Valuable Goose

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Fine art photographer She/her Toronto(BEY) Twin mom x2 Atheist, feminist, anti-fascist, anti-racist Photography, politics, 2SLGBTQIA+, art, Canada Kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - Bruce Cockburn

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Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 23d

I once posted “welcome to Bustle Fuck Station”

Photo of Castle Frank Station but some letters are covered so it says “**stle f**k” the ** indicating covered letters.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 23d

What did you call me?

A sign for “geymslur” but a pole blocks the “m” so it says “gey slur”. I believe “geymslur” means “storage” but I could be wrong.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 23d

Hvalsneskirkja, 1887 #Iceland

A small stone church on a grassy hill against an overcast sky. The church has a brightly painted steeple on it and a yellow door. Some people are standing on the hill nearby and more are at the door.

The inside of the church which is brightly coloured. The back wall and ceiling are baby blue, the pillars are cream coloured, the carpet is red. There is red trim on the ends of the pews. An Iceland flag hangs in the front. Brass chandeliers hang overhead.

Looking up into the baby blue vaulted ceiling to the brass chandeliers. The Iceland flag off to the left. The ceiling is gridded by white outlines of the baby blue squares. Each square has a small gold star in the middle.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 23d

Bridge between continents #Iceland

Three kids in the middle of a bridge over a rift. The rift is the meeting place of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

A sign on the bridge that indicates that it’s between continents. A selfie of me in between them.

A map of the earths tectonic plates. The “you are here” star indicates the location in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 25d

We went whale watching today. Short video of dolphins and a whale. #Iceland

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 25d

Today some of us walked 3.7 km up over a mountain to get to a thermal river. Then we walked out again. #Iceland

Selfie of me, Adam, and 2 teens on top of a mountain with the coast far in the background.

A waterfall on a mountainside. The hills are smoking with hot springs.

People in a hot spring river with a wooden boardwalk

Selfie of us sitting in the hot spring river

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 26d

Exploring Reykjavík #Iceland

Three people at the top of the stairs about to go into the punk museum. It is outside and two flags fly in front: a skeleton unicorn with a rainbow mane and tail, and a Jolly Roger.

A stylized sculpture of a Viking ship on the waterfront. It is silver metal and very large. Two people stand beside it to the rights.

Three teens on the Rainbow painted road in front of the white pointy church. People are walking on the busy pedestrian street.

A teen holds a white ice cream cone. I’m sad to report that the flavour is Monster Energy Drink.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 26d

Sky Lagoon #Iceland

Selfie of us in the hot spring at the edge of the infinity pool in front of the bay

Us in the cool mist room. There are wooden benches and a large rock on the floor the mist is coming out of the walls at the top. It’s lit up by a skylight

The sauna with a huge window. The walls and floors are wood. The rocks that heat the sauna are in a wooden structure in front of the window. The bay is visible outside. It’s overcast.

Two people in the water in front of the stone wall of the lagoon. There are grasses on top of the stone. It is overcast.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 27d

Erik the Red’s longhouse. His son Leif settled in Newfoundland but they all went back to Iceland. This is a recreation beside the ruins of a longhouse found on this site where Erik the Red was known to have lived. It’s unclear if these ruins were his or not but it seems likely. #Iceland

A small house made of turf in a herringbone pattern (sod clumps laid zigzagged) to withstand wind and earthquakes (it was very windy). The hill behind is grassy and the sky is cloudy.

A view of the longhouse from further away. There is a Rowan tree and flowers (buttercups and lupins) in the foreground. A distinct front is seen in the clouds above so they form a line. A lake is barely visible in the background.

Ruins of the foundations of a longhouse on a grassy hill. The recreation is just off to the left.

The inside of the longhouse with a crowd listening the Erik the Red’s saga. The ceiling is high with a small skylight. A fire burns in the centre. The storyteller is a woman dressed in a linen and wool dress.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 29d

Some more photos from yesterday #Iceland

A small church with a red roof on a grassy hill. Mountains shrouded in mist behind.

A large basalt rock juts out upright from a black sand beach. Some sea stacks lie off the end of a cliff in the ocean. Some water from an inlet is in the foreground. The whole scene is misty.

A stretch of a black sand beach ending in a cliff face. Some sea stacks are off the end of the cliff in the clean on the left. The whole scene is misty.

Two small rock buildings with turf roofs are nestled into a large volcanic rock behind them

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 29d

Seljalandsfoss #Iceland

Two things waterfalls flowing over a grassy cliff. The sky is blue and there are white clouds in the sky.

