In stark contrast to the majority of black sand beaches in Iceland, Skarðsvík, secluded in the northwestern tip of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, resembles a Mediterranean shoreline with its beautiful turquoise waters and golden brown sand. Skarðsvík can be quite aggressive and even dangerous when high tide and strong winds play together and anger the Ocean; however, I was very fortunate as I was able to capture the beach on a beautiful calm day at low tide.
Taken near a popular Kolgrafarfjördur viewpoint in North Iceland, the Snæfellsnes Farmhouse displays some colourful friendly welcoming roadside covered hay bales. At home we affectionate referred to these bales as "Marshmallows".
Keldur, the oldest surviving turf building of its kind in Iceland has a long and storied past. It was home to one of the characters in the Saga of Njáll, Ingjaldur Höskuldsson, who lived at Keldur from 974 until around the year 1000, and in the 12th and 13th century, was one of the manors of one of the most powerful clans in Iceland, the Oddi clan
