of March, arriving in Perth on the 18th. Coming back with mum on the 8th of April. Who would have thought that it would be twelve years before I went back.. When I left I had thought yeh, maybe ten.... but now due to changes at work and general circumstances in life - the timing is perfect.<br />
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Oh and yes, Iceland got a good decision from the European court... we don't have to pay extra for the ICESAVE fiasco.... it seems though that all will get their money - they just won't get the interest that they were demanding. It will be so nice to know that this won't be news fodder for years to come.<br />
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take care folks... and if you are in Perth at the end of March, beginning of April... get in touch!Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-28794734198730825182013-01-22T23:41:00.001+00:002013-01-22T23:41:46.299+00:00Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, I know - it's been a while.... the above photo was taken on New Years Day! or shortly thereafter. Happy New Year folks, hope that the start of 2013 has been as good for you as it has been for me.<br />
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Árni and I went to Reykjavik to help his daughter move into a small apartment - she is finishing her hairdressing apprenticeship - has a few courses left at school to do. Ofcourse, we weren't alone in this - her mum and brother were there as well as an aunt and uncle (mother's side) were there to give a helping hand. <br />
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We used the opportunity to enjoy what Reykjavik has to offer - ie another choice of restaurant. We went to Hereford with Árni's sister, brother-in-law and mum.<br />
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Twas very nice.<br />
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After dinner we did what you do in Reykjavik - a pub crawl... at the last bar we caught up with some old friends of Árni's.... it was actually really really informative - the girl/woman/lady (none of those terms is right... what do you call a person of a certain age who is no longer young but more interesting than just "woman"??) anywho... she is an Icelandic/Bahama mix - her Icelandic is so much better than mine - my excuse is that she was here most summers! Anyway - a lovely person!<br />
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Here is Henry in his lang lang afi's hat (great great grandad Jón owned the hat - Henry really likes it)<br />
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And then he told his mum all about how big something was... or how much he loves his amma!<br />
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The highlight in the last couple of weeks is that Nicholas arrived with his lovely girlfriend / partner Mary.... So nice... more photos (from Unnur at the end of this post). My brother Hilmar ... no actually all my siblings have the most wonderful children... they were great as kids but even more stupendous as adults. I feel privileged to be a part of their lives - a maiden aunt is a good thing to be.<br />
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Henry and the hat..... So good!<br />
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Last weekend was spent in Akureyri with the cousins - the daughters of Bjössi, Olga, Unnur, me and Eyrún - Bjössi's daughter in law. Talk about a relaxing and enjoyable time - if you consider shopping relaxing - no seriously - shopping with these guys is FUN.... (again more photos to follow - or on Flickr or fb)<br />
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We spent some time on skype the other night with my brother Hilmar - he is no longer on fb... so he depends on this blog for updates - silly him! Still twas good to catch up with him - face to face via the interwebs<br />
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The "summer" house that we had in Akureyri had a hot tub... a must! My cousin Gugga and Unnur - enjoying the warmth after the shopping expedition.<br />
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The "summer" house. and Olga<br />
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Me and sis - ready for our night out in Akureyri.<br />
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Unnur and Olga - the bestests of folk!<br />
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We went to our Aunt Auður's place - she turns 92 in April.... I think all of us are in agreement that we want to be just like her in our old age! (she is amazing... totally not 92 in mind or spirit!)<br />
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Going home... such great weather... but hey folks it's not over... Unnur's photos to come:<br />
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A family photo... from the back left... Þórunn (Aunt Auður's daughter), Jóhanna, Gugga, Sigga, Olga, Unnur, Guðný and front Auður and mum<br />
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Don't know what was going on here...<br />
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Nicholas and Mary went up to Tunga to visit my uncles.. Andres was in Reykjavik but Þóri was home.<br />
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Had to have a Henry photo.... this one shows just how much he loves his amma Unnur.<br />
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The riding trip... all on board and ready to go... see fb for the video.. (sorry himmi - you will have to ask Jacqui to show it to you!)<br />
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All out of order... but here we are about ready to leave the house in Akureyri.<br />
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and here they are returning from their riding expedition.<br />
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So that's it folks the last three weeks in a nutshell. Fun, hectic, lots of catching up with the nicest people. Today was spent at home meeting with the political party folk, tomorrow work, meeting then þorrablót with the family... (yep that time of year again). Thursday meeting in Reykjavik with the Minister for the Environment, Saturday mum and Unnur and Nicholas and Mary leave us for Rvk... Sunday they fly in different directions.. mum is going with my sister to Aus and Nicko and Mary to Sweden to go on a dog sledding tour. Looks like I will be coming to Aus folks... mid March - leaving 8 April with mum...... Stay tuned.</div>
Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-88830741620096945622012-12-30T23:12:00.000+00:002012-12-30T23:12:31.474+00:00The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hope that you have all had a fantastic Christmas time, I have! It begins as usual with a trip up to dad to leave a candle on his grave on Christmas Eve. I miss him so much, it seems amazing that next year it will be 20 years since he left us.<br />
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Had the Aussies over for Christmas Eve dinner - Vicki, her sisters Kerry and Donna, Kerry's man Steve, and Donna's daughter Bella - along with ma, Olga, Ross and the main man Henry! I think that they enjoyed themselves - I know I did. The day started with the rice pudding at 4, then mum and I went to church at 6 and then the meal just after 7 and then<br />
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Presents!.... Henry helped in handing them out - did an excellent job!<br />
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I went for a late evening walk with Freyja - there was not a soul on the streets. So peaceful - so beautiful.<br />
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The last few days have seen a massive storm hitting the west coast of the country, the westfjords have been particularly hard hit - with some homes without electricity for the last 40 hours, hopefully this will be fixed before tomorrow night. <br />
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But the snow makes the town even more beautiful. <br />
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All the fishing trawlers are home for the holidays - something I think is so important - that the family has this time together. That the fishing can wait till after the new year.<br />
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So as the fisherfolk are home they have a mini Christmas do. I got invited this year - twas a good night - but I do not have the stamina that I once had. Andri Kára and Gísli Þór provided musical entertainment whilst Eiki was mc, main music man and stand up. <br />
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Tonight - or rather today is Olga's 29th B´day, she invited us all over for curry - yummy!!!! Nina was delightful - as usual. Henry was almost edible in his sweetness and cuteness - made sure that we all got a little bit of Henry time.<br />
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So good, family - it's the best....<br />
