Cottage country in pictures

EPI and R battle it out with water pistols by the hot tub.One made sure One took along One’s personal chefs.Water water everywhere……. everywhere…Ten points if you can guess what this is.Is there any greater work of art than that created by...

Chill

Going here.Going to do this.The weather is gorgeous – sunny and bright, with just a hint of wind. Temperatures are 10°C at the moment, daybreak was at 04.59 and nightfall set for 21.56.Back...

Funeral for a friend

Have just returned home from the funeral of a relative. In Icelandic we say ‘frændi’ – being a term that covers all male relatives. Similarly, ‘frænka’ covers all female relatives.He wasn’t a very close relative – he and my...

The Plumber Speaks and Speaks…

Back by popular demand, we give you more immortal words from The Plumber: ON SHORT TENDONS ‘I was thinking that your problem might be a leak behind the bathtub. I started thinking about that while I was soaking in the bath this morning. I have short tendons. When I...

Cultural intoxication

One of the very best things the current municipal government has done is to launch the annual event known as ‘Reykjavík Culture Night’. It started off ten years ago as a moderately-sized end-of-summer diversion, but has morphed into the biggest bash of the year,...