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If u see this post your getaway vehicle

If u see this post your getaway vehicle

The gorgeous Prothonotary Warbler on the Central Park Lake on Monday. 💛

Icelandic has a specific word for the absence of wind, logn. This is probably because of our windy climate. I don’t think English has an equivalent, calm can be used for other things as well. I wonder if other languages of windy places have their own version of logn.

Ég sakna bíla með ferkantaðar línur. Af hverju eru allir nýir bílar, þvert á tegundir, svona rúnnaðir? Þvi nýrri árgerð, því rúnnaðri. (Cyber trukkurinn telst ekki með btw.)

Icelandic has a specific word for the absence of wind, logn. This is probably because of our windy climate. I don’t think English has an equivalent, calm can be used for other things as well. I wonder if other languages of windy places have their own version of logn.

YNWA!

Orðsifjar eru æði. Úr forn ensku dæges ēage, sem er það sama og dagsins auga á íslensku, og úr verður Daisy. Sama blóm köllum við Baldursbrá sem vísar líklega í norrænu goðafræðina, brá Baldurs.

On Independent Bookstore Day, a good list of bookstores in New York City. @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Today’s Indie Bookstore Day, so here are some indie bookstores we love!

Movie you watched more than six times

On Independent Bookstore Day, a good list of bookstores in New York City. @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Ég skal vaka og vera góð vininum mínum smáa, meðan óttan rennur rjóð roðar kambinn bláa, og Harpa syngur hörpuljóð á hörpulaufið gráa.

Important announcement: In Icelandic a Danish (the pastry) is called Vienna Bread (vínarbrauð).

Ég sagði brandara um pabba hans Gísla en hann var súr.

I had a joke about Echo, I had a joke about Echo, I had a joke about Echo ...

Á undan woke var talað um góða fólkið.

A bright Pine Warbler by Belvedere Castle in Central Park. 💛