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And so it goes
There's a scene in the movie Master and Commander where two of the ship's officers are talking about the HMS Surprise. One of them says something along the lines of "The Captain says that there is so much of his blood in her decks that he considers her a relative". I feel much the same…
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Through an Aperture
There has been much keeping me away from the blog of late but I'll spare you the details, for now. In a little bit of spare time I've started playing with Apple's Aperture program, and the plugins for it from Nik Software. There is much to learn and I've only scratched the surface. Here is…
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Newbie in the House
Sarah, she of Newbie in the Arctic, has been staying at the House this week, while up in Arctic Bay on business. It's always nice to meet other bloggers in person (despite her calling me a "Grandfather". Its Godfather of Nunavut Blogging. Godfather!). Nunavut is small enough that you have pretty good odds of running…
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The address is in a remote area and deliveries are not made daily
I get that this isn't the easiest place in the world to deliver packages to. We're way up past the Arctic Circle and flights don't come here daily. But it also isn't that difficult. I regularly get Express Post mail, and it is rare that it takes longer than a week, ten days at the…
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Winter of our discontent
I'm bereft of any ideas at the moment. I'm staring out at winter entrenching itself for a long stay, howling winds and blowing snow, my mind drifts from topic to topic but they swirl away and I find myself uninspired. So, there's nothing here this morning, but all is not lost. If you don't regularly…
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The jelly hunters.
Last Monday was one of those gorgeous Fall days that we have up here, undoubtedly one of the last of this year. Snow has fallen since then, and though it is only a small amount it is showing no signs of disappearing. The rapidly shortening daylight hours (about 20 minutes a day as we race…
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More CCGS Henry Larson
Here's a couple of photos of the CCGS Henry Larson that I like, from before they left last week.
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My sharp-eyed son
… saw this on our morning drive today. It was a most co-operative young Hare, dressed almost in its winter finest.
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Its the light
There's been some pretty funky light lately. Six short weeks ago the sun was setting for the first time since May, and on Monday we'll see less of the sun than everyone south of us. By the time another six weeks go by, we won't be seeing it at all. This rapidly changing light, especially…
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Up Here, birds, and the Hoff
A few links for you this morning. Up Here magazine is a marvelous north themed magazine featuring articles from Canada's north. They also have a blog, which has begun featuring other northern bloggers. Thanks to Kara, who's been featured, they have included a post of mine on their blog. Go check out their regular posts…
