Archive for July, 2006

Hvítur Mazda, árgangur 1996, koyrt 134.000 km. Til sølu fyri 20.000 kr. Nýggj heilársdekk fylgja við. Tú kanst senda teldupost til jehenke@gmail.com ella ring 276679.
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White 1996 Mazda for sale, 134,000 kilometers. For sale for 20,000 kr. New all-year tires included. Email me at jehenke@gmail.com or phone […]

Mykines is the most western of the Faroe Islands, and it is only accessible in good weather. The town of Mykines is near the western end of the island, and the boat dock is in a small gorge between two cliffs, down a steep hill from the town. The rest of the island […]

The Dragin is an old fishing boat that has been refurbished as a pleasure boat. One evening we sailed from Klaksvík north between the islands of Kalsoy and Kunoy to the northern end of the two islands. Maria and Lýlli had their children and grandchildren visiting, and they came with us along with […]

My children are visiting me in Fuglafjørður from California for ten days. We took an evening walk along the edge of the bay near my house.
With so many cameras around, there is always a chance to take a picture of someone taking a picture of someone else taking a picture.

July is the month for shearing sheep in the Faroe Islands. Saturday morning the men went up in the mountains and brought the sheep down to the sheep fold just above the town. In the afternoon I went up the hill to watch the sheep shearing with my children, Jonathan, Natasha, and her […]

My children arrived last night from California for a ten day stay in the Faroe Islands. They flew nonstop from San Francisco to Iceland, then waited in Iceland for seven hours for the 75 minute flight to the Faroe Islands, arriving here at midnight. They didn’t see much of the scenery on […]

I sometimes think that I must soon run out of pictures to take, but there is always something that catches my attention.
The same scenery is in constant change. The seasons change, and the hillsides are so green and the plant life is thriving in the long day-light hours, watered nearly every day […]

Summer seems to be the time for doing home repairs. In Fuglafjørður, I think most people do the work themselves, recruiting family and friends to help. I have seen a lot of paint buckets and a lot of scaffolding around the town.

On a recent drive to Tórshavn, I took a few photographs.
The Faroe Islands must have a very large budget for maintaining roads. You don’t go very far without seeing someone working on the roads. I always smile when I see the signs for the rest stops, with a picture of a pine tree […]

Every summer during the first week of July, Fuglafjørður celebrates the Warm Springs Festival (Varmakelda). The weekend includes lots of music, dancing, soccer, concerts, art shows, cotton candy, popcorn, and carnival rides for the kids.
This year, it rained and rained all day on Saturday, which certainly dampened everyone’s spirits. On Sunday, the weather […]