Category: Seasons

Today is “hump day” in the seasonal sense – the day when we get the least sunlight of the year. Winter Solstice, the exact time when Whitehorse is leaning farthest away from the sun, occurs at 10:08 tonight. The sun will rise above the horizon today (and tomorrow because...

I can take a joke, Mother Nature, but come on, it’s only the 8th of October!! Seeing this in my back yard this morning just makes me want to go back to bed....

My good canoe, the Wenonah-Jensen, is now hanging from the ceiling in the Whitehorse garage, while the poor, heavy old Coleman sits on the beach waiting to be covered by snow. Between travel, poor weather and high water that eliminated the beaches on Lake Bennett, neither canoe got wet...

Brrrrrrr – I’m not nearly ready for Summer to leave 🙁...

The last of the ice is finally blowing off Lake Bennett – it should finish today by the look of it. If you’ve never seen a breakup (of the ice, I mean!), it’s an experience you should seek out. The sights and sounds of the candle ice in motion...

We have funny seasons in the southern Yukon. Spring and Fall are so brief and indistinct that it’s easy to just say that we have 2 seasons, Summer and Winter. It’s late Winter now, but it feels like Summer will be here shortly. Scattered pussy-willows can be seen along...