Category: Home Life

What a glorious time of year this is. Despite the cool temps and the wet, it’s wonderful to watch the world sprouting in various ways. Sometimes it’s a nuisance – with the lodgepole pines letting loose clouds of pollen the past few days, everything from cars to patio furniture...

Darn, missed the May 3rd celebration of World Naked Gardening Day again. I just can’t think about gardening when there’s still snow on the ground, I suppose. This incredible weather, though, prompted me to check the date – and I suppose as with many special days, celebrating late is...

What a weekend that was! Yesterday it hit 27°C (80.6°F), a new record for the day (the previous record was 26.1 in 1947). You could practically watch the trees leafing out, and the snow melting from Golden Horn. The two photos below were taken from our breakfast table 24...

At the Carcross cabin, the arrival of Trumpeter and Tundra swans at Lake Bennett were always the first sign that Spring was nearing. At our new property, we haven’t had any clear sign yet – faint tree budding and some mildly energetic sprouting on the ground but nothing significant....

It’s finally starting to feel like Spring, even though the wind still feels like it’s blowing straight off the glaciers. We’re in major renovation mode now. The wood I cut is almost all removed from around the property, though I have a lot of cutting-to-length, splitting and stacking to...

I love our new property. Most mornings, we have over 150 birds feeding at the 2 feeders or close by, and their sound filling the forest is wonderful. Renovations have started on both property and house, though, and seeing if we could get a mountain view without losing any...

It was cold when I went into town last night, but even colder this morning. The thermometer says -44°C but it seems to read a bit on the cold side. But whatever the temp is, Cathy’s Tracker is dead. It was plugged in for a couple of hours and...

With 4 properties to manage now, there’s always something to do – if I had a “real job we’d be in trouble. This morning I was up to Carcross to clean the snow off the cabin roof for the first time this winter. While local snow enthusiasts might be...

It’s just before 8:00, over 2 hours until sunrise, but there’s just the teeniest bit of light in the sky from the almost-full moon that’s partly hidden by clouds. There isn’t a sound here – it’s as peaceful as it is beautiful. It doesn’t really feel like Christmas Day...