Faroese meadows, hills and mountain slopes have many looks and colors all throughout the year, green, shiny, mowed, dull, brown, flowing mane, soaking wet, infield, outfield, juicy, unkempt, dry. In terms of November, it’s fair to say that rich tangerine is the most intriguing phenomenon. Tangerine hills and frosty mountains …
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Snapshot In Time: Small Shed And Ragged Ridge
The first snow of the year covers the top of mountains and hills across the islands. My favorite photo of the scenery at this season? That’s the one. Small shed, ragged ridge. Our backyard mountain, so to speak, and the old shed. Soonish, I’ll be able to skate across our frosted back porch in rubber shoes again …
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Martini Glasses And The Ocean Horses Of The North
That time of the year. Down by the beach, the ocean horses of the north are rushing in. On their backs, they carry the feasts of summer, remorseless winds and a familiar tune. Could be the James Bond theme. Our neighboring island Kalsoy, our living room window view so to say, is listed as a filming location for the upcoming Bond movie …
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The Cloud Volcano Of Kalsoy
Activity on the rise, at least that’s what it recently looked like, on the other side of our sound. The volcano of Kalsoy. Nature’s trick of clouds and light. Obviously, there are no volcanoes in the Faroe Islands, not anymore, whereas things used to be profoundly different in times immemorial …
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My Rhubarb, Potato And Green Stuff Field
Good things need time. That’s what it looked like when I had started digging, a good while after the idea had popped up for the very first time. And so I started. A spadeful of earth, another and yet another, jumping onto the spade’s blade with both feet, cutting out big pieces of soil overgrown with grass …
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Hand Tension, Celebrations And Happy At Heart
Feeling tension in my right hand, and satisfaction deep in the heart, all at once. July, sheep-shearing-month, home of summer mist, bright and dull summer colors, the upcoming Ólavsøka-celebration (the national holiday) and My Faroe Islands’ blogaversary. By now, My Faroe Islands has readers from approximately 50 countries across the globe …
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Bright Summer Days And Summer Nights
Dinner at around midnight, friends coming over, the time of day doesn’t matter, there is light, anyway. Midsummer ahead of us, as I look out of the window late in the evening, I spot a hare next to our house. Slowly, I try to grab my camera, the hare stays, but in a position of attention. Picture, beach, fishing, working on my fish filleting skills …
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