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And to top the evening off - my sister arrived!!!! No photo as the camera battery had died - promise to post again very soon! <br />
Love and hugs to you all! and a joyous New Year.Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-39976249627248393302012-12-19T23:57:00.001+00:002012-12-20T00:01:03.756+00:00Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance - each beautiful, unique and too soon gone. ~Deborah Whipp <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OK it's been a while.... but we had snow... snow is an excuse for everything... here is the proof - the mountains of snow that have been scraped off the streets and taken to sites like the one by the harbour. </div>
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This sailing boat is going no where in the near future. In other news my cousin Jóhanna's daughter Rúna Birna and her partner Helgi Páll christened their son.... Rúrik Helgason.... A wonderful name for a beautiful little boy. The picture below is of Jóhanna the proud amma holding him with Helgi Páll just making sure that everything is ok. The church was decked out with Christmas - and to make things even better it was Jóhanna's 60th birthday.<br />
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To celebrate both the christening and the birthday the family got together for a great feast of coffee and cakes and other stuff... Here are my cousin Rúnar's daughter Þórdís and Jóhanna's eldest Steina.... Such good looking and wonderful women. <br />
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Both sides of the family were there ofcourse, but the wonderful thing about this small place is that the connections are multi-faceted... Mum is talking to Gunni Valgarðs.... he and I share a common great grandmother on my mother's side. His wife is Helgi Páll's sister..... Rúna Birna is related to me through my father... the circle is complete.<br />
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Jóhanna's cake... marzipan... yummmm<br />
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I tried to take some night shots. . . but am still learning how to use my new camera.... but as you can see the cross is lighting the night sky above the town. It's a view that I will always find peace and solace in.<br />
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Most folk have started to put lights out - in windows, on trees, around houses. This time of darkness calls the inner need to put lights... lights ... more lights - everywhere.<br />
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Four weeks after the storms the snow mountains are not disappearing - instead they are freezing over and are now hard as rock.<br />
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Last weekend was the Christmas work do... We went to Akureyri - 1.5 hours away. Árni drove (just as well - as the weather on the mountain pass was to put it mildly - shit - a total white out) anyway we made it to Akureyri and took a small bus to the local micro brewery - Kaldi. Where we were given a tour of the brewery - a small talk about how it all started and how it has evolved. Kaldi is probably the most successful of all the micro breweries here in Iceland and the product is excellent - probably due to the fact that they managed to get a third generation Czech brewer to come over and do the brewing and is in total control of the production. The first attempts were apparently not working the way that he wanted so he sent water samples to the powers that be in the Czech republic and the response was - don't clean the water so well (they were using spring water - straight out of the ground.......) So now they need to add some minerals to make the water less "clean"<br />
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If ever you are in Iceland I can recommend Kaldi - (also our own local brewery - Gæðing....)<br />
This is the only photo taken after the visit to the brewery - I was banned from taking any more.... I was also too preoccupied with eating. After the brewery visit we went to a Christmas smorgasbord at the hotel.... where we sat and ate and ate and drank and ate and drank some more..... then we went to the only bar in Akureyri that sells Kaldi.... unfortunately the monopoly on beer production and bars has meant that it is only on tap in a few bars around the country. Gæðing is here in Kaffi Krók, Kaldi in the bar in Akureyri and both are on sale in Reykjavík at Micro Bar (owned by the maker of Gæðing)<br />
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After the bar we went dancing.... it was a Good night.<br />
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In other news - there is a new book out that is a must in all homes (well that's my opinion) - the book is called Eldað undir Bláhimni - cooked under a blue sky. It features all our local restaurants, local cuisine, local produce and basically our fjord.<br />
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Ofcourse my wonderful cousin Herdís has an opening about the coffees and cakes and hot chocolate and breads and other stuff that you can experience at her coffee house Áskaffi at Glaumbæ. <br />
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I will try and post again either just before or just after Christmas Eve. <br />
If I don't and if I don't manage to get an email out then I wish ALL of you a very very happy Christmas! I will wish you a wonderful New Year later... love to all of you!<br />
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Oh... I almost didn't mention - I am SO happy - my sister is coming to Iceland before years end!!!!! Mum is thinking of maybe going back to Aus with her - all we need is for someone to escort her back to Iceland......<br />
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Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-26300840791058310102012-11-26T00:52:00.000+00:002012-11-26T00:52:29.298+00:00To the aesthete it is an art form, an athletic ballet. To the spiritually inclined it is a religion. ~Paul Gardner OK, so the bloke is away watching a soccer/football game in the UK... this is a big thing in the life of a soccer/football fan... the first time going to Old Trafford... seeing the bronze statue of Mr Ferguson.. I am really happy for him.. Honest!<br />
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In other news... it did not snow this weekend - the first in a month! so all the photos I have are old ones - and if you have a face book account you have seen them all - but i know my brother H doesn't so this post is just for him!<br />
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I have been now been told that I have overdone my storage..... will put photos on flickr brother dear...<br />
<br />Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-90441983700374866102012-11-18T22:36:00.001+00:002012-11-18T22:46:36.776+00:00The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination. ~Terri Guillemets <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been a tad preoccupied with the weather.... there has been a little bit of snow falling here. As a result I have not been doing much driving.... My car will be dug out in the spring me thinks!<br />
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My little house is covered in snow, at least three feet or more!<br />
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I also haven't seen the boy at all - we may live almost next door, the snow thing seems to make visiting a little hard. As usually when I am outside I am with the dog and in a snow suit - not quite visiting material.<br />
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Today's challenge was to remove the snow from the roof of mum's extension. Easier said than done. As you can see the first challenge was to get into the garden.... - first dig out the gate... then dig your way towards the back of the house.<br />
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As you can (or rather can't see) mum's "skáli (extension with the hot pot) is totally covered in snow.<br />
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I called out the troops - Maggi and Árni - well I called Maggi first and then Árni to drive Maggi down into town - a lot of the roads are impassable and up in their street the Golf may have found getting out a tad difficult.<br />
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In other news last night was the yearly get together of my political party - dinner and dance and entertainment brought to you by your local politicians.... this year there was a meeting of the mid level management of the party - so lots of additional folk there to entertain and be entertained. The weather made getting there quite difficult - one bus load took 2 hours to come 10kms.... The photo above is of the local "powers that be". The one on the right (Gunni Valgarðs) is related to me through a common great grandmother.<br />
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My house is seriously in threat of being stabbed by icicles.<br />
