But they’re sweet.
And pretty.
Who needs trees?
Reykjavik Has Gone to the Birds
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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Glaciers are Tricksters
Anyone can see that.
Jokulsarlón
Sólheimajökull
But they’re also very friendly beasts. You just have to wait for them to come to you.
A kind of troll, really. Or, a whole family of them.
Snæfell
Big and sneaky.
Langjökull
Three Species of Icelandic Camouflage
Like the troll’s hair it nests upon, the white fleck of the gull hides in plain sight.
Islands, like Iceland, do the same in the middle of the sea.
Dyrhólaey
Out of Bounds
This photographer on Dyrhólaey is out of bounds. She crossed a barrier to get here. Thousands do.
Some die. Is this view not good enough?
Is this one not good enough?
What about this? So bad you need to die to get a different one?
We’d rather you were alive, really. Really. Besides, if you just turn around, you can see almost forever.
Then we could all go back and grill a lamb or something, drink some lava beer and have a great good time.
Well, ok, maybe not that.
Shadow Troll
It’s a thing for the end of those early winter days. Never a lonely moment in Iceland!
Dyrhólaey
A Different Perspective on the Reynisdrangar Trolls
They are famous, these ship-stealing trolls of South Iceland. You can see them off the point in the distance below, looking east…
…and looking west below.
But it’s the few from the north, from their lair, that shows how close they came to dragging those fishing boats in for dinner, and how alive they still are.
Never think a troll is dead. That would be a big mistake for your subconscious life, indeed.
Easy Identification of Elf City Sites
Elf farms and villages are craggy things to spot, but major cities hover inside the light. You can reach through the sun and… almost grasp them.
Pétursey
Evening is the best time for the sea to mix the Sun and the Earth and turn everything to salt dust in the air. Prepare for tears… of joy? of anguish? Ah, the elves are telling no secrets.
