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These are the days…
The four of us, along with Leah’s sister Sheba, her little sister Sipporah, and nephew Bradley went blueberry picking last night. Yesterday evening was one of those days that you wish that summer lasted a lot longer up here. We had scrambled down a hill off the road to Nanisivik, in a little draw that…
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Of ships and sovereignty
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Nanisivik yesterday, to announce that Nanisivik has been chosen to be the new deep water port to service the new Arctic patrol fleet. The choice of Nanisivik as the port is the only logical one for the government to make. For one thing, it already exists. Nanisivik has been…
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Sorrel in my salad
Lately I’ve gathering Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria digyna) and adding it to my green salads. Mountain Sorrel is one of the (few) plants used in a traditional diet up here. It’s red waxy flours were used to make tea and the leaves eaten. Very high in Vitamin C, it’s leaves are crisp and have quite a…
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Don’t Worry. About a thing.
Rise up this morning.Smiled with the rising sunThree little birdsPitch by my doorstepSinging sweet songs,Of melodies pure and true (Bob Marley)
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Happy Hundredth Birthday Scouting
It is the hundredth anniversary of Scouting today. One hundred years ago, Sir Robert Baden-Powell opened the first scout camp on Brownsea Island in Dorset England, creating the movement that has molded hundreds of thousands of young people world wide. There are National Scouting organizations in 155 countries, with Scouting in another 26 territories controlled…
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Nutella
Okay, I’m not sure if it drives anyone else nuts (pun quasi-intended) that Nutella puts itself out as part of a nutritional breakfast. I mean come on, it is liquid chocolate bars in a jar. But I have to say that my latest guilty pleasure is Heinz Toddler Biscuits dipped in Nutella. Try ’em.
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Leaving the Nest.
This is the time of our year, as the sun’s apparent orbit (really the tilt of our spinning earth) continues to wane towards first sunset next week, that the young birds have begun to fledge. It is first noticeable with the sudden appearance of Snow Bunting fledglings. About a week and a half ago, four…
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You ought to be in Pictures. Or not.
Part of my dearth of blogging on late can be attributed to the fact that I was actually out of Arctic Bay for a week, and actually got to go home to Roblin for a short visit with my family, and to introduce Hilary to them. The unfortunate thing is I can’t blog about my…
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Fire
Some days life offers up more excitement than you expect, or really need for that matter. Yesterday was one of those. Yesterday happened to be Travis’ fifth birthday, although the celebration really took place on Saturday (can’t be celebrating on the Sabbath you know). The day had gotten off to a relatively slow start, with…
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The “Terrible” Twos, I don’t think so.
As incredible as it seems (at least to me, who apparently has been living in a time warp for two years) today marks the 2nd anniversary edition of I and the Bird (Number 53 iffin you’re counting). It seems like only yesterday that I submitted my post on the Qarsauq (which, delightfully, I was watching…
