| Jónsmessu Festival / Jónsmessugleðinni June 24, 2009 This festival celebrates the longest daylight day of the year in Garðabær. These photos were taken during the late evening through the early morning. |
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 The banner painting for the event in progress in my garage |
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 Mother and Daughter Gunnella and Ragga (Ragnhildur Krisín Sigurdardóttir) |
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 The crowd |
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 The Banner Painting and Gunnella celebrate the beautiful evening |
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 Music fills the night from the choir |
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 A young man looked at my painting. Then he looked around, up at the sky, and said, "Never in my life have I been in such a fabulous gallery". |
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 So many people enjoyed this great evening. The beach by the school |
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 Gunnar Einarsson (center), the mayor of Garðabær, with the two artists who came up with the idea and organized the festival. The artist on the left is Bjargey Ingólfsdóttir and the artis to the right is Laufey Jensdóttir. |
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 The boys in one band who played their music along the path |
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 Sign attendants for the music listings of the choir |
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 Kayak parade |
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 One woman, who'd lived in Garðabær for forty years, had never walked on this path before. She said that it was like being abroad, all the people and the beautiful weather. |
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 Three happy artists, Gunnella to the right |
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 A spectacular sunset-sunrise bids farewell to Jónsmessu Festival 2009 |
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 After the festival Gunnella took her painting back to her patio. |
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 It was time to complete the process and make many paintings. |
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 Snip, snip, snip |
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 And the art goes on. Some of these paintings are still available from Gunnella. |
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