A little story

This post contains nothing about quilting.  Now I am working on my swap projects and they are a secret so nothing to show you.  If you are not interested in other things than quilty ones then you should stop here.

I want to tell you a little story.  As many of you know Iceland was settled a little over 1000 years ago by Norwegian people.  When they came to Iceland they claimed land where they came ashore.  Mostly it were men but where I lived when I was a child it was a WOMAN named Auður djúpúðga which means Audur the wise woman.  It is said that she was a Christian and that she went every day to a hill near her home to pray. Many years ago there was a cross built there in her memory.  I want to show you pictures from the place she lived and prayed and of the nature around there.
 

This is the valley she lived in (obviously not the house she built)

This is where she prayed. 

Here you can see what is written on the cross

This is the view to the south

This is to the north-east.

Here you can read about her story, the saga is named Laxdæla, Auður is also called Unnur in the text as in the saga.

Here are the pictures of the nature :)

 

 

 

In the old days people made these so they wouldn´t get lost on their way in bad weather, then they would just follow them and on one side there was a stone that stood out and pointed in the direction to the next "varða" as it is called in Icelandic.  Did you have this in your country in the old days?

And at last  a picture of my old friend.  He loves to be free and running around.