Hello. It’s been a long time!  The last time I wrote a blog post was Spring 2023 and that post was about Cherry Blossoms. What happened to summer? What happened to Fran’s writing? Some people have asked me if I’ve taken them off my mailing list. I would never do that.  I simply got ensconced in teaching online and in-studio…and taking advantage of our beautiful Pacific Northwest summer.  Plus, I got involved with planning for the Iceland Yoga Retreat and for two back-to-back yoga retreats in Greece coming up soon.  My goal is to get back to blogging.

I’ll be home (Seattle) Tuesday evening, September 12. I’ll teach all my regularly scheduled classes -online and in-studio- from September 13 through September 20 (plus a few outdoor pop up sessions).  Then I take off again for a month on September 21.  There are some newsletters coming your way about all this. If you’d like to receive it, sign up for my newsletter here.

Meanwhile, I am posting 30 beautiful photos for you from Iceland!  Enjoy this otherworldly landscape!

Reykjanes Peninsula. This is a photo of  Seltún. The many mudpots, fumaroles, and minerals deposited from geothermal activity make this site very colorful.

Bruarfoss Waterfalls. Usually we hike to the falls, but this time around, we drove directly to the falls because it was raining heavily and steadily!

Langjökull, or “Long Glacier”, is Iceland’s second largest glacier.  The only way you can walk on this glacier is with ice traction devices on your feet, crampons. The ice I held in my hand was light as air and had tiny air bubbles.

Fludir hike

From the Fludir hike, photo below by Gail Fox.

Laugarvatn hike and hot springs

Two flowers below photographed by Cindi Faith

White flower photographed by Gail Fox:

This is Lake Laugarvatn, the frigid lake we jump into after soaking in the hot springs.

Kerid Crater. You can walk along the rim and down to the lake.

Icelandic Horse, of course!

We visited the only geothermal mushroom greenhouse in Iceland. They produce 80% of all mushrooms consumed in Iceland. And we enjoyed a gourmet mushroom buffet. Tons of mushrooms growing all year round.

My favorite photo of Gullfoss Waterfall! Mist Mist Rain and Rain. It’s hard to see under any weather conditions, but there is a thin line of railing at the edge where these people are standing.

And Reykjavik, land of HARPA performance center, rainbow street, and many beautiful murals.

Cathedral photo by Gail Fox:

Rainbow-painted street by Darryl Eastin:

Photo above: I grew wings!

And yes, we did yoga every day! This photo is from the hotel’s conference room in Reykjavik.

Oh, the landscapes of Iceland!

And the lovely black sand