Spring of 2018 saw the return of my alter-ego Lady Grumpy-Pants. I know what you’re thinking: juvenile! But the truth is that we all get into sad moods; the blues, if you will. I’m not talking about depression here but shortish periods of…blah. Times when everything you do goes wrong or everyone around you seems […]
I didn’t get out snowshoeing as much as I would have liked to have this winter season. Our winter’s here continue to get weirder and weirder. But my last snowshoe this year was with a friend and one of his friends from abroad. I sometimes forget how lucky I am to be able to enjoy […]
I’m embarrassed to admit that I really haven’t been doing much with my photography for various reasons. But late fall of 2017 and in the first week of the new year, a few people kindly let me practice a little portraiture. These are the first portraits I’ve done with my new camera and there are definitely things […]
The Enchanted Forest has become a serious Saskatoon holiday tradition over the years with the 2017-2018 display being the 19th show. Set up in the park area of the Forestry Farm, the display is a fundraising event for both the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation and the Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation. It’s interesting to read from their […]
With winter around the corner, it’s time to start packing things away until next year. As much as I’d love to try winter camping again, my parents’ trailer had to be washed and put in storage. I won’t go into the frustrating yet hilarious details of the washing part but once that was over, we […]
Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park is a beautiful spot. I used to pass it often on the way to Cypress Hills for the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party when I first because interested in astronomy. I always thought it would be great to stop and camp there sometime. A few years ago, I had finally a trip […]
I’m convinced that the best time to camp is early autumn. The weather cools down only slightly so you can actually spend time outside doing various activities and with everyone back to school/work, campgrounds become fairly quiet and you have the right environment to get back to nature. Plus, animals once again become more active […]
I’m not going to lie: several weeks later and I am still completely jealous of everyone who got to see the total eclipse that swept across the U.S. on August 21st. Yes, most of North America saw a partial eclipse of some sort. In Saskatoon, we saw the moon block about 70% of the sun. It […]
I have a shocking confession. I hate summer! Especially July! I know that’s an incredibly strange thing to say but it’s a time of year that’s just awful for me. As far as I can tell, the people who claim to love the heat are those who have air conditioning at home, work, and in […]
As I’ve written in an earlier post, I’ve found myself slowly but surely reconnecting with the wonderful world of astronomy. But being a backyard astronomer has it’s limitations thanks to dumb, selfish humans insisting on polluting the night skies with horrible, fugly lighting. Luckily, a few people have made the effort to preserve the odd […]