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The Bird not seen
One of the main advantages of a sun that doesn’t set (probably second only to its value as a sleep deprivation experiment for those whose circadian rhythm hasn’t been bludgeoned out of them by a life of shift work) is that one can get out and enjoy nature, regardless of what time the need overtakes…
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Eight not so Random Facts
Amy, of WildBird on the Fly, has tagged me with the "Eight Random Facts" meme, in which I’m to blog about eight "random" facts about me, and then tag eight others. Now there is no way that these facts are random. In order to truly be random I’d have to write out all of the…
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Breaking Up is Hard to do
Arctic Bay, the body of water as opposed to the Hamlet, has begun breaking up, about a week earlier than normal. In of itself, one week is not a lot of time, but if you couple that with the four weeks that freezeup was late this season, that makes five weeks less ice this year…
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Let the Weekend begin
Much like the rest of Canada, the July long weekend finds many people in Arctic Bay hitting the road. But of course this being the Arctic the road is quite different. This weekend, for a lot of people here, is spent out on the land, many young men heading out to the Floe Edge where…
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I and the Bird #52
Okay. It’s got Frodo, Yoda, a Transformer, Moonwalking Mannikins, a 26 foot long prehistoric roadrunner, and a guy in a kilt. If that doesn’t pique your interest in the latest I and the Bird over at the Wandering Tattler, I don’t know what will. Just go there, alright?
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A night at the Beach
It was one of the nicest days of the year yesterday, in fact one of the nicest days of the past several years. We headed down to Victor Bay, driving over the pass directly into the late evening sun, but still managing to keep the truck on the road. Leah’s mom and dad were over…
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10,000 Lovely Dark & Charlie’s birds
Two of my favourite people in the blogosphere (coupled with another blogger with whom I’m only moderately familiar with) are joining forces in what is set to become the 600 pound gorilla of bird blogging, 10,000 Birds. Those of you familiar with my sidebar will know that I’ve long followed (and shame on you if…
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The sun
Yesterday was another gorgeous day in Arctic Bay, for the first time it what seems like a couple of weeks, the sun was out for the majority of the day. The summer season here is so short, and the sun makes such a big difference to how warm a day feels, no matter the air…
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Some days are like that.
So last night, or more precisely this morning, I was sitting with Hilary watching TV when I heard a noise, and then the sound of running water. Opening up the kid’s washroom I quickly discovered that the running water was running out of the ceiling light and onto the floor. There is a client bathroom…
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Flowers!
Early last week, while we were out on a drive, we stopped at a little side road to look for Lapland Longspurs. We didn’t see any there, however there was another one of our spring arrivals poking out of a little gravel and mud, the first Purple Saxifrage of the season. They are our earliest…
