Month: December 2008

Well it’s almost finished. There’s a long list of stuff to do yet but it’s all comparatively fiddly stuff – more trim and kickplate, crown moulding, hanging 2 more doors, paint and such. We’re really pleased with the result, and hugely pleased that we were able to do it...

Today is “hump day” – from this point on we’ll be getting more and more sun each day. The sun will eventually come up at 10:10 today and at 3:48 it leaves our sky. This has been a surprisingly easy winter for both Cathy and I for some reason...

We’ve found the practical limits of using the wood furnace as our sole heat source for the house. It’s -38°C this morning (that’s -36.4°F), and we had to turn on the oil furnace to get comfortable. That’s about the limit for the cabin as well – which is a...

My poor little cabin needed some attention, and the sunshine forecast for today tipped the scale in favour of going to Carcross instead of the kitchen job. The driveway wasn’t as bad as I was afraid it would be, but it will take a lot of work to get...

I’ve just started rebuilding my badly neglected Everything Husky! site, and came across these photos that Cathy shot during the 2007 Yukon Quest race. I’ve missed a lot of the races the past few years due to being out of town on bus trips, and I’m really looking forward...

This is what the setting moon looked like this morning at 11:10 as it set behind Haekel Hill. This shot was taken from the Mt. Sima Road with a 300mm lens, and hasn’t been Photoshopped. There’s a fair bit of ice in the air today, perhaps because of the...