Firda
FirdaLook at all the blooming lupines on the side of the mountain, looking like purple lava flowing down the mountain! They're doing what they do best: preventing erosion. I think I shot this near Flateyri in Westfjords, Iceland. (June 2019)
#Bloomscrolling #Iceland #Westfjords #Photography #Travel #Landscape #LandscapePhotography
FirdaThis morning I registered a stupid domain name because the idea made me chuckle when it came to my mind, and it cost less than $2 to register. I'm now the proud owner of myboringlife.online lol. It's going to be a boring personal blog about the most mundane things in my daily life, just as advertised in the address.
I'm anticipating crickets.
FirdaEvery summer, the energy efficiency of our central A/C unit surprises us when we get the bill and it's only a fraction of what we expected to pay.
FirdaThe local waste processing facility (or The Dump for short) of the area where the spousal unit's family cottage is has a barn where you can browse somewhat usable household items, books, records, furniture, etc. that local residents and cottage owners have dropped off for disposal. You can take whatever you want from the mall for a donation (they're not picky about the amount). The barn is called the Machar Mall.
In 2021, someone found a painting by David Bowie, worth $50K there. It made national news and a lot of friends and relatives asked if it had been one of us who found it since they knew we were regular customers of the mall. Alas, it wasn't any of us. But we've found some much smaller treasures there over the years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/landfill-bowie-setting-records-1.6070072
The Dump is also a good place to spot black bears. It always makes me sad to see the poor bears scavenge for scraps to eat there. We didn't see any the last time we went a couple of days ago. Hopefully it means they get enough food to eat back in the woods and not because the population has dwindled drastically.
Recently, my in-laws took a mall-obsessed Eastern European exchange student to Machar Mall for a laugh. Needless to say, they weren't impressed. 😂
They weren't impressed with thrift stores either. Well, it's their loss, I guess!
#Canada #Ontario #DavidBowie
FirdaI could watch the waves crashing on the lava rocks on a stormy day all day at the beach in Buðir in Snæfellsnes, West Iceland, and be completely happy. (October 2017)
#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #Iceland #Landscape #Photography #Travel #LandscapePhotography #Nature
FirdaI love it when the sea is raging when I visit Arnarstapi in Snæfellsnes peninsula, West Iceland (October 2017).
#SeaWednesday #MeerMittwoch #Iceland #Photography #Travel #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Nature
FirdaAn old puffin photo from my visit to Látrabjarg in Westfjords, Iceland, back in May 2019. I think the little white flower made the photo. Oh, and the cute puffin feet!
#Puffin #Birds #BirdsofMastodon #BirdPhotography #Iceland #Photography #Travel #Nature
FirdaI wanted to get a picture of a puffin with the mountains in the background instead of the sea. Without a wide-angle lens, this was the best I could pull off lol. I'm still kind of proud of it, though.
#Puffin #Birds #Nature #Iceland #Photography #BirdPhotography
FirdaNew instance, new #Introduction!
Hi, I'm Firda! It's pronounced fear-duh. Nice to meet you!
I'm a #Canadian #POC living in a small town in Southwestern #Ontario, #Canada.
In another life, I was a prep school librarian, a cataloger for the largest library in the world, and a freelance web designer. I had a brief stint as a semi-pro photographer but quickly realized that I'd rather photograph trees than humans. #introvert
My interests include #travel, #Iceland, #photography, #crochet, #baking, #BritishTV, #houseplants, #gardening, and the occasional #BoardGames.
I post a lot of photos. Here's one I took recently for tax.