tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89537872199228303882024-02-18T17:31:25.934-08:00ShizuokaGirlThoughts and creations from a third culture kidShizuokaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531267659481181423noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953787219922830388.post-53950777806977459912019-02-16T07:52:00.000-08:002019-02-16T07:52:00.434-08:00Iceland 14: Of ruins and Kirkjufell and Icelandic Goats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By this time, we are heading southward towards west Iceland. We are seeing more evidence of the old settlements, some of them possibly Vikings.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Borgarvirki - the Citadel is a columnar basalt fortress and might have been used as an old Viking fortress. Nobody really knows for sure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beautiful location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They fortified this one with concrete underneath so it wouldn't wash away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is quite a mystery how such a rock formation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> exists along a beach with no other rocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next stop, <span style="background-color: white; color: #252d39; font-size: 16.5088px;">Grundarfjörður, with the lovely Kirkjufell in the background.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Loved this random sculpture of an orca out in the middle of a field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This random sculpture just hanging out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The main sculpture of the town echoes the mountain behind it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Apparently the most photographed island in Iceland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm guessing this is the most photographed horse in Iceland.😄</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beautiful Icelandic horse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, I had read about Icelandic goats: (Wikipedia) <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Icelandic goat</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">, also known as the 'settlement goat', is an ancient breed of </span>domestic goat<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> believed to be of Norwegian origin and dating back to the settlement of Iceland over 1100 years ago. This breed of goat was on the verge of extinction during the late 19th century, but recovered prior to World War II, only to precipitously decline again. As of 2003, there were 348 goats in 48 flocks distributed throughout most parts of Iceland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">I had been looking for them, when there they were looking at us!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Of course Dave did a u-turn so I could get my photo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But suddenly, the little baby goat got under the fence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and over the cattle guard and headed straight for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The little goat enthusiastically started climbing up on our rented car!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Shoo, shoo sweet little goat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, she's obviously not afraid of cars so this is not a good situation. She will run out on the road and get hit for sure. this is Dave trying to coax her back in the pen "Come, little goat. Come back"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ah, but the grass is always greener on the other side and our little runaway found some delicious greens in the ditch. If we could've found the farmer, we would've alerted him. But decided out best plan was to slip away while little fur ball wasn't watching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you watch Game of Thrones, you may remember this scene. These are the Icelandic goats and this clip is the reason they are thriving today. Their fame allowed the farmer who was trying to save them hold a Go Fund Me campaign, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> At least temporarily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Until the dragon takes them and eats them!!!</span></div>
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<br />ShizuokaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531267659481181423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953787219922830388.post-56754166462564659252019-01-26T08:01:00.001-08:002019-01-26T08:01:55.764-08:00Iceland 13: Godafoss (Truly the Waterfall of the Gods!!), Akureyri & Wondrous Colors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Just when we thought we wouldn't see another waterfall that could possibly impress us more than the ones we had seen,...well, we were wrong!! Godafoss (waterfall of the gods) appeared through the fog and I just couldn't believe it!! First, we saw this fast flowing river of the most beautiful aquamarine water! (glacial water, of course).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then this! So beautiful. So magnificent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"This is my favorite waterfall" I thought to myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A bridge allowed you to cross over and see the river and waterfall from all angles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lovely little flowers growing in the mist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As the river narrowed, the river got more intense, which much whitewater.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As with all beauty in Iceland, we never had enough time to just sit and meditate on the beauty. Next stop Akureyri, the fourth largest municipality in Iceland. We knew we would love the city when we saw its traffic lights!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We saw very few flowers throughout Iceland (it was October, after all). But in Akureyi, there was a botanical garden so had to stop in there. It was very small but the colors lit up the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another large church with stunning architecture in the city. Although there are 350 Lutheran churches in Iceland, there are only a handful of "large" churches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most are the small ones built by the farmers on farm land seating about 50 people at most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A larger and more elaborate church than most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These larger churches often host musical concerts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On our way to the northern coast, I was captivated by the sheep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love the black and white mixtures</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We stumbled across this brand new spa (GeoSpa) which had literally opened one week ago. It faced the inland sea and was just a wonderful experience!