This wonderful bastion of indigenous culture is on one the shores of Great Slave Lake, not far from where I work. On the Beach I recently spent a day there. Great Slave Lake The weather was fabulous. Canoeing Up here in the Northwest…
Tag: Spring
Alien Attack?
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 Restaurant with a View
The view from a North Vancouver restaurant where we had a nice dinner. A beautiful early spring evening. Happy Friday; happy weekend. 🙂
Greetings from Victoria
Who says Canada is a cold country? A photo from my walk today around Victoria's inner harbour. And another from later this evening. Greetings from beautifully sunny, spring-is-sprung Victoria. 🙂
Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is one of the largest preserves in the world. M and I recently drove through a small part of it. We saw bison (buffalo) of course but also bears. And a sink hole. It was the middle of May but there was still a little ice and snow at the bottom…
This Is What Today Looks Like
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…
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.…
Great Slave Lake Yields to Spring
At 60 degrees latitude, I am very far north here, but spring has now definitely arrived. The icing is disappearing from this cake. The sky is clear and so is the lake, achingly pristine ... Like MacArthur Park, it's melting in the dark. ... very different from…
Okanagan Spring
Apparently, spring has been early, and I've been enjoying every minute of it, even when the temperature went up to 30C for a couple of days. It's more seasonal now, but those warm days ensured that blooms are everywhere, that the hills are verdant, and that lushness prevails. The wine is growing! 🙂 [caption id="attachment_1820"…
Happy Easter, Happy Spring
Whether you celebrate Easter in a Some spring buttercups ... religious context or just enjoy a secular bunny egg, have a great holiday weekend. 🙂 ... and some tulips. All these yellow flowers are fabulous. 🙂