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The dog loves this weather and would spend all day outside walking in the snow..... I think today was a major work out day for me. Walking her and digging in the snow.<br />
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This was mum's before we went in and dug the snow off the roof. - her fence is probably six foot high (well higher than me).... I am standing on top of a snow drift between mum's fence and Ólafshús.<br />
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My lovely neighbor Þorgerður dug the path past my house and through to mum's - she also dug the snow off mum's front steps. The folk in this little town of mine are just amazing!<br />
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This is mum's from the inside! A wall of snow!<br />
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Snotra mum's cat was getting a tad stir crazy - she hasn't been able to get out of the house for 3 days. So she took her favourite hunting position at the top of the stairs. That hole that she is looking through is where you put your hand in order to get up the (quite) steep staircase, once the hand is in - she attacks!<br />
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The other side of my house - my kitchen window under threat of snow and icicle attack!<br />
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So much snow!<br />
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and some of us love it a little bit too much!<br />
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After I posted this I realised that I used the same quote as two weeks ago... hence a new quote from Terr<span style="color: #330000; font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">i Guillemets </span>Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-56742856687855366582012-11-11T21:29:00.001+00:002012-11-11T21:29:01.970+00:00We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have had an amazing weekend! Weather wise.... So much snow has fallen and it certainly is starting to feel a lot like Christmas. I had a touch of the winter blues on Saturday morning - not nice. Which means I need to start taking some vitamin D or something.<br />
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But on Sunday the sun came out and the town looked so pretty, as you can see the sky was blue and as you can't see there is no wind.<br />
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The church and the place on the right that where the Christmas tree is to be lit in a few weeks time. Time will tell whether the council needs to move the snow or whether the weather will do it for us. See those clouds... like puffy little lines in the sky.<br />
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Henry - being Kilroy.... Ross - here's the wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here Boy did I feel old making the Kilroy reference...<br />
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A little video of the man. He is soo amazing!<br />
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Big cheeks and her great nephew...<br />
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Nina the most patient dog (except when it comes to food - if only she and Freyja could share some of their traits)<br />
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Mum's house tonight.... looks warm inside.<br />
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Mine - see the trail.... my neighbour dug this out for me the other day - am eternally grateful! <br />
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In other news, life is pretty good, apart from the depression on Saturday - need to get this under control - definitely doesn't do anything for me! It may also be a bit attached to stuff happening on the work and political front. Hopefully, this will all become clearer in the coming weeks. I guess I have reached my use by date on both fronts.<br />
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Till next time - take care - love you all!Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-2050748188960839712012-11-07T21:58:00.000+00:002012-11-07T21:58:44.303+00:00Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless. ~Terri Guillemets <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, what has happened since last I wrote on this my online diary to remind myself of what I have done and where I have been..... the little one got ill.... not a good time to be ill (is there ever? - but with the weather here some days are definitely worse than others).... I went with Ross to the hospital, where, the doc on duty and her supervisor both felt it would be better for him to be looked at by a pediatrician at Akureyri (2 hour drive over a mountain pass - the forecast was for snow and ice..... Olga and Ross - and me for that matter still had summer tyres on the car) Olga was working with Herdís at Áskaffi, so Ross picked Olga up on the way to the hospital in the North. Just after they left my cousin Jóhanna phoned to say that she and her daughter Rúna Birna (and her man Helgi Páll) were on their way to Akureyri as Rúna's child had decided that now was the time to enter this world..... made me a little easier knowing someone was on their way North after Olga and Ross... you know just in case.....<br />
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The little chap was not happy... it's amazing how useless you feel when a small child is unwell - or an animal - verbilisation is so so important... Still all was well - We sent winter tires north with my cousin Guðný's husband Stebbi, so 24 hours later all were home and pretty well ok.. The dude still had a bit of a temp the next day - but I think all is well now (bad aunt.... haven't checked in on them for a day or so... not good - and they practically live next door.... )<br />
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the dog .... what can I say.... since mum's accident she only gets walks when I feel like it - or she complains for long enough.... she usually wins.... but like the spoilt brat that she is the walks I am willing to give are often not the walks that she thinks she really really needs.<br />
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Yep, we had a storm... a big storm.... lasted two days (I love the fact that I have the weather to blame for not wanting to go outdoors....) But like most storms - it blew over and by Sunday the weather was beautiful... The storm left me a little decoration that hung from the light outside the house....<br />
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The dog loves the winter, loves the snow and would prefer to walk and walk and walk... usually with the wind in her back.... which makes for a problem when we need to turn around and go home....<br />
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All around town you see small hillocks of snow... we need to have the roads cleared but they need to put the snow somewhere. Sometimes it works out well as it creates small hills for kids to sled down.... a paradise for the young or the young at heart - I really need to go and buy a sled for me to use!<br />
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So nice, so peaceful and so perfect. The aftermath of a storm. (thoughts are with those on the East coast of the USA, hope they are also appreciating the peace after the storm and that life gets back to how it was - or even better!) <br />
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Have to say that I am quite happy with the election result in the US. Wish that we had an easy decision here, the current govt has left me totally disillusioned with what is supposed to be the left, the other option - is NOT an option. Woe is me.Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-51399685778859921112012-10-24T22:13:00.000+00:002012-10-24T22:13:13.904+00:00We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, 1860 <img alt="Kort með staðsetningum jarðskjálfta" src="http://www.vedur.is/photos/jartfzl/121024_2135.png" /><br />
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So the earth has been rumbling a bit in the last few days... as can be seen on the map above. The action is all in the fjord to the east of Skagafjörður... For those not with the "knowledge" of Iceland the fjord is Eyjafjörður and the town that has been most aware of the earths movements is Siglufjörður - where the northernmost black triangle is to the left on the map (on land) The big green star means that the quake was over 3 on the richter scale... the other dots signify quakes less than three, the colours signify the time since the quake occurred red 0 to 4 hours ago, orange 4 to 12, yellow 12 to 24 and blue 24 to 36, So as you can see there has been a bit of action here in the last few days. All this information is available on the website vedur.is and like most things of good value in Iceland is also available in english.<br />
