Peace after the Storm
 Photo Album: Winter Morning and Evening |
 Photo Album: Winter Birds |
After having my little house battered endlessly by howling wind, rain, snow, sleet, and more wind, I awoke this morning to the sounds of birds chirping in my garden. Here, with my deepest respect, are pictures of nameless birds, who don’t let hurricane winds discourage them at all. There is a family of ducks who live all year on some rocks on the edge of the bay near my garden. Yesterday during the worst of the storm, they placidly rode up and down on the waves, diving for fish whenever I got my camera out.
Days are getting shorter, dusk arrives mid-afternoon. Within the next week or two, the sun will stop shining on my house at all, and it will be hidden behind the mountains. This may be the last picture of the morning sun from my bedroom window, since I will be back in California when it comes over the mountainside in January.
Yesterday I finished reading my most recent library book, Tom Sawyer in Faroese. So far, I am only reading children’s books that I am already familiar with, but my reading skills are slowly improving. Sometimes I can read several pages without using the dictionary. This afternoon I went to the library and got a copy of Around the World in 80 Days, also in Faroese.
Today I also bravely drove my car in the snow. The San Francisco bay area doesn’t have snow, so it takes me a while to get up my courage to drive in the snow. However, to drive in the snow, I first have to walk up the street to my car in the snow, so I waited until this afternoon, after some of the snow had melted, and I didn’t slip or fall once.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Jenny, nice to see the storm has abated and the birds look fine. But what a storm; I read how it banged up the UK in the paper this morning. I can only imagine how dramatic it must have been from where you are, but your photos really do get the idea across.
November 11th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Yea I just talked to a cousin in Denmark and he said that the weather was pretty bad and that they had some flooding too.
November 11th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Hi Jenny - fascinating photos as usual. Great to see you are back in the Faroes for a few months. If its any consolation, winter is on its way in here in upstate New York too. I wonder, how many sheep - if any - are in your sheep shed this year?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
DHBoggs…. Very interesting that you have the same name. Is this your last name?? It is mine.
November 12th, 2007 at 3:15 am
I just visited your website and feel like I visited you. Thanks for all your November entries.
I love the colors, shades of blues especially. Your stories make me laugh–which I need to do more often. Love from your sis.