I took two pieces from the series"Jeans and Tshirts" with me on this days skiing trip with Hélène Magnusson . The weather was windy but mild, more than 5°C and the snow was in a state of melting and the lakes and ponds are peeking through the snow and ice to the sky above. The clouds running across the sky were terrific in their beauty. Hélène had my father´s old skis with wax free grip and I had waxed grip and we both did well. Except when we did a bit of downhill and my skis slid fast as ever but my body went faster than the skis as soon as the snow was softer under foot. Takes a bit of balancing, but I didn't fall over. 
WE sat in the shelter of a great cairn and had tea of course. That is what these skiing trips are all about: drinking tea. 
There were several golden plovers around on the green moss clad islands on the partly snow covered heath. They sang their serenades, what a thrill. We saw a few geese and a couple of common snipes so I am truly starting to believe that spring is here. 

Vorið er komið á Mosfellsheiðinni. Sáum nokkrar lóur og gæsir og 2 hrossagauka. Þvílík fegurð. Gráminn í skýjunum og hlý golan, yfir 5 stiga hiti. ég tók með mér 2 stykki úr seríunni "Gallabuxur og bolir" slengdi þeim á jörðina, eiginlega á snjóinn og myndaði. Tjarnirnar eru að rýna í gegnum ísinn og snjóinn upp í himininn og bíða leysinga. Skýin sem þutu yfir himinhvolfið voru dásamlega falleg. Ég var á áburðar skíðum og Hélen Magnusson á gömlum riffluð skíðum föðurs míns og gekk báðum vel að renna okkur. Nema þegar við renndum okkur í bruni niður eina brekku þá rann ég hratt á hjarninu en þegar yfir mjúkan snjó fór var skrokkurinn á undan skíðunum en með jafnvægis æfingum tókst mér að standa í fæturna. 
Síðan sátum við í skjóli mikillar vörðu og drukkum te en það er tedrykkan sem gildir í þessum skíðaferðum. 

I have been busy earning, money. In an office, part of the day/week and guiding Finnish tourists the other part. Been fun but it takes a bit to get up at 3:30 in the morning and take a group to the aerport  and tell them a story or two on the way. But we are past spring Equinox so the mornings are bright and soon the night too. It has been a pleasure, in spite of not having had time to weave to do this work that earns me the money to be able to be an ARTIST. 
It makes no sense to weave only for an hour or two. I need PLENTY of time to contemplate what I am making and to weaveof course. 
So instead of the manual creation which takes a lot of thinking too I have looked at my Kitchen window installation. I was trying to tan a piece of fish skin the other day. Haven't managed to knead it soft and am not sure any more if the tanning process was a success as I used grave-salmon (gravlax in Swedish) skin. 
But it looks splendid in the glass jar in my kitchen window.  

Easter and soon we'll have summer! The snow has melted away and it is strange after this long and snowy winter. I have now been twice skiing with Hélène Magnusson. The first time it was snowing with brakes of really beautiful weather and the second time it was raining with dry spells in between. We were visiting the cairns that I got familiar with during this winter on the heath Mosfellsheiði. Both times we had tea at the the cairn we call Teacairn. I haven't been weaving for a week. Spare time has been used to socialize and to try and empty my the big attic in my mother's house. I have been toiling on that task for years, a little at the time but now it has to be definite as she has put the house on the market. 
As there are a lot of useful items for somebody out there I have had a garage sale for 3 days already. Of course I am not going to throw away perfectly useful stuff, that is also the reason why I am a rag weaver. The inspiration from the heath is worth while. 

Það eru þegar komnir páskar og brátt verður komið sumar. Snjór er að mestu horfinn úr byggð og jörð auð sem er svoldið sérkennilegt eftir þennan langa snjómikla vetur. Ég er nú tvisvar búin að skíða um á Mosfellsheiði með Hélène Magnússon. Fyrra skiptið snjóaði en létti til á milli og var ægifagurt. Hitt skiptið rigndi en stytti upp á milli  við fengum okkur nesti í ágætis skjóli vörðu sem ég kalla Tevörðu. En í bæði skiptin skíðuðum við á milli varða sem ég hef verið að kynna mér í vetur. Ég hef ekki ofið í viku því ég hef verið félagslynd og haldið kaffiboð, farið í heimsókninr og notað páskafríið til að reyna að tæma háaloftið langa í húsi móður minna. Þar sem mér er ekki vel við að henda nothæfum hlutum hef ég haldið Bílskúrsflóamarkað í 3 daga og veður hann opinn í enn nokkra daga. Sem sagt mér er illa við sóun, ekki að undra að ég sé tuskuvefari.