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Icelanders are very strict about keeping their spas clean (this is natural water and they use no chlorine),</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">so there is a mutual area shower (men ad women are separate) where one must strip naked, swimsuits off as well. Since this was a brand new spa, there was no attendant to monitor but we heard stories that most Icelandic spas have a matron who sits there and makes sure you take everything off! Having done the Japanese ofuro, this was not a problem for us, but I did feel fortunate that I had the place to myself!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Such a beautiful location! It was a cold day and the soak was well appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a cloudy, dreary day so we spent the rest of the day at local museums. One was the Herring Museum where the history of catching and preserving herring was featured. Apparently, large numbers of women were employed to do this tedious, smelly, back breaking work. You had to lean over and push the herring into the barrels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Very informative museum. Learned a lot!!</span></div>
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S<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">topped in a very small museum and asked about "..polar bears in Iceland???". It seems that every year, one or two polar bears swim over from Greenland. Not on purpose, mind you! In Iceland, they can't find the food they need and are usually killed to protect the people. 😓 But this little museum keeps the memory of this guy alive and well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From Mytvan, we drove to the northernmost part of our trip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Absolutely beautiful scenery along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Even on a sunny day,, many mountains and glaciers are obscured by clouds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">By the time we got to Husavik, the weather had deteriorated. We were not planning to go on a whale sighting expedition (a bit pricey) but decided there was nothing else to do in this weather. Apparently whales don't care if it's raining or cold or whatever 😏. We picked the quiet, old fashioned boat. I did not like the speedboats. They race around right up to the path of the whale and it seems very intrusive to me even though your chances of getting close to the whale go up. This was our boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> But there were about four other boats going out as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were both already wearing tshirt-shirt-sweatshirt-jacket (4 layers). Then you climb into what is like a full body snow-suit. It is partly to keep you warm but mostly a flotation device if you fall in!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> To say we were toasty warm and cozy is an understatement!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> On top of that, we had to don fishermen style rain gear to keep dry. We all felt very clumsy and awkward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So the pilot is looking for the whales by looking for "fluke prints" on the water where a whale has recently been. Or they watch the other boats around to look for a sudden burst of movement which means someone else has spotted a whale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even seeing the fluke from a distance was breath-taking and exciting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But right at the end of our three hour ride, suddenly we were up close and personal with a whale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is something so beautiful about the fluke of the whale as it flips goodbye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was so glad we took this excursion, just to see these magnificent creatures are still hanging around, doing their thing even as their environment gets more and more difficult for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The guide said we were extremely lucky to see this perfect show so close up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I did feel very lucky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I heard that Noguchi-san would be back in Galveston with his wife and daughter to lead a taiguruma workshop, I decided I must go. Even though it meant driving 1.5 hours each way to Galveston for 4 days(but we we finished in 3 days), I am SO glad that I did!! I learned a lot of techniques of lantern building and had so much fun speaking Japanese non-stop and translating for them, when necessary. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you want to learn more about what we built, please refer to my 2016 blog where I first learned about taiguruma: <a href="http://shizuokagirl.blogspot.com/2016/">http://shizuokagirl.blogspot.com/2016/</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First, we had to build the "skeleton". This involved carving bamboo strips and fitting them into the pre-made wooden structure. You would warm the bamboo with your thumbs while bending.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then you tie on the horizontal pieces to form the tail and the body (time consuming)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then, you custom cut each piece of paper (special Japanese paper) and glue it on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You do not have a pattern. Since each form is a bit different, you have to measure and cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Next, you paint on your design with melted wax. The areas of melted wax shine brightly in the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Here are some of the fish with just wax and yellow paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notice the waxed areas stay clear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notice I painted Mt. Fuji at sunset on the bottom of mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Noguchi-san put the fins on for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It would have been a whole 'nother session for us to do it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we were getting tired, perhaps frustrated, perhaps wondering if we were ever going to finish this project, Nogushi-san's daughter gave us an uplifting takiko performance!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Wheels were added, a pull string was added and finally a light was added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We all gathered round to enjoy a school of fish!