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A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~Frank A. Clark
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...
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where...
It's spring in Iceland, which means one day it's lovely - a balmy 10°C great walking weather...... My cousin Runar's wife Eyrún, dropped in and asked if I was interested in going for a walk - given...
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Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes...
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...
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No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests...
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...
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If you open that Pandora's box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump...
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. Just a few days later we had a farewell dinner for...
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Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author...
It'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...
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Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~Sam Keen
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...
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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ~Victor Hugo
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...
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Man's heart away from nature becomes hard. ~Standing Bear
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. A...
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We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, The...
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...
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Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love...
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?...
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We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is...
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....
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The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the...
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!...
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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...
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Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance - each beautiful,...
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...
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy...
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...
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Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the...
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...
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No pictures this post. I forgot my camera...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...
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To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~Eva Young
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...
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I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. ~Charlie...
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...
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