I think I’m just mourning the end of the adventures, or maybe the end of the nice weather, or maybe I needed some recovery time, I don’t know, but I’ve…
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Frozen preciptation is falling
Is it snow? Is it frozen drizzle? It kinda looks like light snow. And it is below freezing outside. This is when the reality sets in and you realize just…
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September Fun
Wood is Stacked! This was the easiest year for wood EVER! We had more left over from last year than we maybe ever had. And we ordered wood that came…
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Fall… Autumn… whatever you call it.. it’s here
We’ve had a couple weeks of nighttime frost risks. The leaves are turning and falling off. It’s our rainy season. Those little black flies that sit on your eyes are…
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Hickory smoke and shades of fall
Here are some pictures from around the neighbourhood the last couple of weeks: With another heavy frost this morning, our leaves are mostly off the trees now. We had snow…
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Last minute, solo, autumn adventure
I headed north on the Dempster this week for a couple nights solo. Something unexpected, work related, was really bothering me, something I could do nothing about, so I decided…
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Morning walk and seasonal updates
I’ve wanted to exercise before work for years and years, but I just can’t do it. I love my bed. I love the warmth. I love sleeping. I love rolling…
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Fall trip to Whitehorse for appointments
It was time for my 6 month check up in Whitehorse with the gynaecologist who monitors me post-cancer. I had the fantastic, fabulous fortune to be able to book a…
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Some fall pics
Here are some pictures of our fall colours from my iPhone. From our front porch where I was reading a book yesterday afternoon. What’s this in the street in front…
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Chemo round 2, day seven
Whew, chemo is no joke. I try to be all tough and power through it, and then I’m in bed, legs twitching in pain, unable to even watch tv, falling…
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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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Pictures from my walk home from the grocery store
Yesterday the grocery store was completely out of milk and frozen pie crusts, but the truck came in today, so I wandered over this afternoon for pumpkin pie supplies. Here…
Read MoreI’m back!
It’s so hard to leave Dawson City, if even for two weeks. This is my safe place, my utopia, my world. But once I leave, this town feels so far away,…
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Monday’s treasure hunt
On Sunday Jeff went on his solo caribou mission, but when he came home he was quick to tell me not to read anything into what he was going to…
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Another drive up the Dempster to see the fall colours
It looked like we had our wings clipped for the long Labour Day weekend. On Friday afternoon, Jeff drove the truck to the mechanics to book an upcoming appointment to get some…
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Tombstone Territorial Park in Fall
It is our second Autumn in the Yukon. We travelled home to Ontario last week for my cousin Leahanne’s wedding, but luckily we didn’t miss all of the fall colours…
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Batten the hatches, winter is coming!
We moved to Dawson City at the end of July, so we’ve had plenty of time to view the hustle and bustle of the tourist season. Shops bustling, line-ups at…
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Saturday’s drive to find winter
Finally a clear sky day! Saturday of the Labour Day long weekend we headed up the Dempster Highway to Tombstone Territorial Park again to hunt for birds (grouse and ptarmigan)…
Read MoreA request from a reader…
From my Inbox: good morning A request for you. When you have nothing else to do could you move the red pail and the two by four from your porch….
Read MoreHappy 8th Birthday Monty!
Our Golden Retriever Monty turned 8 today! It was a gorgeous Thanksgiving day, although I admit to spending most of it napping in the sun in a turkey coma. Late…
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