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and Akari-chan in the middle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notice there are watermelons on the left. In the old days, the poor people couldn't afford the fish so they pulled watermelon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Thank you very much to the Noguchi family for coming to the USA and sharing this old custom!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Akari-chan took this picture of me with her Instamatic (like Polaroid) camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I brought the little ones from Dave's parents house. They are over 50 years old and I was told they are the goldfish carts from a different area of Niigata. He was very surprised to see them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It may astonish you (or dismay you) to learn that we are only on Day 5 of our 10 day driving tour!!! When I tried to blog a day at a time, well, there was just too much in each day. That, to me, is the most amazing thing about Iceland. There is so much to see and do within reasonable driving range. Each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, driving into <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Mývatn, we first came across the Krafla Crater with its Viti sapphire blue lake in the middle. From a distance it looks like a steaming volcano, but the steam you see runs through pipes and ducts for geothermal heating so it does come from the volcano...but deep under. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We walked the upper perimeter </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">And there was this beautiful gem!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Much of Iceland's energy is derived from geothermal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You could see spouts steam here and there around the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This one is quite a large geothermal plant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On to the Namafjall Georthermal Area and its "mud pots"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just your normal steam coming out of the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Driving into Mytvan around the lake, Dave suddenly said: "There are your horses!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(I'd been wanting an iconic photo of Iceland horses). We immediately turned around and with the iconic Vinbelgur volcanic cone in the background, got my two horses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And then they starting galloping around</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And this is what I really wanted: a photo of Icelandic horses galloping around wild and free. Not the sharpest pics but certainly you get the feel of the movement. I was one happy camper!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nearby, these are called psuedo craters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> The lake is full of little outcrops, rocks, inlets...very picturesque.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> My heart was totally taken by the conical Vinbelger; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">perhaps because it reminded me so much of Mt. Fuji.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And like Mt. Fuji, it had many personalities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Yes, I said restaurant. I told Dave I absolutely had to have one normal meal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Kaffinorger restaurant in Dimmuborger (that's a mouthful right there) had a trout meal with dessert special for $35 so we split a meal and boy! it was nice to have a real dinner. The restaurant sits up on a hill overlooking the lake. Spectacular view. That's Dave finishing up every last morsel of his fish. They were so kind to give us 2 desserts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The clouds began to lift little by little as we drove up through the fjords of east Iceland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally beginning to see the mountains silhouetted against the fjords.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> We were enchanted by the fishing village of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stöðvarfjörður.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The little fishing boats all lined up on clear, reflective waters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I finally saw a puffin!!! ..in this lovely mural</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Another stunning church view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a rather colorless landscape, I love how they paint their churches to liven up the scenery!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Finally, an absolutely gorgeous day!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now we began driving across the north-eastern "tundra". Very barren landscape. Much of it volcanic rock. But still beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We kept seeing these stone cairns at exact intervals across the landscape. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">These old stone cairns acted as beacons for people travelling in Iceland, a kind of a GPS system of the olden days. Pretty amazing to see in such a barren place. Unfortunately, tourists want to build their own and it's quite a problem over there. Some of these date back to the Vikings!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It plummets 45 meters, the approx height of the Statue of Liberty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> And then..a rainbow!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So there were a few things I really wanted to see in Iceland:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-a rainbow by a waterfall (check)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-a puffin (too late)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-northern light (too early)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Icelandic horses (coming up soon)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-glaciers (check)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I got my rainbow!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> You can't even fathom the amount of water pouring over the edge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And you really can't see the bottom due to all the water spraying up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then, you walk upstream over volcanic rock and see a peek of Detifoss's younger sister Selfoss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> It is a horse shoe shaped waterfall, quite beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was really looking forward to seeing glaciers. And we were not disappointed, although the inclement weather kept us from getting the full experience. We arrived at Glacier Lagoon just as the fog lifted temporarily. The blue ice was so lovely! The black streaks are lava sand that comes with the ice. We were able to spend just under an hour taking it all in and then, once more, it started really raining. But at least we got the thirty minutes of amazement!