Category: House Renovations

It’s been almost 2 months since I last posted here. That’s one of my longest absences ever, but as my long-time readers probably know, it’s not because there’s nothing going on. It’s actually just the opposite – my life is so crazy that I hardly know which way is...

Winter has settled into Whitehorse, although it’s still fairly warm – as I write this at 05:00; the temperature is -5°C (+23°F). Cloudy skies are the norm, though, and despite some great aurora forecasts, most of the displays are hidden from us. What all that does is keep me...

After the very long, very warm spell of weather, we’ve started to drop back down to normal temperatures – it’s currently -15°C (+5°F), a nice mild day in a normal January. We have a lot of sunshine forecast for the next week, and I hope to be able to...

We’re 3 days past the shortest day of the year now. That’s always a significant point for me – PLEASE come back, Sun! 🙂 It’s actually been an easy winter so far, probably because I’m so busy with all kinds of projects. I’ll tell you about some of them,...

With the weather not very conducive to Adventures lately, the vast majority of my time is being spent on house renovations. But History is always part of my life, and I’ve spent a bit of time going through my files of old newspaper articles. A couple that caught my...

… makes Murray a dull boy – and am I dull! Between Web site work and house renovations, I haven’t been out of the house much lately except to go to the hardware, and I have a basement full of materials for the winter. The big Web job is...

The roads were in fairly good shape yesterday so I thought that I might get one more ride on the motorcycle before putting it into storage for the winter. The photo below was shot a few minutes ago – it turned out to be not as bike-friendly a day...

For Canadians, this is Thanksgiving weekend, and for Americans it’s the Columbus Day long weekend. We hope that you all have a wonderful, safe holiday 🙂 On Friday I finished my firewood cutting for the year, and the next day (yesterday), woke up to a couple of inches of...

I’ve been saying for a few years that I’m semi-retired – although I have to work, I can pretty much do what I want, when I want to do it. I’ve just discovered, though, that to be truly semi-retired, a guy needs a toy or two. The motorcycle is...

There’s a very long “to-do” list hanging on the fridge, and only 3 weeks until I head out of town again. The weather is mostly sunny and warm, so I’m not inclined to work on inside projects. The first outside job the take care of was simple – clean...