It is week two of my three month sabbatical. And with all this sudden availability of free time, I’ve gone hiking, and I’ve done a bunch of baking. And eating….
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Spring is on the horizon. Pandemic?
The red polls came back a couple of weeks ago! It’s so nice to have birds in the yard again (except when Hank spots them and pulls my arm off)…
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It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon
On this beautiful afternoon, and I’m reluctantly watching golf. I am not a golf fan, but Corey Conners, a kid from my hometown (his grandpa was my family doctor!) is…
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Uncle Paul brought an early spring
My Uncle Paul was up to visit us for a couple of weeks. When he came, Dawson City was still in winter. In front of our house, the city was…
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What a great week!
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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Sure sign of spring
The city is plowing the roads! Other than a couple of the main streets, Dawson City doesn’t plow much in the winter, since we don’t get much snow at once,…
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Spring in Dawson City
Was there a spring in Dawson City? It is May 12 and 28°C today. This seems to be summer. I suppose spring was probably that week or so where the entire…
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Back in Dawson, with many blog posts to write
I’ve been back home in Dawson City, after a couple weeks away in Ireland and Scotland. Most of the snow left Dawson while I was away, and most of the…
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We did it! We survived our first winter in the Yukon
So am I officially a “sourdough” now that I’ve spent a full winter in the Yukon? Or maybe I have to do all four seasons? Just spring left to go! Winter…
Read MoreThere is nothing sadder than a limping dog
Last night on our walk Monty flopped over on his back, as he often does, to roll around on the dirt and gravel. He got up and limped a couple…
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Today the warm weather finally arrived!
It was finally warm and sunny here today. The snow is melting away really fast now, and the lake is starting to break up! I took my indoor tomato plants…
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The view on May 1,2015
The lake is still frozen, but it looks mushier every day! Here is the view looking left and right from our bedroom window:
Read MoreThaw continues
Here is the current view from my office. The lake is still frozen solid. We have a rainfall warning in place for later today and tomorrow so maybe there will…
Read MoreSpring thaw is underway
Jeff was busy this past weekend, so I had each day all to myself. On Saturday I was hoping for deck weather, but it looked pretty grim: I watched 3…
Read MoreFinally a daffodil opens!
My patient wait for spring was finally rewarded last evening when our first daffodil opened!
Read MoreThe past week in photos
Dumping some random photos from the last week here: It wasn’t too many days ago that we were covered in snow. The rabbits were already turning brown though! They knew…
Read MoreSpring blizzard on its way!
The hype for tomorrow’s storm is growing! Although it is sunny and beautiful today (although quite cold), by tomorrow we are supposed to be knee+ deep in snow with hurricane…
Read MoreWhaa? It isn’t really spring?
It’s been spring for awhile here! The snow is almost gone, the lake is mostly thawed again, the grass looks kinda green, and the driveway is passable. So what is…
Read MoreMay 4th sun soak
Best part…. No black flies!! (Don’t worry, it is just an Instagram filter on the photo, my legs are really so white they are blue. I’m not burnt.) Jeff cut…
Read MoreStubborn crocus is waiting for sunshine
This beautiful yellow crocus has stubbornly looked like this for days, through the snow, rain, sleet, waiting patiently for sunshine before it opens its flower. Hopefully tomorrow the sun will…
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