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> The temperature was not freezing but the ice stayed frozen.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Then we saw three. barely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most glaciers we saw were not blue and lovely but rather had the black lava mixed in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This glacier also had some hunks of ice floating at the base</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This whole valley used to be filled, but not anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An eruption and subsequent melt of parts of the glacier ripped this bridge to pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another fabulous breakfast which included cod liver oil. Apparently they drink it regularly in Iceland for good health. And seeing as they have a top ranked longevity of life, maybe it's a reason. I am game to try everything. But this,I will never partake again. UGH!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Time to leave this small town of Djupivogur on a Sunday morning. All is quiet. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also, time to fill up the gas tank with diesel gas (most rent cars are diesel). </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are many gas "dispensaries" which are free-standing and only take credit cards. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, pulled up to one. There was a green handle and a black handle NOT MARKED (we discovered soon that was the ONLY pump we ever came across that was not vividly marked) so out of instinct, Dave reached for the green handle to put in what he assumed was diesel. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">About a quarter mile down the road, the car started lurching badly and I asked </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Did you put in diesel?". "Yes, of course" Dave said. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But, well, we couldn't go on so we lurched and jerked back to the gas pump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we called the rental car agency, they didn't seem too surprised. (I have since found that this has happened to many people.) But they warned us: help might be quite far away. And it is Sunday morning. We lurched back to the Inn so I could use the bathroom (always use a bathroom when there's one available). Dave told the Inn-keepers what was going on, they immediately called the local mechanic. Believe it or not, he met us at his garage within 15 minutes. But it was going to cost $270 cash. Little village. Sunday morning. I had $20 in cash. No worries. There was a little bank with an indoor accessible-at-all-times ATM machine just one block down the road. ( </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now we are almost wondering if this is all a set up!) </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But we are grateful to the mechanic and while he drained the gas from the car, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wandered around and took pics of this little fishing village </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It is wet much of the time in Iceland (my own personal observation).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lichen grow everywhere in many colors, almost flower-like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> A very famous artist made this egg sculpture display that represents the eggs of all the large birds in Iceland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Due to the fog, we couldn't see the famous mountain protecting the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Only 500 yards from our Inn was the mechanic's shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The car in the back did not inspire confidence but he got the job done and we were on our way just thankful to only be delayed by 3 hours, not a whole day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Upon leaving the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">Dyrhólaey</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"> </span> "wind-fest", we came across an unusual cave which turns out to be the Loftsalahellir Cave. It was apparently where assemblies were held. That path you see if pretty much straight up..and muddy. But it was pretty neat to climb and get a back view of <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Dyrhólaey </span>. (* go below to see a more disgusting commentary)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Onward to Vik. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The most iconic building in Vik was the church. So beautiful in the fog with the red ground-cover in the foreground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now to to find a place to eat. A little cafe connected to the gas station afforded the most wonderful Icelandic stew! Doubly delicious and warming after the wind and rain. ($17 for a bowl of soup but SOOO worth it). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, this was typical of gas station cafes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We did a little walkabout by the beach </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">after our meal and found another really cool statue</span>: <span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was made by Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thorarinsdottir who's inspiration for the aluminium sculpture was the people who make their living at sea and the families who fear they will not return.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> It turns out: " I<span style="background-color: white;">n 1945, someone had the brilliant blue idea of introducing</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/51569///" style="border: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nootka lupine"><span style="color: black;">Lupinus nootkatensis</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">, Nootka lupine to help with soil erosion. This Alaskan native (most definitely a majestic relative of the Texas bluebonnet) flourished. Lupine plants anchored the soil and enriched it too; the flowers are stunning! </span><span style="background-color: white;">But the </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0724-tina.html" style="border: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="demise of native plants."><span style="color: black;">Nootka lupine’s success has meant the demise of many native plants.