At least it felt a bit like that. This week the weather has been changeing quite and there was some sleety rain at Ísólfsstaðir. Combined with chilly winds the snow/ice just froze to the horses and they looked like big, walking icycles. No fun for them having this stuff hanging in their fur, mane and tail. When checking on them we counted and counted and counted again, but there was still one horse missing. Didn't like that and took a walk down to the shelter. And there the missing horse was. It just didn't hear the other leave because of the wind. I was really releaved when meeting Skuggi down there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last 2 days have been quite stormy. Yesterday we just went to work and back home as you wouldn't have seen anything at the winterpastures even if you had tried, so much snow blowing around. Luckily we opened the new field at Ísólfsstaðir the day before yesterday and the horses were able to get shelter there at the old barn. 
Today it was still stormy, but not as bad as the days before. So we went to check on the horses. Our friend Magnús joined and we took a walk down to the shelter. The horses spotted us soon and came up to greet us. They were all in good shape so nothing to worry about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our friend Hanna and me were lucky today as there were amazing Northernlights and perfect weather to go and practise taking pics. We had a fulminant show and tried different locations. Great evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The weather has been quite stormy the last days and still was today when we visited the herd. We had opened into a new field and the horses enjoyed that quite much. They were very lively when we came and more than ready to say hi and sneak some treats. We'll have to keep a close eye on the weatherforecast the next days and probably open to another field soon. 
Kóngur and Rögnir came home just before Christmas and are having a break from training at the field close to the road with good shelter and tons of food. Looks like they like their time off.??????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As our friend Óli had a New Year's resolution about walking and hiking a bit more, Ingólfur invited him and Laufey to take a walk on Bæjarfjall at Þeystareykir. I was first reluctant to join, but did so in the end and definitely don't regret. There was quite some snow and it was sometimes tiring to wade through it, but as I was the last in row, I was lucky enough to be able to use the footsteps others had already made. To our surprise we found living caterpillars on the snow. No idea what kind or where they came from. 
When on top there was and amazing sky above us, so beautiful colours! The way downhill was definitely faster than up as we just slided down on our bottoms.