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Headaches
The other day we got word that Travis needed to go down to Iqaluit the beginning of December for some dental work. This of course entails me having to fly down with him (Leah doesn’t fly well). Now it’s not that I’m so adverse to a small change in scenery (although Iqaluit is really, really…
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Falcon attack!
Earlier this afternoon, I had Hilary in my arms and was walking with her around the living room. As I looked out the living room windows I happened to see the unmistakable form of a falcon diving towards a raven flying about 10 feet off the ground. When the bird hit, the raven dropped slightly…
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Mmmm Bannock….
I think that I first had bannock in Nelson House Manitoba back in 1978 when I was a summer student with the RCMP. I thought that I had tasted ambrosia and have been a bannock fan ever since. In fact a sure way to get on my good side is to feed me bannock. Bannock…
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Curious
Like most bloggers (or at least I hope it’s like most bloggers, otherwise this is going to come off as pretty vain) I seem to have somewhat an obsession with stats. I visit StatCounter several times a day, and Typepads Stats occassionally. I like StatCounter the most out of the various stat programs I’ve tried,…
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A couple of memes.
I thought maybe I do a couple of Meme’s that have been kicking around lately. It just seems like that sort of weekend. The first is the Random (or Last) Ten Songs Meme. I picked this up at Townie Bastard, although I’ve seen it kicking around for some time now. I think it was originally…
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They grow not old
Remembrance Day is one of the most important days of the year for me. It is also a very emotional day for me, for I spend a good deal of it thinking about my Grandpa. I can easily see him in my minds eye, giving the Veterans Benediction at Remembrance Days long past. If I…
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Olduvai is back!!
Wow. Just when I’d given up. Regular readers might have noticed that one of the links to my favourite blogs, Olduvai George, quietly disappeared off my sidebar about a month ago. Following the death of his beloved dog Tito in March, Carl Buell, the extremely talented artist also known as Olduvai George, just stopped posting.…
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Freeze Up
Arctic Bay has finally frozen over. I thought it was done yesterday however a large swatch of open water openned up in the middle. This makes freeze up (if in fact the ice doesn’t disappear in the next few days) three weeks or so late. Normally by this time hunters would be venturing farther afield…
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Sunset
Today was our last day to see the sun for the next three months. Truth be told, we couldn’t see the sun today as it was overcast but had it been clear, we could have bid the old orb adieu until February. Technically at this latitude the sun is with us for another week, but…
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Out of the mouths of babes
Last night Travis was looking at some old pictures, including some of our wedding. He showed me one of Leah in her wedding dress and said "Look dad. Mom’s a Princess." I think so too.