</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">In some regions,lupine fields have degenerated after 15-20 years, leaving richer soil behind, but in many other locations, “the comparatively</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_flora_sci&where-genre=Plant&where-taxon=Lupinus+nootkatensis" style="border: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="tall lupine"><span style="color: black;">tall lupine</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">creates a canopy over the previously dominant lichens, mosses, and low shrubs, causing these species to decline in the newly formed shade. Ultimately, species diversity among plants declines as the lupine spreads.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And obviously redecorated. It was our loveliest, most unique lodging in Iceland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">**Sadly, since there aren't enough toilets in Iceland, some visitors decided to use this cave as a full service toilet. YUK! Seriously, it's a BIG problem in Iceland. They just don't have the infrastructure in place for so many tourists. Near this place was a bathroom facility- for $1 in coin, you could use it. But what if you don't have the coin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Iceland is filled with legends and stories of trolls, fairies and ogres. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Most studies say that 10% of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Icelanders believe</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"> in supernatural beings, 10% </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">do</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"> not, and the remaining 80% either have no strong feelings—or refuse to deny their existence entirely. One of our guides told us that Icelanders can enjoy nature more if they have legends to stir up their imaginations whether they believe them or not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> A very quiet place we found (Dverghamrar- "Dwarf Cliffs") was an example of this. According to legend, dwarves live in the cliffs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Usually you see these basalt columns jutting upward, but in Klauster is <span style="background-color: white;">Kirkjugólfið</span><span style="background-color: white;"> (Church Floor), the basalt columns appear to be buried and only the tops are visible, looking like the floor of an old church.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This beautiful and somewhat haunting statue stands in the middle of the town and may refer to the fact that t<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">here was a Benedictine convent at Kirkjubæjarklaustur from 1186-1550. It is called the "Burden of History". Somehow, it speaks to me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Onward to another famous basalt outpost called Reynisdrangar. It was misting that day so pics are not as good as I would've liked. But the rocky pillars were pretty cool. These are said to be petrified trolls that were caught outdoors during sunrise :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was the activity that I did not like. Groups of people posing and posing and taking their selfies and cutsie pictures. This group hogged the cave for so long, we never could enjoy it but you can see the stunning rock formations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Alas, we were three weeks or so late. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wouldn't have seen them in this weather anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We left Hotel Selfoss (after a huge, delicious breakfast!!) and started driving through the most beautiful scenery you can imagine. Dave is the best about stopping for pictures, even turning around and going back if we went past something wonderful.There are literally waterfalls everywhere, but some are just amazing and we hit a few on this day. The weather was iffy all day long but somehow managed to clear up just enough when we arrived at each waterfall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First stop: <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Seljalandsfoss. The only waterfall in Iceland you can walk behind..</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We put on all of our water-proof gear (except our pants. Should've brought waterproof pants) and joined the parade under the most amazing waterfall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So fun to be immersed in the sound of the power of the water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The sky looked beautiful for a moment but then fogged in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Very wet behind the waterfall. Good walking boots required</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was really neat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A short video of the experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right around the corner from Seljandsfoss was <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Gljúfrafoss. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The falls are partially obscured by the cliff rock, but you can follow a trail to enter the narrow canyon where the water plummets to a small pool. But with people coming and going, it is a little treacherous and sure enough, I slipped on a rock that was not steady and in went my foot, boot underwater. But it was worth it to get back into this beauty. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moved my loaf of bread to a Ziploc bag (always carry Ziploc bags on road trips) and I put my foot in the bread bag and then put on the boot: <span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;">voilà</span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>! </i>My foot was cozy and dry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over 200 man made caves found on Southern farms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> This one pretty famous called </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-size: x-small;">Rútshellir</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #545454;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A very interesting story can be found at:<a href="https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/rutshellir-cave-in-drangurinn-in-drangshlid">https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/rutshellir-cave-in-drangurinn-in-drangshlid</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is the first multi-tiered waterfall we saw. Just random view from the car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And then we saw so many more...