Northern Life
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Its a whole new year
It has been a rather sedate holiday period for me, I've not been out to the games once yet. It seems like one or the other child is staying at home so here I sit. But I did manage to partake in some of the New Years festivities. Like Christmas New Years is met up
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Christmas Parka and Amautiq
One of the great aspects of Christmas here is that there is frequently hand sewn gifts under the tree. Here is Travis' new Parka and Hilary's Amautiq.
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Dark wings
I stepped out the door about the time the sun stood still yesterday. It was solstice, and had I been somewhere south of the Arctic Circle the sun would have appeared to have paused in its apparent movement south. But of course I live much farther north than the Arctic Circle, where terms like the
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New holiday song favourite
I know I only posted my list of ten favourite Christmas songs the other day, but as of last night I have a new one. O Holy Night in Inuktitut by the Grade One class of Inuujaq School. Yep, that's my boy in the red track suit.
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Arctic Bay at night
Here is another variation on the "moon over Arctic Bay" series. The clouds set this one off. There was actually, a nicer cloud formation earlier, with bands of clouds. But I was off on the focus and didn't notice 'til after they had moved off.
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Noon
We are a little less than three weeks away from Winter Solstice, that marks the pause as the Arctic slowly begins tipping towards the sun and light returns to us once again. Our sunrisesets are less spectacular now, but they bring a more subtle beauty to the view outside my window. Here is how noon
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Living colour
It might seem incongruous to be posting flower photos this time of year, but what the heck. I had long threatened a wildflower post, and a little colour this time of year never hurt anyone. I did want to do something more comprehensive than this but I seemed to miss much of the wildflower season
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Trapped
One of the current incidents happening in the news up here these days is the two hundred or so Narwhal trapped in the ice near Pond Inlet, the decision to cull them, and the hew and cry over the cull. Darcy has already posted on this issue. Narwhal, and for the matter the other Arctic