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As I have no idea (or rather can't be bothered to learn) the not so nice looking link is this one<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The earthquake swarm in northern Iceland continues. Since this morning (Oct. 24) the activity has been consistent on three main clusters aligning with the Husavik-Flatey Fault system. No signs of change in activity have been observed today but the activity will be closely monitored. Large earthquakes can occure in this area but it is not possible to predict timing of such events.</span></span><span class="detailinfo" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.83em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Written by a specialist at 24 Oct 16:50 GMT</span></span><span class="detailinfo" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.83em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="detailinfo" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.83em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Now scientists have to state categorically about such things as that it is not possible to predict the timing of such events.... probably because the Italians have decided to jail a few for stating that there wasn't going to be a problem....</span></span><span class="detailinfo" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.83em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="detailinfo" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.83em;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A year-long trial came to a close today (Oct. 22) with the verdict, which alarmed earth scientists worldwide. <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=italian-scientists-get" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.83em;">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=italian-scientists-get</a> to read more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So in our óvissu (uncertainty) stage I sign out and say farewell and adieu till the next time.... when I try and post nice pictures of the aurora.... </span></div>
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Went for a bit of a walk yesterday with the dog, to check out the improvements in the township. We have been putting grass along the main coastal road and tidying things up around the old town.<br />
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A view of the grass that was put down last year with additional seeding.... seems to have grown quite a lot over the summer.<br />
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It was an incredibly beautiful day yesterday - so clear and crisp... and by crisp I mean frosty and cold - no wind though - which made it wonderful walking weather.<br />
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We've also been fixing up the walkways - putting down bitumen on the main walking / running routes around town.<br />
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And fixing things up around the light industrial area.... This was all done this summer.<br />
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The other project which is very dear to me is the "new" river. The river after which the town was named was diverted decades ago, instead of flowing north and through the town to the sea it was diverted to the south and east and flows into a small lake.... the diversion took the form of a canal... or really rather a ditch! Now we have re-planned it - put in curves and tight turns, which are apparently, features that fish love. <br />
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At the moment it is still looking pretty rough and "sore" We won't be putting down turf as it is too late in the season - instead they will sow seeds in the spring and hopefully by this time next year this will all be green and looking like a "natural" river again.<br />
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The river flows past the new kindergarten.... and I am sure that this will be a mecca for kids in the future - in fact it has already started.<br />
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A new island formed in the middle of a diversion waterway - for when there is more water in the river so it doesn't flood it's banks. As I said the kids are already attracted. Due to the frosts, portions of the river were already frozen - there is nothing like playing on frozen ice. Yes I know, it can be dangerous, but letting kids play also teaches them all about caution. These guys were being super careful.... but they asked me if I was willing to walk the dog across - you know - to test the ice..... I politely refused and told them to take care as I was not in the mood to go and fish them out! They laughed and a few minutes later went on their bikes in search of a new adventure...<br />
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This bit still really needs fixing - we will be placing a stone wall around the pipes to hide them a bit more - but apparently the fish like the pipes if they have a few rocks inside for them to swim up to and hide behind... Fish, funny creatures..<br />
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This is one of the roses that I got for my Birthday - so nice - they are looking good - a week after the day.<br />
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And these my friends are my wine bottles.... doubt they will last very long....<br />
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Another beautiful day today - but I forgot the camera.... went chasing sheep with Árni and his dad. Was really nice to wake up early on a Sunday (did I actually say that???? - must be age). Walk the dog, in a town that seemed totally deserted - except for the party at the New Zealanders - it was the end of slaughter season party last night and they partied till 10 this morning! Then head up to the farm, a walk in the paddock - helping choose the lambs and sheep for slaughter and then come home - shower and walk the dog again - this time at the harbour - which has seen a lot of transformation in the last year - some good - some not so.<br />
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Mum is getting better - is thinking of moving home - she went and had a shower there today - think I will let her sleep another night here..... I'll let her decide. Well now I think it's time to put the lamb in the oven. Till next week!<br />
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<br />Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-37972322183950357512012-10-15T20:19:00.002+00:002012-10-15T20:19:48.747+00:00Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ~Victor Hugo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while since my last blog so be ready for a long one - with lots of photos, hopefully not too wordy. Where to start - well berries ofcourse as they mean autumn, this year the berry picking was a tad hap hazzard so the freezer is not full of berries as it usually is.<br />
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My lovely sister Unnur and her husband Thor came for an extended visit and with them came Isabelle and Kerry.... Kerry is Unnur's friend from teachers college - so basically I have know her forever and her daughter Isabelle I last saw when she was around 5.... time flies..<br />
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Autumn also means the gathering of the sheep - the first gönger were on the weekend before the big snow storm. Some sheep as still being found - alive - buried under 1 metre of snow - it's been 31 days since the snow storm.... the report is that there are around 4.000 sheep missing from this area alone - not good for sheep farmers that are already battling hard times. Mum came to the round up and a sheep decided to deck her..... She broke a bone inside her knee and was first in hospital for a few days, while Thor fixed things here so that she could move in with me...... I am so grateful for the fact that big sis was here - she really made things so much easier for me!<br />
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In other news I went with Árni as designated driver to feed some men that were building a road for ski-doos to use in winter..... three legs of lamb for 8 men - I think it was a little over catered - a good evening though.... Nice guys and quite entertaining.<br />
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During the last month I also went to the Westman Islands to attend the bi-annual conference of harbour masters and harbour managers. I am the forman of the committee that oversees the harbour here in the Krók, tis always fun. I haven't been to the Westman Islands since I was 17 so it was great to visit this unique island group again. This church gate sits the the memory of most Icelanders that remember the eruption in the Westman Islands in 1973.<br />
