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Sky
Because I haven't really seen much blue sky lately, here is a patch of it that I photographed the last time I was out to the Gyrfalcon aerie. Environment Canada promises sun in a day or two, much like they've been promising for well over a week now. Andrew?
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Scenes from the fishing derby – The Forgotten Photo
I meant to post this photo of Leah's at the end of the post of her other photos from the weekend. Here is the fish that almost won the $1000 prize. Leah's fish was less than an inch shorter than the winning fish from Kugarjuk.
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Scenes from the fishing derby
Thought I'd put up a couple of Leah's photos from this past weekend. Hard to live blog the fishing derby when you're stuck at home waiting for clients to never arrive. The only fishing photo. Leah's mother fishes while Travis and friends push each other on a sled around the ice (typically he's the one…
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Coffee to go
For an update on the Javagrind, which failed on its second use, please go here. Earlier this winter I bemoaned (to no one in particular) "what this country needs is a hand operated coffee mill for camping." What I didn't realize at the time was that one already existed. The GSI Javagrind ($17.50 at Mountain…
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Eureka K2 XT Tent – First Impressions
Earlier this month my K2 XT tent arrived from Eureka Tents. It is probably going to be a while before I actually get a chance to use it, and thus really review it, but here are a couple of early impressions. The Eureka K2 XT is one of Eureka's four season expedition tents, a four…
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Lost in Space
The Arctic Bay Rocket Program suffered a major set back this evening, as what goes up apparently doesn't always come down. Travis, Hilary and I went out to fire the rocket one time this evening, saving the rest of the motors for when more people could join us. Although the winds were calm, it was…
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100
Way back when, the first Blog Carnival I had ever heard of was the (now sadly defunct) Tangled Bank. I submitted a post to one Tangled Bank edition, but it was the second Blog Carnival that I submitted a post to that really captured my imagination. The inaugural edition of I and the Bird, took…
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Springing forth
Things are beginning to heat up up here. Not weatherwise, although it did manage to hit zero today, which is probably a first since September or October. But the birds definitely know that spring is a foot. A little more than a week ago I saw the first Glaucous Gulls of the season, and counted…
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Help?
I wonder if the hard core gull people out there can offer an opinion on this bird. The relatively smaller bill and reddish eye ring say "Iceland Gull" to me, however the wings don't seem to project enough beyond the tail and it seems a bit large to my mind (I know you can't tell…
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The smile
From the our first Spring together. It was her smile that first made me sit up and notice the incredible woman who is my wife, especially when it was for me.
