A VIEW FROM A WINDOW
ICELAND – CATALONIA SPRING 2020 LILJA AND ANNA
THE SECOND CLASSROOM WINDOW BY INGUNN (TEACHER)
NO KIDS PLAYING – NO PLAYFUL SOUNDS OR LAUGHTER. NOT A BIRD SINGING. NO ONE IN THE STREETS. CARS LIKE SLEEPING BEETLES. SILENCE IN GRAY TONES IN THIS FROZEN WORLD- EVERYWHERE. WHEN WILL WE BE FREE OUT OF THIS VIRUS-PRISON?
GIRLS: GUÐRÚN, LENA, ODDNÝ, FREYJA K.,SÓLRÚN BOYS: HUGI, KRISTJÁN
KIDS PLAYING BY GUÐRÚN
I SEE A PLAYGROUND AND WHEN I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, USUALLY I SEE KIDS PLAYING BUT NOW THERE AREN'T AND N0 KIDS OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND COVID-19. BEST REGARDS TO EVERYONE.
TWO HOUSE „LOOKING“ AT ME BY LENA LOOKING AT THE WORLD BEHIND MY WINDOW TWO HOUSES „LOOKING“ AT ME WITH THEIR GLASS EYES A LOT OF PLANTS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO BLOOM PEOPLE ON WALKS WITH THEIR DOGS OR RUNNING JUST TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF AIR IN THEIR BODY KIDS RUNNING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND PLAYING WITH A BALL
WINDOW CAT BY HUGI
CAR, CAR, CAR, CAR TRASHBIN, CAR, TREE TRASHBIN, HOUSE, HOUSE TRASHBIN, ANOTHER TREE GARAGE, STREET LIGHT SNOW
LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW BY KRISTJÁN HERE YOU SEE A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1907 AND IS 113 YEARS OLD. THE HOUSE IS LOCATED AT RÁNARGATA, ONE OF THE OLD STREETS IN DOWNTOWN REYKJAVÍK. THE HOUSE IS A TIMBER HOUSE, THE WALLS AND ROOF ARE COVERED WITH GALVANISED IRON, WHICH WAS A COMMON BUILDING MATERIAL IN HOUSES IN REYKJAVÍK FROM THAT PERIOD. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT BY A SAILOR AND A SAILMAKER BY THE NAME OF SÖLVI VÍGLUNDSSON. SÖLVI LIVED IN THE HOUSE WITH HIS FAMILY AND LATER HIS DAUGHTER, LILJA, KNOWN FOR HER BEAUTY, LIVED IN THE HOUSE UNTIL 1970. THE HOUSE WHERE I LIVE WAS BUILT IN 1908 BY FINNBOGI FINBOGASON, SAILOR AND A YACHT OWNER. FINNBOGI WAS A SUCCESSFUL FISHERMAN AND AMONGST HIS SHIPS WAS VIOLA, A FAMOUS YACHT IN REYKJAVÍK IN THE 1900´S. THE TIMBER WHICH WAS USED AS A BUILDING MATERIAL IN BOTH HOUSES WAS IMPORTED FROM NORWAY. SINCE SÖLVI AND FINNBOGI WERE NEIGHBOURS PERHAPS FINNBOGI BOUGHT SAILS FOR HIS BOATS FROM SÖLVI.
MY LIVED CHANGED FOREVER BY ODDNÝ I WAS ONCE A LITTLE GIRL WHO THOUGHT HORSES WERE EITHER GOOD OR VERY BAD AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO EASY, BUT WHEN I GOT OLDER AND OLDER I REALIZED THAT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. IT WAS HAD I THOUGHT THAT HORSES JUST WERE BAD FOR ME BUT WHEN I MET BRANA MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER. SHE KICKED AND REAR A LOT AND SOMETIMES SHE TOTALLY TOOK CONTROL AND RAN WITH ME FOR MANY DAYS. I THOUGHT SHE JUST WASN'T FOR ME. JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE BRANA WENT OUT INTO THE FIELD FOR HER SUMMER VACATION WE WENT FOR OUR LAST TOUR AND SHE WAS AWESOME. I LET THE WIND COMPLETELY TAKE US AND I LET GO OF THE REINS. AND NOW BRANA IS A CHILDREN'S HORSE. NOW I'M WORKING WITH THE HORSE GLÓI AND MANY OTHER AND EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL.
I WANT THE SUMMER TO COME BY FREYJA K. I TOOK THIS PICTURE FROM MY MOTHER‘S HORSE STABLE, AND DREW IT. YOU CAN SEE TWO HORSES IN THE LEFT CORNER, THEIR NAME‘S ARE ÞOKA, THE ONE IN THE CORNER, AND GLÆTA. IN THE RIGHT CORNER ON THE OTHER HAND ARE MJALLHVÍT AND SIGGA. THE HORSES IN THE PICTURE ARE ALL MARES, FEMALE HORSES. ME AND MY MOM OWN FOUR HORSES, BIRKILAND, ÞOKA, HRAFNTINNA AND GLÆTA. I FIND RIDING REALLY FUN, ESPECIALLY WITH MY MOTHER AND BEST FRIEND. WHEN I‘M RIDING ALL MY STRESS, ANGER ETC. GO AWAY. I ALWAYS GET SO CALM WHEN I‘M RIDING, I DON‘T CARE EVEN WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ME OR MY RIDING. THAT IS THEIR PERSONAL OPINION WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP RIDING. THERE IS SNOW OUTSIDE HERE IN ICELAND WHEN I‘M WRITING THIS. I‘M GETTING TIRED OF THE SNOW, I WANT THE SUMMER TO COME BUT SADLY THAT WILL PROBABLY NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE CORONA, WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE I HAD PLAN‘S FOR MY SUMMER. IN THE SUMMER, IF IT WILL COME, I WANT TO GO WITH MY BEST FRIEND, AND MY MOTHER TO OUR SUMMERHOUSE AND BE THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN MY OLDER BROTHER AND FATHER GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR WORK. WE CAN PUT THE TRAMPOLINE UP AND THERE I CAN BOUNCE ALL DAY, EVERYDAY. VERY BEST GREETINGS FOR ALL OF YOU.
I AM WAITING FOR THE SPRING BY SÓLRÚN
IN THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THE VIEW FROM THE DINING ROOM WINDOW IN THE APARTMENT I LIVE IN WITH MY FAMILY, MOTHER, FATHER AND BROTHER. TODAY IT IS WINDY AND COLD OUTSIDE. I AM WAITING FOR THE SPRING, BUT NOW AS I LOOK OUTSIDE MY WINDOW IT IS SNOWING AND BLOWING. I HOPE THE SPRING HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN CATALONIA AND SPAIN. BEST REGARDS.