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Another thing that the islands are well known for here in Iceland is the puffin colony. Just google puffins and Gordon Ramsay.... it's a hoot. Anywho, this is a photo of a baby puffin - it still doesn't have its colourful beak nor does it yet look as dignified as it's parents... Apparently this takes two years. The young puffins often get lost and go towards the lights of the town when they leave the nest so the towns folk gather them up and take them to isolated beaches where they let them go - to start their long journey in life.<br />
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One night of the conference is devoted to eating and drinking - the local harbour is the host and provides the food, drink and entertainment - this was probably the best conference I have ever attended - the people of the Westman Islands are such such good hosts! These are our hosts singing a local song that demands that people jump onto chairs during the chorus.<br />
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We stayed in a guest house that belongs to a local politician... the story behind this arrangement is a long one - one of these days I may relate it here on the blog, but not today....<br />
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This is the house - rather cute don't you think?<br />
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This is the view from the front door! Pretty special - the rock in the foreground also has it's own story - it's an elf stone....<br />
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As I said Kerry and Isabelle came over with Unnur - so nice to have them here - missed them heaps when they left.<br />
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My darling sister and her beautiful grandchild Henry - I so feel for her having to say goodbye to such a wonderful wonderful child....... still it means that she will visit more often - which I like (alot), I think that this visit was one of the best.<br />
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As I said autumn is here and winter approaches with rapid speed, snow on the mountain, leaves falling off trees and the sun is setting sooner and rising later.<br />
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Thor busied himself with concreting up holes in Olga and Ross' shed.<br />
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Northern lights have been really really really impressive - not like my photography!<br />
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Other things that have been happening in town - painting of old buildings - finally Bifröst is no longer orange but a semi art deco green and purple. Mixed feelings in town over the colour choice made.... still anything is better than orange....<br />
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My good friend Björg turned 60 in September and had a party to celebrate it on the 6th... We went to Hólar and had a wonderful time - great food - goose (smoked and grafið) followed by Puffin, yummy<br />
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She is a member of the left green party - here's me with the foreman Bjarni Jóns and Úlfar.... all good in local politics here...<br />
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Another meeting I had to attend was on the southern part of the west fjords at Reykhólarhrepp about water safety. Twas actually unlike many meetings rather interesting and worth while attending.<br />
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It's cancer month... so our church is lit with a pink floodlight... rather nice during this month of transition - the darkness is descending upon us.<br />
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Thor and Árni chopped down the tree that was breaking the wall in Olga and Ross' shed..... good job and done rather quickly.<br />
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Henry not happy - but wearing his new jumper that mum knitted - here you can see the thing that she needs to wear on her broken leg. Having to sit all day in front of the tv means that there has been plenty of knitting done, jumpers, socks, mittens, you name it she has been at it.<br />
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My birthday day.... yep 50..... will I cope - I think so... My wonderful cousin Sirrí came to the early coffee with the oldies - she and Herdís were heading south as they left the land on Sunday to visit the black forrest region of Germany.<br />
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My brother Hilmar phoned - here I am promising that I will blog!<br />
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My uncle Þóri and his sister my aunt Maja.<br />
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Siggi, Þóri, Mum and Guja the eldest of the clan.<br />
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Henry and his new jumper on his favourite new toy - mum's walking frame.<br />
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On Saturday night I had a dinner party for the people that I remembered to invite...... pre dinner drinks a'la Árni - green for the folk that vote for the party that I represent... blue for those that are further to the right - orange for the people that would rather not get blotto...<br />
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The room before the people came.... I think I did ok in the decorating<br />
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My wonderful friend Guðný was master of ceremonies - here she is telling a whole heap of lies about what a wonderful person I am...... love her to bits!<br />
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My cousin Herdís made not one but two cakes...... we are still eating cake number two - in the background a pavlova and an afmæliskringla.....<br />
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Cake two which is still being eaten.....<br />
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The stayers!<br />
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oh, and here is me making a speech - doesn't happen often and the 16 year old me is in the background watching..... who would have thought I would have made it this far.<br />
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and the aftermath.... my kitchen on Sunday with the left overs and other crap!<br />
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Totally lazy, as I indicated in my last post I have been on holidays and have been travelling around the North. Húsavík was amazing - the weather was so good. In typical Icelandic fashion folk parked randomly in the caravan park, no rules or regulations here, most people chose the indian format - circling the wagons to prevent intrusion...</div>
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As you can see my face got a tad red....<br />
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The following weekend we went to Siglufjörður - this time just for one night - and this time the mobile home was being used by another family member and Árni refused mum's offer for hers.... so my tent got an airing - I think I have only used it once. It was surprisingly comfortable.<br />
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We dressed accordingly - Mr and Ms Hobo.<br />
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That night the town came alive so we headed to the town centre to listen to the bands and meet up with people..... There were a lot of folk from Skagafjörður there - which really isn't surprising as it is only just an hours drive or so away from S'krók.<br />
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Björg looking refreshed and happy after her summer break on her island home Vigur (far North West Iceland)<br />
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The next day was brilliant - hardly a cloud in the sky - a little bit of a breeze but otherwise excellent.<br />
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So the afternoon was spent sitting around and talking.... Árni and I were heading home so no beers for us this day..... just relaxing in good company.<br />
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The fjord showed it's best on the way home.... there was a little bit of a fog around the islands - which just made them look even better. Have I mentioned how much I love this place and my life???<br />
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This weekend has been very relaxed - almost early nights, still warm - around 20° C, overcast and southerly breeze..... and I have been super super lazy - which is what weekends are all about!<br />
