Nostalgía

Work

Today is my first working-day after some weeks free time so don't wonder if I don't blogg every day now (but as often as possible). But I also want to show you my foal SSSól frá Ægissíðu III today. She is a half-sister to my breeding-mare Sokkadís frá Asgarði. SSSól is wonderful and has the same character like Sokkadís.

Baga and "Mýrin"

Yesterday I went to Handeloh to visit my horse Baga and Martina on the farm Schanzenhof. It was planned that I ride Baga the first time again after January 2005 (as I went to Iceland for a half year - and after my arrival Baga was with a stallion - she didn't got a foal and so the trainer from the Schanzenhof have started some months ago to ride her again and she noticed that there is a lot to do because Baga didn't learned much with the first trainer or have forgotten much). Baga is born 2000, fourgaited and not very high tempered but she likes to run and is really not boring! At the moment she tries to do what she wants but she is friendly, not bucking and is not trying to get rid of her rider ;-) I had a little bit fear about riding her after this long time but Martina didn't allowed me not to ride Baga! Now I am happy that I did it and I hope the next time my brain knows that it is good to ride her!!! Further I urgently need to learn more and Baga, too. So I will try to get riding-lessons as often as possible now!!!


After riding Baga we went to the "Pietzmoor" a moorland/mýr to take some pictures because the weather was wonderful yesterday (around 15°C) and the sun was shining sometimes. The moor was great but sometimes a little bit creepy: the black water, the dead trees...suddenly the water starts to bubble... but I also found some signs and runes in the trees/wood. Can you also see it?
It was very nice to do this foto-trip with Martina because we both are often alone taking pictures but it makes so much fun if you are together ;-) After the moor we were checking one horse-paddock if everthing is ok and also took some pictures of the horses together. Don't ask why we had an umbrella and table cloth with us ;-)))))

Jökladís

This is Jökladís, the mother of my Stóri-Dímon. Unfortunately she was sick as I met her and I really hope that she will be healthy soon again!!!

Addition: One more picture of Jökladís and one of her daughter

Back at home

Silfri and Hrókur

Holidays

Now I will be "out of office" for some days because I'm going to visit my sister-in-law to relax a little bit without the possibility to work on my computer ;-) I was very creative in the last days so I changed the layout of www.asgardur.skinfaxa.net quick. Here you can see two pictures of Iceland. One is showing Heilladís and her daughter Sif frá Ásgarði - the other one is Silfri's son Pálmi frá Höfnum. See you later...

Silfri back in the West!

Yesterday I heared that Silfri is back from the North! He now is waiting in Reykjavík until Hebbi has fixed the brakes of Black Beauty (the Chevy) and then Ransý will go and get Silfri and take many many pictures of him with her brand new camera ;-)))
Here you can see some pictures of Silfri in Október in the North:

Horse-Calendar

Hæ hæ,

the black pinto foal which I blogged yesterday is now sold ;-)

Now you can see my pictures of the Icelandic Horses Calendar 2007. The calendar also costs 18 EUR (+ 1,50 EUR postage) or 1800 ISK (+ ?? postage).

Foals and Calendars

It was clear that I will not sorrow long time after Iceland because I had/have enough to do so that I have no time to think about missing Iceland, my friends and my horses. The most important part was finding some owners for potential slaughter foals and I managed to sell 8 foals (of course I also took one of them ;-) I have time until Sunday morning to sell the last foals. Of course we can not rescue all of them but as many as possible! Have a look: http://www.gaedingur.com

Further I started to choose the pictures for my calendars. It took 3 days to know the pictures and to order some calendars through internet but now I am ready. It's only possible that I have to order some more calendars later but that would be ok ;-) Here you can see my pictures of the Iceland-Calendar 2007:

Back in Germany

Now I am back in Germany again. Everything went fine. The flight was ok and after some hours I met Iris again in Frankfurt/Main. Then she feeded me and we talked a lot about our great journey! The next morning I started early (9:00) from Iris home and arrived at MY HOME (325 km away from Iris) around 12:00 o'clock. I love my car ;-)))))

My last day in Iceland was fine. I said goodbye to all my horses in Ásgarði, brushed the mane of Sokkadís, touched the nose of Skinfaxa!!!, fondled Frigg very much and touched her all over her body and I also managed to touch Stígur much more often then on all other days together!

