In my last post, I wrote about the weirdness of spring in Saskatchewan. While the blooming of crocuses is an important sign of spring here, there’s another one that gets people excited: the return of the pelicans. The American White Pelican migrates to the Canadian prairies every spring. One of the best places to see […]
Spring in Saskatchewan is so ugly. We go from a melty but freezing flood to everything being dead and brown. After several weeks of that, every suddenly goes green. There are very few things that come slowly and overlap to create a beautiful spring, like in other places in the world. Here’s one of the […]
When I was a child, I used to love art. Drawing and painting were so much fun and by my tween years, I was getting pretty decent at it. My grade 8 teacher often wanted to keep my work for examples for the following years. I would have loved to take art classes in high […]
Some years, we’ve gotten little snow here in Saskatchewan, like the first year I got my snowshoes. Nothing! But then other years, we end up drowning in that cold white stuff. This has been one of the “too much of a good thing” kind of years. It started off fairly light as it often does […]
Philately, or stamp collecting for the non-nerds reading this, is a hobby that I had as a kid but have picked up again in recent years. It started slowly with buying special issues of astronomical interest. With my varied hobbies and interests, it didn’t take long for me to start collecting all sorts of topics. […]
Halloween weekend was supposed to be extra special this year. Scientists had observed a coronal mass ejection on October 28th and were predicting an incredible showing of aurora once it hit Earth. And yes, some people got a good light show that weekend, but we had to wait a few more days before the green […]
This year has definitely been a bad one for paddling. It was either too hot or too windy. And by the time autumn arrived, the river was super low. But despite not doing much paddling this year, I still did paddle my longest trip down the river. It turned out to not actually be as […]
Autumn is definitely my favorite time of year. It’s still warm outside but not so hot that you can’t do anything, kids are back to school so many places in and out of the city are quieter, and most importantly, the colors! Oh my, how I love the colors of fall! Yes, the flowers of […]
This summer has been a hot one! I’m not sure but I believe that we reached 38C one day. Drought conditions are definitely bad for the economy and for food security but it also sucks rocks when it’s one of your migraine triggers. So much of my summer has involved hiding in the basement and […]
Last year was the first year in a long time that I didn’t go camping. I thought about it but I was worried about busy campgrounds full of sick people. With the arrival of a COVID vaccine, I thought a camping trip might be safe this year. And what better time and place to go […]