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<br /></div>Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-63343463127279041292012-08-02T00:21:00.000+00:002012-08-02T00:21:39.413+00:00Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author UnknownIt's been a while since last I wrote anything here... Lots of things to do when one is on holidays and one of the things that falls by the wayside is the writing of the blog. However, tonight I feel I have a need. It's the anniversary of my father's death some 19 years ago. Mum and I had a bit of a cry last night, and now tears are rolling down my cheeks. Is it self pity? Maybe, who knows - I never did the death and dying unit in Anthropology, so am not qualified to answer. All I know is that I really do miss him and have missed having him around to talk to for far too long. He was always the rational one, helped me and directed me in my life. Sometimes the directions he sent me in were not the ones I wanted to go to, he however, probably knew better - or like me - thought he did. <br />
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Dad is the one on the right, my nephew Valdimar looks a lot like him, the good looking guy on the left is my uncle Bjössi, dad's oldest brother - he passed last year and we miss him dearly too. All the boys are gone now, the youngest Kári died in 1991.<br />
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Dad would have turned 87 last week, I think that that also makes it all the more difficult. He died just after his birthday which was on the 27th of July, we try and console ourselves with the fact that he did not suffer for a long time in hospital... it wasn't a long and drawn out death, however, remembering the time 19 years ago - it seemed so long and yet at the same time so short.<br />
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But... one should not dwell on the sad... but on the happy.... Iceland is undergoing a good summer - a warm summer - a sunny summer - good for people on holidays, bad for farmers needing rain.... I have taken holidays that I don't think that I have accrued.... but hey - I figure I can make it up at some stage ..... I have a tan - the first one since I moved to Iceland! (well my face is brown, there are tan marks on my feet and my forearms are semi brown.... - not an Australian tan - but an Icelandic farmers tan)<br />
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In other news have had a wonderful 2 and a half week holidays, first just chilling at home and painting the fence, then a week spent with Christine and Paula Laitinen - Christine used to be Nicholson - we first met in 1968 and last saw each other probably in 1978.... it was nice to renew the friendship and the ties that have been between our families for so long. My car is thinking of giving up the ghost - it hasn't traveled this much for a long time - but, I know my subi will recover after a good overhall. Also had a fantastic weekend in Húsavík - really really relaxing and the reason for the farmers tan....Now am back at work, trying to catch up on work that I have neglected..........<br />
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Local politics are fine... well as fine as they can be expected to be........Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-33661527224445792052012-06-27T21:13:00.001+00:002012-06-27T21:13:36.155+00:00If you open that Pandora's box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out. Ernest Bevin 1949<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The dog was quite content when I got back from the Rhine trip, here she is being her usual self, asleep on the pillows and blanket on the lounge.<br />
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Just a few days later we had a farewell dinner for Olga, Ross and the dude.... boy do I miss him and them! But I know that they are having a fantastic time in Aus with family and friends..... but like I said to Ross - hopefully not too good a time!<br />
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Henry had everyone's attention at dinner.<br />
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Then, a few days later I flew off to Brussels, the EU had invited all the elected members of town councils and civil servants to come to Brussels to learn about the workings of the EU (the mail was sent to all elected officials as well as those working for town councils in Iceland, 45 people decided to take the invititation - I was one of them). My bag decided to stay a little longer in Copenhagen, as did the bags of most of the contingent that flew via Denmark, thankfully mine was one of seven that was delivered on the night that we arrived...... The above photo was from lunch on day 1. The programme was fairly heavy, had lots and lots of people giving presentations on their areas of involvement in the EU. It was really interesting - and I did learn alot. More about Icelanders and the fact that although there are good reasons to be in the EU, there are also many many more against us being there..... <br />
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My room at the hotel had the added bonus of having a balcony - by the second evening I realised that I really didn't have to take the 5 minute journey out to the lobby and outside to smoke.... I could close the balcony door and thereby prevent the smell of smoke from entering.<br />
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Night and day shots from my little balcony Brussels was quite surprising in the number of bars and restaurants and how many people were out and about enjoying themselves on a "school" night. Mind you, I figure that if you work in Brussels you probably need to be able to rewind and relax on a daily basis.<br />
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We had lots and lots of presentations, these were never in the same room..... so we got to see quite a bit of the infrastructure that is a part of the huge bureaucracy that is the EU. The importance of having good lobbyists was not lost on me. How Iceland is going to have an influence on anything is beyond me, especially if we don't have the right people in the right jobs. This country is unfortunately too small and all too often the jobs go to the "boys" and not to the person best equipped to do the negotiations... Maybe I am being too harsh, but really - based on who we sent for the first Icesave negotiations and his "I just couldn't be bothered anymore" result - well it makes me wonder.<br />
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The European Parliament, the legislative power of the EU, impressive building, but the question it raised was - who would we elect - with which parties would they align - will they have any influence at all????<br />
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Not bad in terms of seating and gadgets, there was a committee meeting of the economics lot - discussing Greece ..... <br />
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Some folk from the fjord next to ours.... Am worried that the dairy farmer on the left had maybe lost the plot.... Farmers in Iceland are generally against joining the EU.... I question whether this is for the right reasons.... again, it depends on how well the negotiation team does - our agricultural industry does need reforms and changes, but is now the right time to join a group that can not at the moment control the current members???<br />
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One thing our contingent did and did well - was shop. I have to report that I bought nothing, tried shopping once, but wasn't in the mood, so H&M Brussels did not profit from me.<br />
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There was a park just down the road from the Hotel.... really rather nice, in many ways Brussels is quite a pleasant city and as I said to my colleague - if I was fifteen years younger I would have been looking for opportunities here in terms of work and career. <br />
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My balcony from the other side....<br />
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Going home - finally, I must admit that age is really starting to get to me, once upon a time I loved to travel and go on business trips or any trip - it really didn't matter - these days I would just rather be at home.<br />
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And coming home was excellent - the day after we arrived was the start of Lummudagar, the local town festival that began 3 years ago (or was it four), nevermind, I hosted the street party this year and as always the family came too! Cousin Rúna lives in the street so she and Helgi sent out the invitations, the turn out was actually quite good. Met neighbours that I have never spoken to before - good stuff.<br />
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Big brother was in town helping Maggi build a patio out the back, here he is with Stebbi /married to cousin Guðný. They are both of the same vintage... cool dudes..<br />
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Helgi and Rúna Birna.... soon to be parents - they just look sooo cute!<br />
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Steindór from down the road, me and Silla my across the path neigbour... She is brilliant!<br />
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Later my cousin Þórólfur came ..... we had briefly met at Kastrup airport - he on his way from Sweden to Iceland - to play in lots of band during the weekend - me on my way to Brussels.<br />
