LeahWho

Oh no, I'm so sorry.

Oh, wow. That puts a different perspective on it, doesn't it?

Ha!

It's funny, I never think to stand back and look at it from a distance.

I hope you get to. It's a special place.

71% is basically the population of the capital area, right? We (my household) are members. :)

It can be incredible. I hope you get to see them some time.

Ha! I'd only be able to help if it wanted brown sugar.

Thanks. It's about as good as I could hope for on a phone camera, through the window and with the light from the parking area next door. 😁

I'm sorry you're feeling down. My recommendations are walking (fresh air and sunshine), which you already do, and chocolate, which doesn't work long-term but is yummy. 🙂

The backyard mountain, the old house in its grove of trees, and the open ground between my window and them are all covered in deep powdery snow. The sky is clear blue and the sun is reflecting off the white.

The sun is out in full force after yesterday's storm.

Bright green wavy lines of the aurora borealis in the black sky over a snow covered mountain. Someone has carved a deep track through the fresh snow piled up in the field in the foreground.

Aurora tonight, after all the snow today. #Iceland

Yeah, it's only cool if you're inside looking at it through the glass.

Drift update. Looks like the storm is wrapping up earlier than expected.

Weird ramp of drifting snow is piled several feet high on one end. Seen through a wet window.

The drift keeps growing.

Those are beautiful.

I'm really glad I went to the grocery store yesterday!

Oh, yikes! That's a mess.

Our yellow storm warning (snow) has been upgraded to orange now (more snow). And yet, all the kids still walked to school today.

I'm remembering that when Minion was in 1st grade and we lived in Pennsylvania, the kids had to have indoor recess if it was colder than 40F.

It's lovely - when you can stay inside, warm and on the couch. 😁

It's supposed to rain and warm up again in a couple of days.

It makes everything feel so much more cozy.

Spindly, leafless bushes covered in lumpy, thick snow in a walled planter on the patio. A wedged shaped snowdrift, roughly 18"at its peak, sits below. The sky above is solid gray.

It's an unusually snowy day for October here in southwest Iceland. And the brunt of the storm isn't even projected until this afternoon!

A wooden rocking chair with a goat hair rug across the seat sits in front of floor to ceiling windows. Sheer curtains cover the glass panels, one of which has warm white fairy lights hanging. A wooden spinning wheel is on the right of the chair.

A tall umbrella tree sits next to floor to ceiling windows covered in sheer curtains and lit up with warm white fairy lights.

I've put up the winter lights. They usually stay on from October until March, to help us get through the dark Icelandic days and nights.

We've got our first snow. It's currently falling both up and down and also sideways.

And no wind! That's rare 🙂

Wind blows a wide swath of yellow grass and scrub, while mountains loom up in the back and to the right. Where the horizon flattens out, the triangular snowy peak of Snæfellsjökull is seen in the far distance.

Today's walk in Iceland

Quite cold, brisk wind made my cheeks red and fingers (in gloves) icy.

Snæfellsjökull looking like a mini Fuji in the distance.

Áfram stelpur!

I was going to go out - but then I was just walking down my hallway and tweaked (don't ask me how) the ankle I twisted last November and it hurt, so then I just stayed in. 🙁

I've watched a whale there.

I was complaining about all the gloomy weather the last few weeks, but today is gloriously sunny and now I can't unsee how dirty all my windows are.

I like the distinct separation line.