"The small, good moments" Beautiful vid of a family living alone on an Island in the Faroe Islands.

[A HERETIC I AM]

Take 7 minutes and meet Eva, who lives with her family on the island of Stóra Dímun, in the south of the Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic, north of Scotland, between the Shetlands and Iceland.

Visiting the Faroe Islands is on my bucket list. What a spectacularly beautiful place.

A couple pics of Stóra Dímun;






Other pics of the Faroes. These two below are probably the most well known scenes, with the waterfall and the lake above the sea.









I'm finally beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel of constant working I have been in all my adult life. While I will have to work till I drop dead in order to keep my lifestyle, I will soon (3 years or so) be able to start traveling overseas again, and this is one spot I hope to make it to before I die.

[GeoWilliam750]

1. They look a bit like Shetland (as they should)

No trees, and if the wind is anything like Shetland, it is truly amazing that they were even able to film and get sound out of doors.

[Backseat Driver]

2. Re your sig line and the Faroe Islands per Wiki?

"The vast majority of the population are ethnic Faroese, of Norse and Celtic descent.[60] Recent DNA analyses have revealed that Y chromosomes, tracing male descent, are 87% Scandinavian.[61] The studies show that mitochondrial DNA, tracing female descent, is 84% Celtic.[62]

There is a gender deficit of about 2,000 women owing to migration.[63] As a result, some Faroese men have married women from the Philippines and Thailand, whom they met through such channels as online dating websites, and arranged for them to emigrate to the islands. This group of approximately three hundred women make up the largest ethnic minority in the Faroes.[63]

Lots of other interesting stuff; the beauty, at least, is certain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands

[GeoWilliam750]

3. A truly fascinating place.

Would love to go.

[Duppers]

4. The life of this family seems idyllic.

But, sorry, I must pop the bubble regarding the "gentle nature" of Faroe Island inhabitants and repost this (from the E & E forum - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127147842) :

Dolphin Massacre in the Faroe Islands

Sea Shepherd reported to you on the horrific events of September 12th, a super-pod of 1,428 white-sided dolphins were brutally slaughtered in the coastal waters of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing territory of Denmark, located in the North Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and Norway.

Faroese hunters drove the terrified pod of highly intelligent, sentient marine mammals for over 25 miles to the shallow waters, where they were ruthlessly and inhumanely butchered.

This illegal hunt, fueled by blood lust, is tragic and unacceptable. Sea Shepherd fully condemns the slaughter of these dolphins and has opposed the traditional Faroese killing of marine mammals since 1983. There are currently no caps in the Faroe Islands on the number of dolphins that can be slaughtered.

Our oceans are dying, and as finite resources and innocent marine life continue to be senselessly plundered, our planet is dying as well.

You can stand beside us on the front lines and raise your voice in opposition to this brutal tradition. Your donations go directly toward our campaigns and allow us to continue the fight to protect marine wildlife and prevent future massacres. To those that have already donated, we thank you for your support of our critical campaigns.

We need your help to end this barbaric practice. We will continue to send as many volunteer crew members to the Faroe Islands as possible, but we also need to pressure the Faroes Government to convince them to end this outdated and cruel practice. Your voice matters and can make an impactful difference.

Please contact the Faroese Government with the information below and share this news with your friends and family and ask them to help put pressure on the Faroese Government to stop this senseless killing of innocent animals.

The Faroe Islands government can be reached at

Bárður á Steig Nielsen - Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Tinganes, Posting Office 64,
FO-110 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

To stay up to date on Sea Shepherd’s Faroe Islands Campaign, please follow the official campaign Facebook page: www.facebook.com/OpBloodyFjords

For the Ocean,
Captain Paul Watson
Founder
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

It was also reported that the meat from these 1,428 dolphins was more than the whole Faroe Islanders could consume.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. I knew this would come up!

I had contemplated including a mention of the history of whaling and dolphin kills, but I decided it was irrelevant to this particular video.

I did however realize someone would possibly bring it up, and here you are!

[Botany]

5. The small good moments, I think that is when you see things completely.

There is real wisdom, power, and peace her words.

I'm not sure about her exact quote after "I think" ....

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. She said....

"I think that's the most important thing for me. Yeah."