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Céleste :spinnycatLesbian:
I guess it’s time for a long overdue #introduction
So hi I’m Céleste, from the land of kouign amann (Bretagne) and I came here for the spinny cats. I’m a 24-years-old lesbian and a cat mom of one beautiful orange baby. Trying out she/they pronouns at the moment but I’m a bit lost gender wise so that might change.
I’m really into all kinds of #crafts but especially #fibercrafts mainly #knitting these days but I also love #crochet, #sewing, #embroidery among many others. I’ve also tried #pottery and I wish it was more accessible bc I love it so much but can’t do it at the moment. I’m interested in everything #creative (except maybe writing).
I love learning languages but I’m really not good at getting to an okay level before switching to the next one. I speak #french and #english fluently, my #swedish used to be good but I lack practice but wanna get back to it, same for #finnish and #german. Currently I’m trying to get better in #spanish and get to an okay level. I’ve also tried #russian, #icelandic, #romanian, #hungarian without great success. I’d love to try out one #sami language one day but I should focus on the other first.
Currently completing the last semester of my masters and I will complain a lot about my thesis.
I’m also dealing with chronic depression, anxiety and probably other stuffs. I very obviously hate psychiatry although I’m user of it given the lack of alternatives.
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Mo's Iceland photos

Thunderous

This is gorgeous Dynjandi, it's name derived from the #Icelandic "dynja" meaning "thunder".

Situated in Arnarfjörður in the #Westfjords of #Iceland, this wedding veil of water is the topmost of seven drops.
In total, it tumbles down 100m/328ft of mountainside.
The top falls has this lovely shape - 30m/98ft wide at the top and 60m/197ft at the bottom - due to basalt steps in the rock, which slow down the water and aerate it.

@photography

A colour photo of a mountainside under a cloudy sky, with sunlight from the right. In the centre of the shot is a waterfall, dropping from near the top of the frame to almost the bottom. The rock around it is brown and grey, and has vegetation on the more horizontal surfaces. The waterfall itself is white right from the top, as the rockface has steps in it which the water is hitting all the way down. It spreads out into a wedge shape, almost a trapezoid. The top of another falls is visible below it.
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#WaterfallWednesday#LandscapePhotography
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Mo's Iceland photos

Fancy A Swim?

This is gorgeous Aldeyjarfoss in mid-February, the beautiful turquoise waters of river Skjálfandafljót frozen almost to a standstill. The drop of 20 m/65.6 ft into a turbulent, icy pool is perfectly offset by the surrounding columnar jointed black basalt, part of a 9000 year old lava field named Bárðardalshraun, "hraun" being the #Icelandic word for lava.

Northern Highlands of #Iceland, in the north of Sprengisandur pass.

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A colour photo of a snow scene, with a waterfall at the centre. The rocks around the falls are icy and snow-covered. Ice has completely crossed the crest of the falls with a fragile ice bridge. On either side of the lovely horsetail of falling water are the vertical teeth of black basalt columns, exaggerated by white ice which has formed between them. The water is an exquisite shade of turquoise blue, with ripples of white foam on the surface.
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Óli Gneisti (English)

The opening lines of Beowulf look familiar to Icelanders who know a little bit about their language.

> Hwæt we Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga ...

A quick and dirty translation to Icelandic would be:

> Hvað við Geir-Danir í gærdögum, þjóðkonunga ...

Geir isn't much used in modern Icelandic, in its original sense, but it means spear. We do have the word "geirvarta" which is literally "spearwart" but actually means nipple.

I should stress that "gærdögum" isn't strictly a word in Icelandic but it is transparent as meaning "the past".

"Þjóð" usually means "nation" in modern Icelandic but can also be "people" or "group".

Of course I stop at "þeodcyninga" because then the translation gets significantly more difficult.

#Beowulf#OldEnglish#Icelandic
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Mo's Iceland photos

Jólabókaflóð¹

The #Christmas Book Flood is an #Icelandic tradition born of wartime necessity. During WWII, currency restrictions limited imports but foreign paper was an exception so, suddenly, #Iceland had plenty of paper. The resourceful Icelanders started writing, publishing, and gifting books.

A flurry of new titles is released every November and December, and Icelanders still cherish the joy of giving and reading a new book at Christmas.

¹ 𝙔𝙤𝙬-𝘭𝘢-𝘣𝘰𝘤𝘬-𝘢-𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩

visiticeland.com/article/book-

A photo of a Christmas tree shaped pile of books, with small lights dotted over the surface. Not my picture, photographer unknown. My apologies!
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