Later we went to Reykjavík and bought a new camera for Ransý (Canon Powershot 700). Now she can take many many more pictures of all the horses from and in Ásgarði!!! We also went into Kringlan and ate some of our favourite things and Ransý bought a wonderful T-Shirt for me ;-))) In Kringlan they have decorated everything very nice for the christmas-time. I was a little bit confused because the christmas-time seems to start in Iceland at the 1st of November, but it's ok for me ;-))) Our shopping-centre in Laatzen is in Halloween-mood just now! The will start with christmas-things at beginning of December I think.

Then we drove to Grindavík to have our women-night with Valgerður. And it was great!!! Not that Hörður and Hebbi are women, but they were allowed to be there. Valgerður made a wonderful dinner and we looked after some music in tonlist.is and had a little bit Brennivín and Bailey's and loooots of cigarettes ;-))) It was a great evening and a wonderful last evening in Iceland!!! Hope to be back again very soon!!!!!!!!!

01. + 02.11.2006

Yesterday Mona visited us in Ásgarður. It was very nice that we could see us again because we don't know us for a long time but still feel as if we are twins or soulmates. Ransý also likes Mona very much and so she named her new puppie after her. It was not so easy to take pictures of Mona because she is so happy and agile and....just a puppie ;-) So I hold her in the camera for the human Mona.

Soon I will go outside to see my horses again! Cleaning all the youngsters, brushing the mane of Sokkadís, trying to touch Skinfaxa only one time and trying to speak longer with Stígur, who is still very distrustful although he learned to accept my closeness.

Later we will drive to Reykjavík to buy some things and I want to have a look at Hestagallery. Then in the evening we will meet Valgerður in Hrauni and celebrate a great women-night with horse-videos and Gin/Brennivín ;-)

I am yet nervous because of the flight and if I will get the bus in Frankfurt/Hahn and if I can open my mobile phone to change the sim-cards and phone Iris who has to pick me up in Frankfurt/Main and if my pictures are still on my external harddisk and if I can start my car on Saturday and and and.....

Now I am going crazy ;-)

But I'm looking very forward to see my boyfriend Jens again!!!!!!! (and my "new" computer which Jens build for me out of two broken or old ones). Then I can go on with my work in Germany immediately and order the calendars next week. But previously the people wants to see the pictures which I will use in the calendars (I don't know the pictures yet by myself ;-)

Further I also need to sell some slaughter-foals until 12.11. At the moment I found new owners for 4 foals but I want some more.

So I will be back in my stressful life as quicklier as you can imagine. But it is ok because I choosed it ;-)

31.10.2006

Yesterday I went into the stallions-stable again and cleaned the boxes and feeded the horses and the two sheeps and spent a little bit time with Stígur who is getting cooler every day. Then I let him and Biskup outside and I managed to touch Stígur a little bit on his nose ;-)
Later we went to Reykjavík to pick up Magga (foster-sister of Ransý) to drive with her to Katanesi in the Hvalfirði. It was the plan to get her horses Fönix and Pegasus from there to carry them to a trainer in Reykjavík...

...but Fönix and Pegasus decided not to go with Magga! So Magga took an old riding-school-mare and a three years old daughter of Indiáni frá Ásgarði and wanted to take them back home.

...but the car broke down few kilometers after Katanesi. Anything was broken so we lost the oil of the car. Luckily we managed to get the car (and the trailer with the two horses) back to Katanesi where Sveinn lives who is a genius in fixing cars and trucks and similar stuff. So he started to look under the Chevy and to fix anything...

...but suddenly the light was off and as we went outside of the garage we noticed that there was no light all over the Hvalfjörður! The whole electricity was broken down for many hours! So we went into the house and ate and talk in candlelight and phoned Hebbi to pick us up in Katanesi. After long time the electricity was back but it was too late for Sveinn to fix the Chevy so we put the horses in a paddock and drove back to Ásgarði with the second car ;-)

The pictures are from last year. I left my camera at home yesterday.