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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Cold and northern lights
It’s below -20°C now and will be staying below -20 (-4F) until next week! Pretty good for early November! We had a sky full of northern lights tonight. Horizon to…
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Hank’s 4 months old! Here’s how our week went
Hank’s 4 months old today! And 34 pounds! He’s lost his first puppy teeth in the past week. Several now, top and bottom, which are replaced with adult teeth by…
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Beethoven
My Tante Hanny’s book is one of my most treasured gifts. She was my Dad’s father’s older sister. In her book, My Heritage is Yours, she mentioned my birth: “On December…
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Winter is settling in
Winter moved in over the last week! The first few days of snow melted mostly during the day. The sunrise is around 9:30am now, but the direct sun already doesn’t…
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Mid October updates
I came back from my Thanksgiving trip to snow here in the Yukon. For the first few days, it snowed at night, and melted during the day. With the temperatures…
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Thanksgiving in Thunder Bay
I’ve been way overdue for a visit to Thunder Bay, and more importantly, my friend Jen and her family. A few months back, I decided I better get my act…
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Hank update – our growing puppy
Hank is almost 12 weeks old and is growing like a…. long legged monster. He’s getting tall and is still clumsy. He likes eating dandelions, dirt, and wood. He chases…
Read MoreBreaking up with my mattress
Once, I loved you But you made me sweat I don’t like sleeping in a divot And I really don’t like climbing a hill to find my husband on the…
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Grand Meetup reflections
Last week I was in Whistler, British Columbia for my company’s Grand Meetup. Once a year, our entire company gets together to be in person for a week. The company…
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Crossing paths, Whistler, new truck, and pup
Hello from Whistler! Just got checked into my room for the week, where I’ll be spending all my waking hours with my coworkers who are joining me from around the…
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It’s September!
We had our first heavy frost in town yesterday morning. Fall is well underway! The big birch trees on the neighbour’s yard are shedding yellow leaves all over the neighbourhood….
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Welcome Hank!
We have a puppy! You’re right, I didn’t want another dog. I love having my life all to myself. Yet Jeff wanted one desperately. It started to feel like the…
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Dad came for a visit, and we put him to work!
Of course we also wined(beered) and dined him! We put him to work Dad was a great help for Operation Firewood! He wasn’t in town more than a few hours…
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Operation firewood
Jeff’s already got three loads of firewood for the winter, and today was the first chance I had to go with him. This is our first winter with a wood…
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Alaska trip: Salmon fishing, relaxing, Valdez, and the Lu-Lu Belle
It’s been a busy summer with visitors after visitors, and Jeff wanted to be sure we got in a summer vacation with just the two of us before fall hits….
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Last pictures of Mom and Julie’s visit
Mom and Julie have just landed in Toronto, marking an end to their Yukon adventures…. for 2017 anyway! Here’s a random collection of photos from their last few days in…
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More adventures with Mom and Julie
The adventures continued this week with our visitors – my mom and my sister Julie. Chicken, Alaska On Wednesday, I took Mom and Julie over to Chicken, Alaska. Mom had…
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Weekend trip north of the Arctic Circle
Neither Mom nor Julie have been to the Northwest Territories, so we figured we’d help them with their bucket lists and take them there this weekend. The Northwest Territories border…
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