Life is so good I can’t even dream up a complaint. First, on Monday, Clint Bowyer won a NASCAR race. We’ve been cheering for Clint as our favourite driver since…
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March 2018 video recap
Watch a recap of our March, one second at a time!
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The 2018 Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail sled dog race
My friend is up from Vancouver visiting for the week, which was nicely timed for her to see the start of her first sled dog race! It was a cool…
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Trek Over the Top: Poker Run 2018
What a gorgeous day to get out on the trails! This weekend is the Trek Over the Top event. It’s a snowmobile ride from Tok, Alaska over here to Dawson…
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Hank’s DNA: What is he?
As far as we know, Hank is half Alaskan husky, and half Greenland Dog. But is he? For kicks, I bought Jeff a DNA kit for Hank for Christmas from…
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February 2018 recap video
Watch my February, in one second snips!
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Portugal trip
I spent the past week in the Lisbon, Portugal area on a meetup with my coworkers. We stayed in Cascais, Portgual in the Morada Sol villa. The weather was much…
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Yukon Quest 2018: More updates
Time to catch up on some of the action of the Yukon Quest! This year’s race is from Fairbanks to Whitehorse. While the trail from Fairbanks is in fabulous condition,…
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Yukon Quest 2018: Dave Dalton’s arrival in Dawson City
Dave Dalton came into Dawson City just after noon today holding the red lantern position (last place). It’s been a remarkable cold race this year. We weren’t sure Dave was…
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January 2018 recap video
January was dominated by Hank’s neuter surgery and the dark period we refer to as the ‘cone days’. The sun has returned to town and it is light again after…
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Few random photos from my photography practise
I’ve been tackling the steep learning curve of my new camera by fiddling with one thing and then the next. Lately I’ve been really stuck on it’s Auto ISO feature….
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The Great Neuter of 2018: Surviving the cone
A week ago Hank was neutered. Our vet strongly recommended 6 months for a husky, to prevent behavior issues and to keep him as a great dog citizen of the…
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Cold
I love the cold. It’s clean, it’s crisp, it’s fascinating, yet it hurts. We’ve gone into the -40’s for a few stretches this winter. Most people will never experience this…
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My last month, in 1 second snippets
I’m trying a new app called “One Second Everyday“. I only installed it today, but since I’ve had Live Photos turned on on my iPhone lately, I was able to…
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New camera and I need to practise
Jeff spoiled me silly with a new camera for my birthday! It’s a Nikon D500 and I do not have it mastered yet. I don’t even know what all the…
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Puppet making and Stop time animation course
I enrolled in a two day course over this past weekend to learn how to make a puppet creature and then do stop time animation with it. My dad’s cousin…
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December shopping trip
We were low on dog food, and the weather was mild, so we decided to zip down to Whitehorse on the weekend for a shopping trip. This was Hank’s first…
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Quick Nashville trip for WordCamp US
I volunteered to staff a booth at WordCamp US in Nashville earlier this month. WordPress enthusiasts meet, learn, and socialize at annual WordCamps around the world. Once a year there…
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Hmm, should we go triple pane?
We’ve got big old wooden windows in this house. They are two pane, but I suspect if we upgrade to triple pane windows, we may have less frost in here:…
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Mid November update from the frosty subarctic
We’re down to -35°C right now and I’ve slowly morphed into my deep winter gear, which includes multiple layers of life saving, skin warming fabrics. Today the Skookum parka finally…
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