Fjóla
@fjolagud.bsky.social
Icelandic, folklorist, journalist. Lumpfish enthusiast and admirer of medieval manuscripts.
I'm named after the flower wild pansy/heartsease, but in Icelandic we just call it a violet.
This name comes with the curse of constantly being gifted violet-flavoured everything and the burden of convincing guests to eat/drink it.
This name comes with the curse of constantly being gifted violet-flavoured everything and the burden of convincing guests to eat/drink it.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm named after the flower wild pansy/heartsease, but in Icelandic we just call it a violet.
This name comes with the curse of constantly being gifted violet-flavoured everything and the burden of convincing guests to eat/drink it.
This name comes with the curse of constantly being gifted violet-flavoured everything and the burden of convincing guests to eat/drink it.
This is my favourite weather and that mentality helps if you live here.
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is my favourite weather and that mentality helps if you live here.
Ok, wait! Apparently, they are considering scrapping the current grading system for a new one. I'm sure that this time they'll go for a simple, straightforw..
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Ok, wait! Apparently, they are considering scrapping the current grading system for a new one. I'm sure that this time they'll go for a simple, straightforw..
Did not take many photos on my recent vacation to beautiful Brighton, but at least this crooked phone in Gatwick Airport was fascinating.
#travelphotography
#travelphotography
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Did not take many photos on my recent vacation to beautiful Brighton, but at least this crooked phone in Gatwick Airport was fascinating.
#travelphotography
#travelphotography
Hello England. Your weather is very on-brand and I like it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Hello England. Your weather is very on-brand and I like it.
Also, my hair, after one minute outside today.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Also, my hair, after one minute outside today.
Winter came overnight.
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Winter came overnight.
I live close to a hotel in downtown Reykjavík and I get a northern lights alarm when they're very bright because tourists will start screaming outside my window. This time, it was a group of Chinese people.
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I live close to a hotel in downtown Reykjavík and I get a northern lights alarm when they're very bright because tourists will start screaming outside my window. This time, it was a group of Chinese people.
Every Icelandic child knows that you NEVER write the letter Ð/ð at the start of a sentence, but medieval scribes got to play fast and loose with the rules. Today, we can't do that because bad grammar means death or outlawry.
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Every Icelandic child knows that you NEVER write the letter Ð/ð at the start of a sentence, but medieval scribes got to play fast and loose with the rules. Today, we can't do that because bad grammar means death or outlawry.
I'm sure I had a reason for visiting a Danish website devoted to the wood and furniture industry to read about old wood beams being reused in a Faroese bar but it was one in the morning and I was revenge sleep procrastinating. I did scratch my head when I opened the browser on my phone this morning.
September 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm sure I had a reason for visiting a Danish website devoted to the wood and furniture industry to read about old wood beams being reused in a Faroese bar but it was one in the morning and I was revenge sleep procrastinating. I did scratch my head when I opened the browser on my phone this morning.
Actually, the recipe deserves a special mention because look at this German magnificence.
September 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Actually, the recipe deserves a special mention because look at this German magnificence.
September 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Sorry @hildur.bsky.social. I can offer you whales from the 1300's with varying degrees of sadness on their faces, but no orcas, I'm afraid.
September 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sorry @hildur.bsky.social. I can offer you whales from the 1300's with varying degrees of sadness on their faces, but no orcas, I'm afraid.
Sifting grass from berries at my summer cabin and, as always, trying not to be my neurotic self who thinks about the fact that of the last six polar bear visits to Iceland, four of them were in this area.
August 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sifting grass from berries at my summer cabin and, as always, trying not to be my neurotic self who thinks about the fact that of the last six polar bear visits to Iceland, four of them were in this area.
Just made meringue for the second time in my life. Poured myself a glass of Spanish vermut on ice before starting, and the meringue came out beautifully on the first try. I've got this now.
August 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just made meringue for the second time in my life. Poured myself a glass of Spanish vermut on ice before starting, and the meringue came out beautifully on the first try. I've got this now.
My last evening in Sweden strikes a golden note.
July 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My last evening in Sweden strikes a golden note.
It is a little known fact that the Swedish woman mastered the Smokey Eye as early as the Middle Ages.
July 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It is a little known fact that the Swedish woman mastered the Smokey Eye as early as the Middle Ages.
Lidl, but a minimalist Scandi one.
Spotted in the wild in Gotland, Sweden.
Spotted in the wild in Gotland, Sweden.
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lidl, but a minimalist Scandi one.
Spotted in the wild in Gotland, Sweden.
Spotted in the wild in Gotland, Sweden.
Just finished my book at the same time as the woman next to me on the plane finished hers, which prompted a discussion about our books, which resulted in us switching books. Now I have a new, unread book, and mine will travel on to Boulder, Colorado. And to think I almost took my Kindle instead.
July 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Just finished my book at the same time as the woman next to me on the plane finished hers, which prompted a discussion about our books, which resulted in us switching books. Now I have a new, unread book, and mine will travel on to Boulder, Colorado. And to think I almost took my Kindle instead.
It's been too long since we enjoyed the gift that is the marginalia of Heynesbók so I offer you the Naked Man of Heynesbók. AKA, the Special Hat Man of Heynesbók, or the Claw Man of Heynesbók, because this man will not be caged by one weird definition alone.
As usual, no connection to text above 🤷♀️
As usual, no connection to text above 🤷♀️
July 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It's been too long since we enjoyed the gift that is the marginalia of Heynesbók so I offer you the Naked Man of Heynesbók. AKA, the Special Hat Man of Heynesbók, or the Claw Man of Heynesbók, because this man will not be caged by one weird definition alone.
As usual, no connection to text above 🤷♀️
As usual, no connection to text above 🤷♀️
When sad about not having trains, I take comfort in our giant puffins that dance at midnight.
July 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When sad about not having trains, I take comfort in our giant puffins that dance at midnight.
At a town festival way up in the North, in the middle of the night, the police came..
..and played basketball with the festival guests.
..and played basketball with the festival guests.
June 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
At a town festival way up in the North, in the middle of the night, the police came..
..and played basketball with the festival guests.
..and played basketball with the festival guests.
Did you know mackerel was this pretty? I didn't.
June 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Did you know mackerel was this pretty? I didn't.
I have read enough @hildur.bsky.social to find this ominous.
June 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have read enough @hildur.bsky.social to find this ominous.
No, Morgunblaðið newspaper.
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
No, Morgunblaðið newspaper.