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He brought and mum and sister with him to my place.... twas a good night.<br />
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One does what one can to decorate.<br />
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The weather was just perfect.... actually it could have been a little warmer - but hey... twas still good.<br />
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hmmm, mushrooms, onions, arctic char, lamb, grilled tuna - all good!<br />
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and lovely company - this is the Saturday night and the street party in Árni and Maggi's street.<br />
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It was lopa peysa weather (woolly jumper), but still really rather nice.<br />
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Maggi and Árni obviously had things to discuss.... <br />
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Óli Begga put on his yellow dressing gown - the theme colour of their neighborhood.<br />
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Guðný came up and made the evening!<br />
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Yep, life is good, today is Wednesday and since the weekend all I have seemed to do is attend meetings, one after the other, I know that I should be doing more both at work and at the council - so many things still not done and Iceland is heading into Summer mode.... ie not many people about and not many people actually interested in working (unfortunately I am one of those).... I really need to kick myself up the bumb and get a grip and become productive...... Till next time..... Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-25537621909136477662012-06-08T22:52:00.001+00:002012-06-08T22:52:09.208+00:00No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ~Lin Yutang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So mum and I are back from our big trip.... twas really really good. It started as all trips in Iceland must... in Rvk. We checked out the art work outside the Perla - I had to go and have a second check at the cancer clinic.... After 4 hours of waiting all was good, nothing to worry about..... I was relieved - very very relieved.<br />
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Relaxing with my big brother Helgi and his son Gunni.... we all like a good sofa.<br />
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Next day early morning take off from Keflavík, we had a great flight - best was that there was a really good view of central Iceland and all our lovely glaciers.<br />
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In Frankfurt Kristín was there to meet us as the airport which was an added bonus as I had left my normal glasses in the car in Kef and didn't really look forward to taking a rental car. Added bonus to that was that the rental car people had cancelled our reservation as for some reason it had shown a pick up at 10am - we arrived at 3pm.... my bad - but I was extremely relieved to not have to drive in Frankfurt - especially not without glasses.<br />
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the two Kristin Helgadóttirs, so nice - I know mum really really enjoyed the time we spent in Frankfurt and thanks to Kristín and Reynir for being so good to us while we were there. Chauffeurs on call as well as great meals and great companionship. Lovely people. I don't have a photo of Reynir - but I have plenty of video material... yep I had a video the whole time - have three hours of tape to edit and put on disc.<br />
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My wonderful wonderful friend Amanda, my godson Matthias came via train to Frankfurt on the Friday to spend time with us - I don't know what I did in the this life or the former ones to get such wonderful friends... so blessed. Bernd my old boss and good friend, father to Matthias and husband of Amanda drove up later to have dinner with us - and breakfast the next day. They have done so much for me over the last 16 years - I will never ever be able to repay them - but will do my best.<br />
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Matthias and Bernd... two sweeties, knowing them and having them in my life has made my life so much better.<br />
Then, we met up with the rest of the tour group at Frankfurt airport on the Saturday. Off we went on a bus trip from Frankfurt to Strasbourg, we almost ended up being stuck in the wonderful thing that is called a stau.... a traffic jam on the autobahn... they take 3 hours to get through, but our driver spoke to another driver and we were able to avoid it and make it onto the boat in time for dinner.<br />
Then the trip began and we sailed along the Rhine from Strasbourg to Amsterdam. Stopping in Rüdesheim, Köln, Nijmegen and finally Amsterdam. The following photos were taken between Rüdesheim and Köln, the most picturesque part of the tour as well as the one with the best weather.<br />
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Then there is a whole chapter about the meals on the boat.... oh boy were we over fed. I am wearing a pair of jeans that I bought in Frankfurt, they were snug when I bought them but now I feel like a tightly strung piece of meat.<br />
Our tour guide was Íris, the blonde on the left - she was brilliant, so positive and happy and able to break the communication and cultural barriers that were there with the Icelanders and Germans, helps that she lived in Mainz for 20 years and speaks fluent and lovely German - also helps that she has such a sunny and bright disposition - no one can not like her. The lady to her right is the Badda the wife of one of my cousins (Helgi Sæma).<br />
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Yes the food, I didn't take my camera to every meal.... but one meal I did... this was a lovely smoked salmon starter. We had a huge buffet breakfast, 4 courses for lunch and 3 at dinner.... oh boy talk about over eating....<br />
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After dinner there were a few of us addicted to the nicotine that met at the back end of the ship.... twas a good group of folk.<br />
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The second to last night was a gala dinner so everyone dressed up... Here are the sisters three that went on the trip, ma, Guja and Mæja. looking pretty good for being 85, 91 and 79.<br />
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With every meal we had as much to drink as we could given the time and the amount of food we had to consume...<br />
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On gala night we were in Nijmegen - in Holland - which happens to be the home town of one of my closest friends from my time in Iceland 1986-1989. She and Gregor met in Iceland and thats where love first bloomed on her last night on the rock.. . they kept in touch and met up and finally she moved to his home town in Holland and has been there for over 16 years... I last saw them sometime in the 90's. When we met - it was like it was yesterday. That's the definition of being BFFs<br />
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In Amsterdam we went on a bit of a road trip on a bus and part of the trip was to a place that sold clogs and cheese.<br />
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Our boat/ship's stern...<br />
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My lovely cousins Helgi and Kristín.<br />
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Coming home was excellent and Snotra was there to meet and greet us with lots and lots of meows (how do you spell that?) I haven't taken a photo of Freyja yet to post. But she seemed quite happy to see me.... she has gone to bed....<br />
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The road trip home was excellent and the weather today has been brilliant.<br />
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Ah yes, holidays are good, and this one was excellent, got to know cousins that I haven't talked to much and haven't really known. Now we are all the bestest of friends as well. Mum and I did good too, we can share a cabin for 5 days without a problem. Have posted all the photos on flickr - will do the video and will send it to my fellow travelling relatives. <div>
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Today was my lovely grandson Henry Þórs first birthday - ofcourse forgot to take the camera, but am sure that Olga and Vicki will post photos on their blogs. He is just the greatest!!!!! And don't forget to check out Majas blog for pics of the lovely Olivia! My God my relatives have lovely children!<br /><br /></div>Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-78410064983137399812012-05-29T00:41:00.000+00:002012-05-29T00:41:40.266+00:00Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need. ~Author Unknown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So today the sun shone and boy did it shine.... such a lovely day... and such a good day - I can now go on holiday without too much guilt, finished the last tax return that I had all the information I needed (have two to do - but because the clients haven't provided the necessary information there was no way to do them... not my bad), I think that I have done most of the payrolls that need to be done before the 8th, the rest can wait till I get back, I mowed the lawn... yawn.. walked the dog, and packed my bag.</div>