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just awesome in its size and perfect shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> but the walk up is 400+ steps straight up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> a beautiful river amongst rocky, mossy gorges</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lovely town with a beautiful church, hotel by the river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, we picked up our rent-a-car and proceeded to try to type in the first destination but.. whaat? There are a few letters in the Icelandic alphabet that are not familiar at all. I went back in to ask the guy, and when he told me "<b>th</b>", I realized he had tried to tell us already but we had no idea why "<b>th</b>" was so important 😊😊<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Þ = th</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Golden Circle is the basic first destination of all of the <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2,195,271( 2017)</span> visitors that come to Iceland because you can see a pretty good sample of Iceland's amazing sights within a days drive of Reykjavik. However, that means there are just way too many tourists for my comfort. And so many of them want selfies, group photos, go-pro images, etc. It is more daunting when you understand the population of the island is only 350,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first stop is <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Þingvellir (Thingvellir), a historic site and national park in Iceland, east of Reykjavík. It's known for the Alþing (Althing), the site of Iceland's parliament from the 10th to 18th centuries. The park sits in a rift valley caused by the separation of 2 tectonic plates, with rocky cliffs and fissures like the huge Almannagjá fault</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A lovely waterfall, <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Öxaráfoss, is at the end of your walk</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have several friends who are going through tough times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have found that the "big cats" convey such strength and determination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They look at you and say "I dare you to mess with me!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which is why they seem a perfect choice for encouraging strength</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this is it. It hung on my refrigerator without words for months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But when I messaged a friend encouragement and love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and move him out of ICU. It is a roller coaster of ups and downs, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first etegami I sent to the same person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I believe that people need to know you are thinking about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Animals are fun but my brown and black inks are almost depleted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So for my cousins on the death of my aunt, flowers..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">particularly pipe organ concerts. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The church was built to represent the basalt columns found around Iceland </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the shape of a geyser.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> The Jet Nest shows a big steel egg where a jet wing is peeking out like a little bird breaking out of it's egg. The piece is very symbolic where it stands on a pile of Icelandic rocks. Magnús Tómasson , the designer, says that the idea first came to him many years ago. "I was working on a series on the history of birds mentioning a small egg and on it a small beak appears. I worked on it some more and the outcome was the Jet Nest, my biggest piece." It is situated north of the air terminal in a floodlight pond. "</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Rainbow sculpture: Ruri views the piece as an unfinished construction that may one day be finished by another to form a complete rainbow. Rainbows hold special significance in Icelandic folklore as well as in the rest of Europe. In both areas they are seen as bringers of good luck to those who can stand underneath it.</span>ShizuokaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531267659481181423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953787219922830388.post-43707821292153903802018-09-16T19:08:00.000-07:002018-09-16T19:21:59.055-07:00Challenging start to a Fabulous Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, sitting at the computer the morning before the big trip and hearing a "drip...drip.....drip"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">..a little disconcerting to say the least.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">dripping out of the ceiling,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">just inches from the mixer board and printer!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dave cuts into the sheet rock and out pours a steady stream of water.</span></div>
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Arrive at 9:40 for an 11:40 Air Canada flight to Montreal.</div>
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Then, suddenly CANCELLED!</div>
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"It should depart at 5:00 in which case you will make your connection in Montreal."</div>
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But, it gets delayed. To 6:00. Then 6:30.</div>
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Well, we just missed our connection in Montreal.</div>
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They offer us a flight to Iceland via London!!!!</div>
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We had to retrieve our luggage from Air Canada, and re-check in to United.</div>
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And at 8:30 p.m. after hanging out at the Houston Airport for ELEVEN hours,</div>
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We were both so exhausted, we mostly slept the whole way.</div>
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We have no video to prove it, but I literally danced in circles when our luggage came down the ramp.</div>
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TWENTY SEVEN hours after leaving the house, we arrived at our hotel.</div>
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So, hanging out at the Houston International Airport has become a more tolerable experience now they've improved it with art, a Japanese themed eating area and a cool brewery kind of area.</div>
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And close to a hundred maneki-neko to wave good-bye to us 😺😊</div>
