Ice along the trail

We’ve had some snow. But before the snow, there was ice. The trail we walked last week will be very treacherous now, with invisible ice under the snow. I’m glad we were able to...

Peaks and views

We hiked in Acadia last week near Southwest Harbor. Two peaks were summited (small ones)! There was some ice on the trail, but we could pick our way around it. First peak – Flying...

Beginnings

Hopeful beginnings, I should say. Both because I have hope for certain results and because success, whatever that means, is not guaranteed. I want to knit a sweater or maybe a vest in this...

Icelandic tales – Hallgrímskirkja

The last of my Icelandic posts. Not much here – we didn’t do this church justice. We didn’t go up in the tower, we didn’t even go into the church very far, just the...

Icelandic tales – Friðheimar

I couldn’t get a direct translation of Friðheimar out of Google translate, but I played around with it and came up with Peaceful World. A good translation! We saw beams of light projected from...

Icelandic tales – Kaffi, etc.

It’s New Year’s Day. January 1st, 2025. A quiet day. Raining hard. We are not going out. We’ve been traveling a lot – first Iceland, then Connecticut for a holiday visit to friends and...

Icelandic tales – Geysir

After the hot bath, we made one last stop at the Strokkur Geysir. There was a lot of geothermal activity in that area as well as some trails to walk. I have been to...