I am a denizen of Canada's High Arctic. Father, husband, retired Mountie, recently retired Parks guy, and former EDO. I'm a photographer, writer, wannabe poet, and so much more.
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Last Notes npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Just landed down south in Iqaluit, which was interesting. Walked in the hotel room and got a call that there’s a bear at the cabin. Father-in-law is trying to scare it away. #Nunavut #CabinLife npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare While you may not be able to put the genie back in the bottle you can most certainly let it die outside of it. #YesIMeanAI npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Happy Nunavut Day to all who celebrate. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Jenga anyone #WorkshopBuild #nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Goodnight. #CanadaDay npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Went to the cabins tonight to do a cleanup. Lots of stuff scattered by the wind including the pan from the fire pit. Wanted to move it so I did, and burnt some wood scraps. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Most of our flowering plants colonized the north Baffin after the last ice age. As the ice retreated the plants followed it north. But three of our flowers survived the ice age here and reestablished populations. They are Vaux’s Cinquefoil, Pallas Wallflower, and this beauty, Silvery Oxytrope. One of the best places to find it is at our cabin. #Nunavut #CabinLife #Wildflowers npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Son in law headed off to the floe edge last night. This is how the light was at 1am Victor Bay. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare It must be summer. 12C. Not a cloud in the sky. And there’s a troop of shirtless boys with their pants rolled up cooling off in the runoff stream by the house. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare It’s the solstice. Which always brings a twinge of sadness to me, as we begin to tilt away from the Sun. It will still be six weeks until the Sun begins to set, but still… npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare For your timeline cleanse. Granddaughter + Bluey bubble machine + German Shorthair Pointer = bliss. #Nunavut #GSP #Bluey npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Another shot from last night. #Nunavut #wildlifePhotography npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Building a woodworking shop in my back yard. Passive home type walls and insulation. Solar for most of the electricity. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare One of their iglutaks/boxes for a qamutiq had been blown way out onto the ice. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Went to the cabin this evening for the first time in a long while (life, weather, trails). The ATV trail in, was in general not bad. Muddy, and that is to be expected this time of year. The creek crossing was a bit more challenging then usual, as erosion had made the banks steep. The first river was high, but not impassible further upstream. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Spent a little time at the fox den this evening. Its amazing how much smaller the one kit is than the other. #Nunavut #WildlifePhotography #RedFox npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Lots of fog the last couple of days, and down where the family is out on the land as well. Here’s a couple of shots my wife just took down at Ijjijarjuq. A fog bow and a midnight Sun. #Nunavut 📸 Leah Ejangiaq Kines npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare A reminder that the prettiest place the Stanley Cup has been is Arctic Bay. #StanleyCup #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I got a very nice note from the birding clients, just discovered it tonight. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare that’s me. Played in university. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Looking forward to the IPO for GuillotinePlansForEveryone.com npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I led a bird tour for a couple of visitors for two days this week. I suspect the quite enjoyed the experience despite a late spring that meant none of our target birds were at one of planned locations. Ponds were still frozen and probably over 50% snow cover. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Yesterday’s good hare day. #Nunavut #wildlifePhotography npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Half the family headed out on the land for spring camping today. The other half leaves Tuesday. We’ll see them in 2-3 weeks #Nunavut #Inuit npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare it’s on CFL+ in the US. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Let’s go! Bluebomber football time. Finally. #CFL #CFLOM npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare “Attention passengers. The cabin crew will be coming around with oxygen masks for those who wish to purchase them. Five people did not opt to pay for cabin pressurization which works out to 17 minutes on this flight. Those of you who purchased seatbelts should put them at on now as we will be opening the doors soon. Thank you.” npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare On the Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway had a character The World’s oldest man. His sister was our checkout person at Walmart. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare #poetry #PoetryWhenTheMomentTakesMe #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Plus 1 today. First coffee on the deck in 2026. First Glaucous Gulls of the year. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare There are a lot of Hare this year. Here's one from tonight. #Nunavut #WildlifePhotography #Hare npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Yea though I walk through the valley of death, my feet are killing me. Would it hurt to have a goddam bench every couple of kilometres. Or a juice stand. Back in my day we would have planned this out better. Kids with their fancy AI and they can’t even figure out that people need to rest now and then. My damned bunions are screaming. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare This is why I keep tabs on it. #Nunavut #WildlifePhotography npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare No card in my camera so I used the drone zoomed in. Arctic Hare by Inuksuuk. (One inuksuk, two inuksuuk, more than two inuksuit). These were made by qallunaq (non-Inuit) during construction of the airport. #Nunavut #wildlife npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Thanks to all of the advice on Darktable, etc. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I’m wanting to divest myself from Adobe. And my biggest investment is Lightroom. Anyone here have any thoughts on Darktable? I have over 300k photos in my catalogue and need to be able to import them and all their data/metadata. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Taken stuff out to the cabin yesterday and this is where we got stuck. Got out, and then stuck again, headed back and switched to snowmobiles. Looks like the days of driving there are done for the year. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Yesterday we “warmed” the cabin. Crowded and joyful. People came and ate and made space for others. Games were held at my in-laws’ cabin for more room. Tuktu stew, allu, bannock, salads and plenty of desserts. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Mary Oliver, as always. #Poetry npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare If you want to know how proud people here are about the Nunavut Quest and how important dog sledding is culturally… yesterday I saw a big group of kids playing “Nunavut Quest” kids were pulling other kids in sleds and the riders wore numbered bibs. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The old plates. When the NWT split into the NWT and Nunavut both territories wanted the old Polar Bear plates. Truthfully Nunavut had a much better claim as we have a more robust population of Polar Bears, throughout more of the area. But after a few years of both having the PB plates Nunavut decided to run a contest for new plates and this is what came of it. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare New plates. Who dis? #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Coming back to the cabin at the end of the walk. I was soaked in sweat as I was way over dressed. Stuck around the cabin longer than expected as I had to dry out clothes before snowmobiling back to town. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The pair. #CabinLife #Nunavut #birding #raven npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Yesterday I walked a couple of kilometres up the canyon behind the cabin. As I suspected a pair of Ravens are nesting in it. Ravens begin nesting in March and lay beautiful pastel green blue eggs in the cold spring. #CabinLife #Birding #birds #Raven npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Nunavut Quest arrival order, leg#3. 72 kms npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I hate hockey. #HNOM #NHLJets npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare My Uncle and Aunt lived in one in Ottawa. It was one of the most unique homes I saw as a child. Hard to see on this Google Earth street view. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Dog sled npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The Nunavut Quest started today, a few days late due to weather. Here is the order of arrival for the first leg. A reminder that the race is a staggered start and final results are based on total elapsed time. The racers covered about 68 kms today leaving Iglulik enroute to Pond inlet. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare It’s past the time for Canada to start cutting as many ties with the US as humanly possible. No more F-35s. Ditch the autopact and make one with Asia, Africa and Europe. Make individual trade deals with some states perhaps and treat those more like sovereign countries. Treat the US like the fascist country it has become. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Stayed at the cabin last night. I brought heating fuel out as we were getting low. My wife is in Pond Inlet for Nunavut Quest as she’s on the committee. So I thought there was no point in going back home. Very quiet, took the battery out of the clock because the ticking was annoying me. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The view from the cabin 10:30 Tuesday night. #CabinLife #nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The beacon during Tuesday’s power outage. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Watched the Artemis II launch with family including my daughter. She is the biggest Apollo program fan you can imagine, especially when you consider she’s an Inuk from the high Arctic in her 20s. She can correct me on details that I remember from those days. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Crowded cabin tonight. The power went off in the community this morning. The crew from Qulliq energy arrived about an hour ago to try and get it sorted. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I thought maybe she’d start with Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie but okay, Billy Collins it is. #CabinLife #Poetry npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Three Arctic Hare at the cabin tonight. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare We’re going to need a bigger Hague npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare It’s the Spring Equinox today. So from here on in, for the next six months, I’ll have more Sun than you. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Many times I despair for the world. But then I have a baby sleep on my chest,my wife next to me, and a dog with its head on my lap. And I think this little corner of the world is pretty damn fine. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Heats back on in the cabin. Now to get it warm enough for the inverter to work and the battery to charge. At what point do I head back out? Generator was topped up. -37C #CabinLife #nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Calgary public library is offering $8000 for an AI artist residency? What the actual fuck? https://brennan.day/why-is-my-local-city-and-public-library-looking-to-pay-50-hr-to-an-ai-artist-residency/ npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The Man in the Iron Masked Booby npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare So we’re down south in Iqaluit to be with our daughter. Ran into a friend at one of the stores and pulled out my phone to show her Avianna’s picture. Her manager looked over her shoulder and said “So tiny!” npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Well you may have gotten the gold medal USA, but Trump is still your president #Olympics npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Life is good. #GrandpasGirls 📸 Leah Ejangiaq Kines npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare It’s been both a wonderfully delightful day and a very challenging one. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Godspeed Jesse Jackson. Godspeed. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare He walks. He talks. He sheds his skin like a rep… tile. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare -40 and every one of the dogs is like “fuck you. You go pee outside” npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Mom. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Slava Ukraini! Heroiam Slava! npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I truly am. And I’ve long been a lucky man, long aware that I am, and long thankful for that. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Cousin. Delilah is my son’s daughter, Avianna is my daughter’s. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare So I became a Grandfather squared this evening just after 9 pm. Avianna Paungajuk Helena K. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Bagpipes. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare “You learn, after a while, that quotes by Einstein, Twain, and Gandhi shared on the internet are not to be trusted.” - John F. Kennedy npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Seal skin cushion for the bench made by Leah and our niece. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare It’s #SuperbOwl Sunday npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Today’s cabin views. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Through the ice fog. The Prodigal Sun has returned. Time to slaughter a fatted calf. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare We’ve hit -40C (or F. It’s the same at this temperature) today. That’s the first time in three winters. Typically we would get about a week of -40s every year some time after the Sun returns. Not so the last two years. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare The view from the cabin this afternoon. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare So close. #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Stand mixer. Thermometer for the syrup is key I think npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Tried my hand at homemade marshmallows. Pretty good, deliciously soft. But a sticky mess to make. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare I’ll bet “Melania” cleans up at the FIFA Academy Awards npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Today is the official return of the Sun but it will be another week before we see it in town, because of the lay of the land. npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Hey Donald, Bruce Springsteen just dropped a new song. You should give it a listen, it even has you in it. https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=8h0MFIknbPtW_BJE npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare And… done. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Colours colours everywhere. #CabinLife #Nunavut #Aurora #AuroraBorealis npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare My FIL has been down in Ottawa on medical, back today. While he was away Leah and a niece have been painting the in-laws’ cabin while our niece’s partner and I put down new flooring. It’s been a struggle as we’ve had one generator issue after another. But they now seem to be sorted. Lots of cutting and the mitre saw was up at my cabin as it can handle the electrical load. So I walked back and forth the 100m or so all night. The wind was bitter but the Arqsarniit danced all night. #CabinLife npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare 2:30 am, back from my fourth? fifth? trip to the cabin. Good news it’s warmed up, -31 now. But a working generator is in place and one less thing to worry about. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Cold out there. Generator problems, but I finally got one going. Charging the battery a bit before I try and get some heat into the in-laws cabin so then I can get their battery charged. Then I’ll get back at their new flooring. -33 is hard on everything. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Trip to the cabin this afternoon to charge the battery. But a high tide saw a flooded shore (right up into the river) and warm temps meant it wasn’t frozen yet. Went out again this evening but plans to work on the in laws cabin went out the window. #CabinLife #Nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Bit of an unusual sighting this afternoon. On our way to the cabin we noticed a bright star that I first thought was Venus, but it was too high. Suddenly it got very bright, and then just as quickly faded to a dim point of light. #CabinLife #nunavut npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Why indeed? npub1t9nwr6vd7p6a2tayjrmnrdx62qa4sj04ahypmnpemj8jeh24s94sf2ufpq Clare Sketchy. We could have stayed at the cabin. But there were people watching out for us. And we had the radio.