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<br />ShizuokaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531267659481181423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953787219922830388.post-32510047707083869262018-08-26T08:03:00.001-07:002018-08-26T08:03:24.852-07:00John Mc Cain tribute: More alike than Different<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I truly admired John McCain. From the fact that he served his country. To the fact that he would not leave the POW camp even when offered, as long his men were confined there. He would not leave them behind. He didn't wallow in bitterness over being a POW, over losing the presidential race; he carried on with a sense of purpose and dignity. He reached across the political wall to keep Affordable Health Care, voting against his party, but for humanity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He reached across the political divide reminding us that we are more alike than different. A message sorely needed right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first one I painted with watered down black ink which gave the whole picture a softer look to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second one I did in a traditional way with definitive lines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Almost looks cartoonish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I softened it by going over the edges with a wet paint brush </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to blur out the fur a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then I realized what I had done.</span></div>
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<br />ShizuokaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531267659481181423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953787219922830388.post-82943840490291027292018-07-27T08:34:00.004-07:002018-07-27T08:34:35.376-07:00Sympathy cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sympathy cards almost always involve flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Their fleeting beauty reminds us of life itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A hand-painted card is so much more personal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sweet and gentle and kind Jason Anderson served in the military.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He came back and became a firefighter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But the experience in the military apparently left scars that no one knew about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He knew no other way out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kristin was an amazing woman with a wonderful husband and four loving children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her cancer came on suddenly and was aggressive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Such a loss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I searched long and hard for a photo of flowers bending down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It evokes such sadness and honor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I don't ever buy cards anymore,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">custom made for each person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This kitten was actually painted without a slogan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a contest at the Japan festival to caption it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The winning caption was "Are you Kitten Me?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A friend who looks to be very young (practically a teenager!!) was turning 50.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Compared to him most of us are very young!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, I painted this second card but liked the tortoise better</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, I now have a 50 yr old birthday card back up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can literally see each year on its shell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It looks so much more artistic than the real thing :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This etegami reminds us that guarding our aging parents fiercely</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is just as important as when they guarded us when we were little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This arose after taking care of my mom and dad in nursing homes and assisted living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I painted this for a friend who has a grown up son with severe autism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Such children need their parents through their whole lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A daunting task.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Kokeshi (wooden dolls) and their babies are easy to paint and so very sweet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(The Japanese one has the words to a song about sweet little baby).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not to forget daddys!! This one painted for my son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by the message and painting I send.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My favorite words of encouragement are: "Hang in there!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes there is nothing else to say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People are going through hard times and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">many times you can't say "Hope you get well" because often they won't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But just to let them know you are thinking of them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and are quite aware of what they are going through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That is what is important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some are rather humorous and the hope is that the recipient will smile.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuZjs_482b9RHhrOkPs5i1Uz-yQfGKQPhSDvlbpwhu9wTDujAkon06TBqWvl9CpMogUfUkrpDNYveGA1PpMZbvqMyELHTUbnfAWaGW3qA-5fA3Lv_qAnSukmZIpjbT48ufdHLgYr2AWM/s1600/2018-03-12+hang++in+there+Heather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1600" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuZjs_482b9RHhrOkPs5i1Uz-yQfGKQPhSDvlbpwhu9wTDujAkon06TBqWvl9CpMogUfUkrpDNYveGA1PpMZbvqMyELHTUbnfAWaGW3qA-5fA3Lv_qAnSukmZIpjbT48ufdHLgYr2AWM/s400/2018-03-12+hang++in+there+Heather.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What the heck have I gotten myself into???"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think I have painted just about every photo that is available for animals hanging on!