I’ve been in the mood to make landscapes for pleasure. I started this one the other day, a moment from my travels through Iceland when the sky met the fjord in a cascade of pink I am currently obsessed with, of which I associate with early mornings this time of year when I creep to the woodstove in the dark and the fresh snow outside is illuminated by the most wonderful pinks and blues.

Later, Tom recreated a meal we had at a roadside stop on our drive to Hrísey, a meal I totally didn’t expect to enjoy but devoured and thought about for days afterward. A creamy, hearty whitefish stew with potatoes & mirepoix alongside buttered brown bread, kneaded with molasses. The recipe written on paper by an Icelandic Lutheran church goer in Manitoba, photographed for a blog long ago. A transporting meal that makes you appreciative of frosted windows and early sunsets.

based on pictures from Iceland, 2021.