Friday, October 21, 2011

my florida life

hi all :))


has it really been 15 days since i last posted ?



been beachy & busy since arriving home

as much as i love the rugged beauty and inspiring contrasts


of Iceland

i love coming home to flip flop wearing weather



beach days


and the casual ease of


my florida life
celebrated my daughters 30th birthday beachside


she wasnt thrilled about this milestone day


so we did shots as we ck'd the beach shops
it helped :))

had us some friki tiki time

and i found something for my birthday wish list :))


::


so happy to be back, missed you!!

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

iceland :: art



went to the opening of



SIGURGEIR SIGURJONSSON
photographer
at hafnarborg in hafnarfjordur


wine, art lovers, conversations

extremely beautiful and inspiring aerial views of iceland



sigurjonsson has done many books on iceland


"icelanders" " icelandic horse" "lost in iceland"

to name a few



visited the

reykjavik academy of the arts

not like in usa where you need formal clearance to wander

thru college classrooms

nope,

its iceland

just find the person in charge, say hello

say you want to look around and do so :)))

each student has their own studio space


loved looking at their journals and creative experimentation



inspired :))


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

iceland : : old harbor reykjavik

enjoyed a stroll thru "old harbor"



while in reykjavik, iceland the last 10 days



we had a long friendly chat with Saedis



first shop owner in the old fishermen huts by the harbor




she, family and friends went about the formidable task



of cleaning 100 years of fish, nets and gut stink



phew..can you imagine????



like many icelanders, she welcomes guests by burning



candles by her doors




she was just as warm and friendly




these armbands are her design




if you walk to the harbor and look right


you'll see the new harpa international concert center


a bit of a view hog



dramatic contrast to the humble old harbor fishing huts



but thats what makes iceland so beautiful



dramatic,



strong contrasts



about 20 miles south of reykjavik


in a small coastal town called


nyardvik


we visted the islenkgur


a full viking ship replica


pretty cool stuff














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