Me, Adam and 3 kids in front of a thin waterfall on a grassy cliff

Me, Adam and 2 kids on the inside of the path looking at the back of the waterfall

People walking behind the waterfall. The path is wet and the wall of rock is very mossy.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· 29d

Puffin Time!! #Iceland

A puffin on a grassy cliff on the right. Two more behind some grasses at the top left. A black sand beach lies far below.

A closer view of two puffins on the grassy cliff above the black sand beach

Four puffins on grass on a cliff face. One has its beak open.

Two puffins in grass at the top of a cliff. The sea is on the right. Sea stacks lie in the sea far away, also on the right.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 11

I got an STD yesterday. Delicious!

Cooler (4.5% alcohol) in a pink can called an STD. It’s a Strawberry Daiquiri. Labelled product of Iceland.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 10

Thingvellir #Iceland Law Rock (site of the first parliament) between the continents (NA and EU)

A grassy rock in front of a cliff face with an Iceland flag on it. There is a valley on the other side of the rock where people would stand and hear the speaker on top of the rock. The valley and cliff face formed a natural amphitheater.

The cliff face on the right and a mossy rock on the left. The valley is filled with purple flowers. Some people are on the path on the right. The cliff face is in North America. The tectonic plates are moving apart here about 2 cm a year and the valley is neither in North America nor Europe. Or maybe both.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 10

Gullfoss #Iceland

Four kids and a man standing on a boardwalk beside the multi-layered Gullfoss waterfall.

A view of the multi-layered Gullfoss waterfall. The land around is very green with some purple and yellow flowers. A line of people are trekking through the mist on one side to get closer.

A view of the multi-layered Gullfoss waterfall looking down over the largest drop and the river in the canyon below. It is very misty. There are people up on the ridge looking down at it.

A view of the multi-layered Gullfoss waterfall looking up river at the smaller part of the falls. The sky has a bit of blue peeking out through the clouds.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 10

Geysir #Iceland

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 9

Icelanders know how to have fun. These are round swings where you swing *into* each other in the middle.

Two kids on a set of 5 swings set up in a circle so the kids feet are touching when they swing together in the middle. The big white church in Reykjavik in the background.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 9

Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik

A tall white cathedral with a tower. The building steps up towards the tower in a gradual slope. The sky is partly cloudy.

The white tower of the church poking out between trees

The inside of the church looking up into the white vaulted ceiling with the large pipe organ on the back wall

The front of the church where you can see the shape of the church looking like a stepped bell curve. A statue of Leif Eriksson is in the front. The sky is cloudy.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 9

In the ice cave, Perlan in Reykjavik

3 kids in a man made ice cave in a museum in Reykjavik. One is sitting on an ice chair and another is making bunny ears behind him.

Two kids looking through a hole in an ice cave

3 kids and a man and woman in the ice cave

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 9

At the shipwreck #Iceland

Part of a rusty ship on rocks with a grey sky behind

Another part of a rusty ship on rocks. A girl in a pink coat walks behind it

Two girls on some black sand in an opening between piles of rock

Kelp in a tide pool taken from a low angle

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 9

Hopsnes House #Iceland

Panoramic photo of an Icelandic landscape that is green grasses. The sea and hills are in the distance. The foreground is a ruined house with a teen standing in front looking off to the side. He is holding a camera.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 8

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

4 kids and a man standing under a waterfall in a blue pool

Me and my family with drinks in a blue pool outside

Me and my daughter with white skin masks outside in a blue pool

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 7

Iceland

A landscape on a rainy day. Dark clouds sit overhead. It’s brighter on the horizon where you can see misty hills.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 7

It’s pink and baby blue

Two soccer players celebrating. They are wearing baby blue shirts with pink balls on it.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 4

Surprise! It’s #Caturday!!

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jul 2

Howdy, neighbour!

4 unfinished residential towers. The 3 that are almost finished are green, red, and blue.

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jun 29

My friend Kari made popsicles for Trojan as a marketing giveaway for Pride. Apparently they were a massive hit. Order from The Pop Stand for all (I mean ALL) your popsicle needs. #Toronto

Post from Trojan that says “get ‘em while they’re hard” with a photo of a penis shaped popsicle

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jun 28

The mayor was there with us

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jun 27

I did that! 396 photos of the CN Tower

A large photo made up of many small photos of the CN Tower

Valuable Goose@monicarooney· Jun 27

Tempo game tied at Goose Value