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Frozen 2
Because you wanted to know about the effect of wind on the sea ice… Before the wind, and (unseasonably) warmer temperaturesAnd after them. Rough travelling at least to Adam’s Sound this year…
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Meme Addendum
Alright I’ve been meaning to do this for awhile. When Tony at Milkriver Blog responded to my tagging him with this Personal History Meme, he added additional questions and tagged me right back, the rat. If you’ve never visited Milkriver, make it a point to head on over. Tony must have an incredible amount of…
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Dusk
It is a dark dusk now, while walking to work. Dark enough to see the planets and the brightest stars. I love the light at this time of day, the series of subtle blues and black, the bright pinpoints of light, the landscape still in focus. It does my heart good to think about planets…
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Frozen
Arctic Bay (the body of water) is frozen over now, roughly on schedule. You can usually count on it freezing right around Thanksgiving. Wednesday morning awoke to calm winds, and you could just make out the grey ice forming on the surface, by Wednesday afternoon when I was on my way to the airport most…
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100th Post
I was going to blame it on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, but in truth it was a nuthatch’s fault. Its hard to believe that some five months and 100 posts have come and gone since I took this up, it has evolved and grown into something I didn’t quite intend. But I suppose I should…
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I and The Bird #8
Hey! I and The Bird #8 is up and running at Troutgrrl’s Science and Sarcasm. Those of you who like clicking on links in the order they appear click here. Those who like to click on links alphabetically click here. Those who click on them in a random order, here. Those… dang this catagorizing is…
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South
The visitors have all left now, even the Fulmars, who still have open water to play in, at least for a day or two. The Ravens now have the town to themselves, and although there are others who will stay all winter it is mostly the ravens who will be around to entertain. But if…
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Giving Thanks
It is our Thanksgiving Weekend, and of course one of my favourite traditions is eating far too much. I’m not sure how mom was able to make suppers like this almost every Sunday or special occasions, as I find putting on a holiday meal, with all of the trimmings takes me most of the day.…
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Pete’s Pond
Thanks to Tony over at Milkriver blog I’ve now got a new time drain, a live web cam at a watering hole in Botswana, Pete’s Pond. The webcam is run by National Geographic and runs 24/7, although obviously peak times are in the morning and evening, 7 am to noon and 4-6 pm Botswana Time,…
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Lemming Trails
Now that there is snow cover, the comings and goings of The House lemming are getting easier to follow. I first encountered this little guy(gal) one day about three weeks ago as I rounded the corner of the house. We both froze, me in mid step, he in mid path. He had two cheeks and…