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but after it was done, from a little distance, it painted itself quite nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried a very minimalist approach with this little puppy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was riveted to the news this week following </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were several reasons it was so compelling:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-These amazing divers willing to risk their lives to save the boys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-The international cooperation of many countries</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-The humbleness of the Thai people to accept and praise the help of others</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-The bravery and courage of the boys themselves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-It was such courageous, righteous behavior in the middle of a bad behavior week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">who come on land and become real people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Animals can certainly conjure some funny etegami</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have a friend who we only see now and then (they live far from us),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but he loves to say "Bite me" a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You know. Like when you say, that's a strange color shirt"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he would say "Bite me!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In fact, he has a shirt that says Bite Me in 8 different languages!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For fun, I sent him this etegami. (He LOVED it!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love the photography of Joel Sartore of National Geographic Photo Ark,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> who is documenting as many animal species in captivity as he can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He does beautiful portrait work of these animals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Both the cheetah above and the mandrils below are from his collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to hide her "long neck". Well, I think long necks are beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I mean, Audrey Hepburn? hello!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Japanese friend gave us "unagi pie" (eel pie) as a gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It is from Hammamatsu where their specialty harvest is eel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, these are like a crispy sweet flaky cookie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They are delicious but are made with dried eel flour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In my weird mind, I imagined the eel saying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Whaaat? I'm going to be made into a pie? egads!!!"</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBnT5TLkp_OspOwQGcLxstD9FNQ-Xrx6yvO8UcT3ClH2B-aC_NcinwX7NWn3kWyyaA1RiGW1bsreHsjU8Nmlvieyh1FSo-1xvjRBsSc3Ydbs6fxfkKFcvgKqIf2IpqdUSAg0HnlgScS8/s1600/2018-06-19+unagi+pai+for+for+Takako.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lisa Jastram etegami" border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1600" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBnT5TLkp_OspOwQGcLxstD9FNQ-Xrx6yvO8UcT3ClH2B-aC_NcinwX7NWn3kWyyaA1RiGW1bsreHsjU8Nmlvieyh1FSo-1xvjRBsSc3Ydbs6fxfkKFcvgKqIf2IpqdUSAg0HnlgScS8/s320/2018-06-19+unagi+pai+for+for+Takako.jpg" title="Japanese eel etegami" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a painting of a photo is from the Comedy Wildlife Photography contest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have painted several of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They will certainly bring a smile to your face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course "it" rhymes with ......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The minute I finished this cute little giraffe, it was obvious what the words would be!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This one, painted with a sharpened chopstick, was inspired by the clever saying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The day after a new president was chosen (and you know who I'm talking about),<br /> I just couldn't believe it!! I felt upset, confused, sad.<br />So I guess this one really isn't so funny after all...</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is a short train line in Japan that needed a shot in the arm to keep it running.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Someone came up with this idea to have a whole train dedicated to etegami.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decided to enter two etegami and was thrilled to see my paintings on the train!</span></div>
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My entries were these. On the left, the flame lily flower. </div>
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Translation " the flame lily: burning like a fire"</div>
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On the right, the heliconia: "Unusual. Beautiful. The heliconia flower" </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another etegami art call comes from Fukushima. In the wake of the tsunami disaster,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">artists are called upon to paint flowers to share with the community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These were Texas flowers I painted in 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this one, I painted the flowers on white and cut them out and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A good way to make large white objects stand out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Black tulip magnolia are actually deep purple. Absolutely stunning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Another dogwood:“Refreshing white color"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For 2018, I thought the flowers needed something extra: Animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But having gotten no encouragement or word back from the committee,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not so sure it's what they wanted. Hmm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The fragrance of a flower brings peace to the soul"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This cutie pie frog peeking out of a tulip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a play on words "kaeru ga mieru". I can see a frog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In smaller letters, the words of hide and seek:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Are you ready?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Not yet!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is one of my favorites. The frog is clinging to an anthirium flower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He says "I'm OK if I'm alone as long as I have a flower"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of my friends pointed out it looks very phallic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ha Ha Ha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I sure think that fuchsia look like dancers!!!</span></div>
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