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On the walk with the dog the temp shown downtown was this... may not seem a lot to those that live in warmer climes but strangely enough in Iceland once the temp is over 15 it almost seems like a heat wave. I wore a shirt and jeans on my walk (granted with scarf around my over sensative neck) and loved the fact that there was a breeze - otherwise it would not have been as pleasant as it was.<br />
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The brook that is Sauðá - sheep river (from which the town gets its name - SAUÐÁrkrók - sheep river hook....)<br />
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Not a cloud in the sky.... so nice. To top the day Olga, Ross and the dude (Henry) came over for dinner as well as my brother Helgi and Sigga and Maggi. Mum and Árni were here as usual ofcourse... the lamb was brilliant (am feeling a tad bad as my brother had to bring and cook his own meat..... will make it up to him in the not too distant future I hope). </div>
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The bottom of the day was saying goodbye to Freyja... she is staying at Árni's while I am away - except for a day or two whilst the seamen's celebration is happening in town..... She seemed fine when I left - I think she knew that this was about to happen..... this is the look I have been getting since I drew out the travel bag.</div>
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So in case you are interested this is the Rhine river... our trip starts in Strasbourg and heads north to Amsterdam... Am so looking forward to catching up with my niece Kristín and her boyfriend Reynir in Frankfurt... added bonus Amanda and Matthias are coming up from Erlangen to meet us on the Friday and are staying in the same hotel as us on the Friday night. Saturday is when the trip starts from Frankfurt airport - where we take a bus down to Strasbourg to join the boat/ship... what's the correct term for a river thing... I think it's a boat... Anywho - another added bonus is that the boat stays overnight in Nijmegen the home of one of my very good friends from a long time ago.... Evelyn - we worked together in the British Embassy in Reykjavik way back in 1987-1989. We have remained in touch - sometimes sporadic - but whenever we meet it was just like yesterday... twill be good to see her and Gregor again!</div>
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So, I don't know when the next post will be.... maybe they have internet on the boat and I can borrow a pc off someone who could be bothered to take it with them. Otherwise you will have to wait till the weekend - 9th / 10th June to get the latest plus perhaps some pictures and stuff...... (unless Hafnafjörður erupts... yep, there seems to be some volcanic activity happening in a suburban area in the greater Reykjavik area.... stay tuned)<br />
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It's spring in Iceland, which means one day it's lovely - a balmy 10°C great walking weather......<br />
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My cousin Runar's wife Eyrún, dropped in and asked if I was interested in going for a walk - given that the weather was amazing and I had been extremely slack I said yes and I must say the dog was very happy...<br />
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Although she tries hard not to show it. <br />
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Saturday was also Árni's birthday and he had invited his closest friends over for dinner - all those friends that have hosted us during the eating of the rotten food time in Iceland (see Þorrablót)<br />
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Three courses were planned - first seafood grill - yummy langoustines, prawns and monkfish, basted with garlic infused olive oil, followed by young foal steaks, really really tender and then my first attempt at Chocolate mousse.<br />
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The weather started to turn nasty last night, very grey skies and rain.<br />
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The birthday boy and Ebba, wife of Bjössi Svavars.<br />
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Ebba and Bjössi<br />
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Árni and Elín (the daughter of Ebba and Bjössi - who came to drive them home)<br />
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Jói á Hrauni relaxing, it was getting rather late - but was a good good night.<br />
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I think that the boys by this time were planning the next cruise..... <br />
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Then this morning, the snow came....<br />
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Today is mothers day.... and also the birthday of my late grandfather Helgi.... mum made pancakes, so I drove her up to Tunga, I should have taken some photos as the house up there has had a facelift - new windows and doors, next will be a new bathroom and fixing the cracks in the house. The plan is that Andres and Ásdís move there in the not too distant future..... a super good move. Beta was there with Beta III, sleeping peacefully in her pram (although due to the gale force winds the pram was inside).<br />
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My love and hugs go to the mothers out there - you are brilliant!<br />
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I could be Christmas - and not the 13th of May!Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11084433.post-30776849146919672472012-05-10T21:50:00.000+00:002012-05-10T21:50:04.159+00:00A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~Frank A. Clark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a bit of a dinner for Kristinn at my place on the eve before his departure to Rvk and to the big big city called New York... I love this photo - see how both of them are deep in thought about something.... Me thinks that Uncle and nephew will have lots to discuss when Henry matures to be as lovely a young man as Kristinn is.<br />
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Henry is .... and will be for the next few years... the centre of attention at all family gatherings.<br />
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And when you see this face, you know why. I have been extremely slack in posting, work is busy, home life is busy, life is busy - but that is just an indication of how good life is. I am so blessed.<br />
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I need to pull my finger out and get the tax returns done, but I also don't want to rush them.... that's when I make mistakes.... really really obvious mistakes. Local politics is pretty busy too, again, am spreading myself too thin, but hopefully all will be well and all will be well in the end. Another thing that I am constantly being pre-occupied by is the imminent arrival of the first grand niece..... Olivia is biding her time and making us all wait - I know it will be worth it... but hey!!! (mind you... it's Maja that has to bear the major brunt of the waiting game.....)<br />
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Some good looking chaps, mind you the one closest seems like he is about to fall asleep - not the best picture.... but ....<br />
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Olga is always covered in sunshine - it's a reflection of her personality.... have I told you how great it is to have her here!<br />
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So in other news..... we are getting ready for a major snow storm on Sunday.....(yep, you thought that summer had arrived - think again).... Will post photos of the aftermath.<br />
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OK so now I am a little sleepy<br />
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So are the rest.<br />
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Henry and his uncle/second cousin once removed..... who really knows how those things work....<br />
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So there is your dose of Henry for the week... (sister dear).... three weeks and mum and I are off for our Rhine river cruise and short stop in Frankfurt..... will be interesting to see if I remember any of my german....Northern musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366274216703255355noreply@blogger.com2