While my Dad has already blogged about spring’s arrival in Southern Ontario, we are a ways off up here in the Yukon. After starting today at -34C, it peaked at…
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The never ending cold…
We were below -40 for some part of 19 straight days. That’s a decent streak! But yesterday we tiptoed into the minus twenties. Oh so warm! We spent the weekend…
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Hiking in cold weather
I stopped my daily hikes for the dark, cold, Christmas season of snacking and hibernating. And it would be really easy to just keep on hibernating until spring, but NO!…
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February sunshine
I think February is my favourite month of the winter here in Dawson City. The sun comes back, the snow is still hanging in the trees, and everything is so…
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-50°C!?
It’s been super cold here for days… weeks? Since we moved here, I wanted to experience -50°C. We’ve gotten close before, but not until this last week could I truly…
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Yukon holiday – Drove up to Tombstone
Our ambition could be applauded. We planned a drive up the Dempster on our Yukon Heritage day off on Friday. We packed our snowpants, emergency supplies, camera, binoculars, firewood, the…
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20 things you need to know
I have no profound thoughts or exhilarating adventures to share, so instead I’ll share some recent photos from my iPhone and share some thoughts that may or may not have…
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New Boots: Columbia Bugaboots with Michelin treads
Do I have too many pairs of winter boots? Or is there no such thing when winter lasts half the year? Let’s go with that! Winter quickly came last week,…
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A winter visit
The winter! the brightness that blinds you, The white land locked tight as a drum, The cold fear that follows and finds you, The silence that bludgeons you dumb. The…
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Brains, and -20 never felt so warm!
Finally the warmth arrived! Well, not warmth like you’d expect, but warm for us after a long stretch in the minus forties! When we warmed up to -38C, I couldn’t…
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Hey, it’s still cold here!
The extreme cold was supposed to end on Sunday. Then Monday. It’s already moved on to Friday and now it’s been extended now until tomorrow too. This is extraordinary! I’m…
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Some winter pics
Before heading to Whitehorse for my last chemo dose, Jeff took me for a drive up to the top of the dome to see some winter. I have barely been…
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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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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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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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Is winter leaving too soon?
Nope! Not here it isn’t! Here’s the forecast for the week: Look at all that sun in the forecast! It’s now getting light when we get up in the morning!…
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Noon walk with my camera – not the usual iPhone shots!
Another mild day – around -15°C – so I took my actual camera out on my walk today, rather than just my iPhone. I’ve shared many of these scenes and…
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Darkest day of the year
Just 4 hours and 10 minutes of daylight here today, on the winter solstice. Although if it is cloudy like yesterday, it’ll probably be dim enough for a lamp all…
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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…
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Jeff gave me a GoPro cam for my birthday!!! I have so much to learn to master this thing. Here are a couple of videos I’ve taken so far. In…
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