Category Archives: musings

Commentary, musings, nature, Photography

Salt River

Jul 4, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 27 Comments

The Salt River runs through the town of Fort Smith, NWT.

All is very green right now because recently, there has been a lot of rain.

The Salt River is not salty, but is named for the nearby salt plains. The plains can be found in Wood Buffalo National Park and are very attractive to the many types of animals who like to lick the salt that has worked its way up from deep inside the earth.

During the fur trading days, the salt was collected for seasoning. It could still be used for this purpose today.

Happy Independence Day to our American friends and greetings from the non-salty Salt River. 🙂

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A Northern Lilac

Jul 2, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 17 Comments

In the north, lilac takes a long time to bloom.

It’s July, yes, but these hardy blooms do arrive, even if late by southern standards.

I found this particular bush after a rain when their fragrance was particularly lush and heady.

Hardy they may be, but they spread their gaudy celebration of life with gusto.

Greetings from the lovely northern lilac. 🙂

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Northern Wild Roses

Jun 27, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 10 Comments

The wild rose is the provincial flower of Alberta. But there are many of these lovely flowers everywhere, especially in the north.

They grow beside roads and in fields, splashing the green with their pretty pink, so cheery and fragrant.

That which we call a rose would by any other name still smell as sweet. 🙂 ~Shakespeare

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Happy Tuesday

Jun 25, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 9 Comments

Happy Tuesday from Great Slave Lake,

Northwest Territories.

I hope your day goes well. 🙂

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Meditation XVII

Jun 19, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 19 Comments

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent,

a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of

thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.

And therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

~ John Donne

Photos of Howe Sound, British Columbia

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On the Shores of Great Slave Lake

Jun 13, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 15 Comments

This wonderful bastion of indigenous culture is on one the shores of Great Slave Lake, not far from where I work.

I recently spent a day there.

The weather was fabulous.

Up here in the Northwest Territories we are enjoying some nice weather, finally. It’s been a wet, chilly spring, even for us.

Enjoy the late spring and all it has to offer. 🙂

A Little Laugh Turneth Away Wrath, musings, Photography

Alien Attack?

Jun 11, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 26 Comments

This cloud formation with the sun coming through a narrow opening looks like …

… a phaser beam from an attacking spacecraft. Or, I’ve been watching too much Space channel. 😉

A Little Laugh Turneth Away Wrath, Commentary, musings, Photography

My Neighbourhood

Jun 6, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 35 Comments

In my neighbourhood …

… we have 48,000 people and 500,000 bears.

It’s best to let the bears rest where they want. 😉

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A Little More Rain Forest

Jun 4, 2019 Lynette d'Arty-Cross 30 Comments

Here are two more views of the precious rain forest that can be found on Vancouver Island.

The rain forest, although damp and sodden, has a peacefulness that is easily communicated to humans. Our busy lives tire us out so much, and just taking a quick break in a forest is a wonderful, rejuvenating, special thing.