Northern Life
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Breaking up is…
…easy to do, and a little bumpy and a little early this year. Not much, about a week. Over the last couple of days it was obvious that breakup was under way in Arctic Bay, but early this morning the wind came up out of the South East, blowing a gale. We had 25 knot
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Flower season
… is upon us. It's timing is a little off kilter this year. I would have expected to see more flowers blooming by now, yet at the same time some seem to be finishing already, a little early. I've grown a little frustrated by my switch over to RAW from JPG, as it has added
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Drop The Pop
I may have mentioned this before, but pop (or as some of my friends in the States refer to it: Soda) is like crack cocaine up here. Seriously. The stores in Arctic Bay ran out of the pop that came up on Sealift in May, which basically means the community is out of pop for
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A father’s kiss
I love that my children are still young enough that a kiss from their father along with a gentle "That's okay, you'll be alright. Dad's here." will cure most ills and pain. I dread when that will no longer be the case. Yesterday at the games, Hilary was playing in amongst the guy lines of
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Ugly Fish
It is amazing the change wrought by a little blue sky. Well actually a whole lot of blue sky. The cold, rainy, windy, overcast skies of the last few days have been cast aside, and the change is incredible. There were games down at Victor Bay this evening, and I dropped Leah off there (Travis
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Playin’ around
The fog is doing some dramatic things these wet, grey days. Unfortunately the light hasn't, for the most part, been conducive to translating that drama into photos. This evening, though, was a little better. I'm in the process of trying to get a better handle on using RAW as a format, and here is some