5 NEW PAINTINGS

Of The Sea

Stop Gap

Kreppa 101

Bottom Of The Valley

Bang Bang

RANDOM THINGS AND THE MOON

Fun finds from the shore

Phone book

Kantrybaer sign

The Moon! It is actually beginning to become dark around midnight now.

BLONDUOS & THE TEXTILE MUSEUM

My friend Iona has come to visit from NYC and we are having a wonderful time! We went to Blonduos with Anna, a biologist from Portugal that is working at the BioPol research center in Skagastrond. We walked near the shore, hit the pool, and visited the Textile Museum where my friend Hildur Bjarnadottir has a show (www.hildur.net). The other artist (whose name I unfortunately cannot recall) created bodices and tutus out of cut paper--quite amazing as well!

Iona and I

Anna and Iona

BORED

(image taken from Andrea English needlework blog)

Cooped up on day 4 of bronchitis and I translated my Icelandic prescription:

2 hylki 2 svar a dag

GLEYPIST!

Hvert hylki inniheldur: Amoxicillin Þrihydrat sem samsvarar.

geymid par a sem born hvorki na til ne sja. Gleypid i heilu lagi. Geymid vid 15-25 C.

2 capsules two responses a day

SIGNAL PISTACHIOS!

Each capsule contains: Amoxicillin Þrihydrat corresponding.

Keep a couple of children can not reach or see. Swallow whole. Store 15-25 C.

AROUND THE HOOD

Hjaltalin, a wonderful Icelandic band that visited the cafe here on a tour before they head out for their European tour. I bought their cd, Terminal...good mix of pop, folk, rock, etc.

After midnight

I think this one may win in my book for favorite house. Love that contrast of black and white.

I like to hike the cliffs behind these houses. On the other side is the sea. There is soft mossy grass on the top that I lay in and listen to the waves and the birds.

They encourage skateboarding here! Awesome!

The church seems to be the one building with the most extravagant architecture in each town in Iceland. Just about everyone is Lutheran, but there are a handful of Catholic churches (about 2% of the population) in Reykjavik and Akureyri. The purple house to the right is where one goes to get their hair did.

I want that truck!

This is the community center

Folks tend to like straight lines of tall hedges, shrubs, and flowers in their yards.

My home