Eeeek! Is spring EVER going to arrive? This was the view on my cloudy, snowy walk to work this morning. Our days are much longer now, but daylight is not the problem. Sunrise is at 6:00 am and sunset is 9:00 pm, but it just keeps snowing! If you don't hear from me for the…
Category: Commentary
Another Take on an Internet Behemoth
Having recently reblogged a post from Jill Dennison about the issues with Facebook, I was chuffed to find a similar one from Curmudgeon at Large. Wry and funny, I hope you enjoy it, even though you might find that it's hitting awfully close to home... FOAF has found another winner. It undoubtedly appears elsewhere but,…
March Is Here … Spring Is too?
It's March! And unlike some other places in North America, the weather has been very stable here. According to the old saying, March came in like a lamb, but it has remained very lamb-like with bright sun that just has that budding spring quality to it. I hope it doesn't go out like a lion.…
A Winter Reprieve
On a recent -40C morning, I was impressed by the blanketed quiet and ice fog-dominated atmosphere. The only sound was the crackling of my clothing and bag as they became deep-freeze cold. It was dark as I walked to work, but later as the sun began to rise, it looked like this: [caption id="attachment_2229" align="aligncenter"…
A Furry Friend
A couple of weeks ago we did some dogsitting for a friend of ours. Nan is a northern girl who looks to be half Exquimaux or Siberian husky and half German shepherd. She is very tall with incredibly slim delicate features and very soft fur. No matter what her DNA says, she's an amazingly even-tempered…
Remembering Summer
Happy New Year! 🙂 Right now we are surviving temperatures that are about -35 C. That's pretty cold although I have experienced colder. When it's this cold, it's hard to remember that summer existed. It's just a dim memory. I pass this bush every day on my way to work. And yup, I walk to…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Meltdown
I first published this post in 2012, not long after I started this blog. I was particularly annoyed about how pushed I felt to participate in the buying of stuff and produced this rant. I've made a few changes to it but otherwise, here it is again, in all its grinchy glory. Ahhh ... Christmas.…
Northern Sunset
A recent flight to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories produced this airport photo of the setting sun. Fabulous colours. In this northern clime, the position of the Earth relative to the sun produces these spectacular, angled sunsets. A few days ago, I took this photo as part of a series of shots. [caption…
Winter Skies
Here on the edge of Great Skave Lake, where I am north of 60 degrees N latitude, I feel like I am living inside a winter post card. The light here is diffused by the sun's angle. We are only getting about six - seven hours of daylight now but the…
I Awoke to This
North of 60 degrees N latitude, winter starts early and spring starts late. Yesterday, I awoke to this: Winter is coming. It had rained during the night, and then the temperature had dropped enough for it to change to snow, at about -1 celsius. Much different from this recent experience: [caption…
