Coffee, Quiche and matching socks

Actually, I should refer to the sock in the singular.. and the fact that the sock and my supper match is a total coincidence.. the sock has been in the works for a while, but since one must talk to their mom on the phone, I was able to multitask and finally finish this puppy. The fit is snugger than my last pair, but I think when it stretches it'll be perfect and they are they look warm... being knit in the colours of exuberance and happiness... and truely.. happiness is a warm pair of wool socks :D, a hot mug of coffee (unadulterated by dairy products or sucrose) and apparently... a slice of crustless broccoli quiche :D

Can I have seconds?

The verdict is in..... this is delicious and I'd totally even serve it guests....

Okay.. admittedly I did serve the very bad barely-cabbage-tomato soup gone very wrong to guests, but only becuase they asked.... I didn't intend to feed it to non-residents and I did warn them about the illconsidered use of bay leaf crumbs.... and one of them might have had seconds...

Crustless Broccoli Quiche

My stint as foods instructor has inspired me to try some new recipes at home.... so far the pictures look good... I'll have to try it to find out if its as good as it looks.... I'll report shortly.

Rainbow Feet

Yeah for self striping yarn and time spent in airports. These puppies are finally done!

Rankin and New Ideas

I'm lucky to be participating in the pilotting of the new Grade 11 science cirriculum (Tariuq 11). I spent 3 days in Rankin Inlet learning about it and working with the pilot group to figure out what we need to do to pilot it well. I'm looking forward to trying it out next week.

The photo is the Rankin Inukshuk at dusk.

While I was away, winter came to the north, likely to stay. We've had our first snow and its been cold, windy and rainy for most of the last week. Some beautiful skies to make me wish I had my camera with me and some nice white caps on the lake. The barges have been busy making the most of the last of the shipping season. The days of shipping are numbered as we begin having regular sub-zero temps.

The days are racing by too... I can't believe we are already into October.... report cards in just 2 weeks.

The Terry Fox Run and Literacy week have passed and now we are headed for halloween.

Anywho... I guess the last bits of excitement for me is the 3 boxes of food mail I recieved yesterday.... Yeah vegetables :D... but I'd best get back to work... oh and socks... I finally finished and photographed the rainbow ones and I've gotten a fair bit done one a heavy woolen pair.

Flags unfurled

Ah.. a bright and windy morning...... not this morning though, this morning was rain, rain and more rain!

Work at Dawn

Here is my second home at dawn.... and what a sky! The photo doesn't really do it justice. The summer is starting to rise later and set earlier - the darker season is slowly creepy up on is.... its been warmer than normal this September for Baker, but snow isn't too far in our future.

Sorry for disappearing between business, lack of internet, followed by lack of bandwidth... I've been unable to blog for a while now.... I just need to make sure I get out and take some more pictures before winter catches up to us.

Olive Herb Bread

I christened my wonderful new working oven by baking some of the best bread I've ever made. Delicious, if I do say so myself.

Sunsets

Its funny now that I live close to work, I'm missing seeing sunsets and sunrises all the time. This is the one the night of Graduation. The northern lights have been active a bit, but we are still pretty deep in the solar minimum. I can't believe we are are already into the 3 week... this year is speeding along.

I wish there was less to do, it would be nice to get outside more. I can't even relax enough to write a decent entry for my blog, although when the internet was down last week - I had all sorts of things that I wanted to write about. Figures, I now have the internet and all of that stuff is gone.

For fun, I've managed to read a fiction book - "The Time Traveller's Wife" - It was really well written and I'm actually even more excited to see the movie than I was before reading it. I also finally pulled my paints out. Its been a really long time since I've painted anything and it was nice to take a moment to focus the way that only art can focus me and paint. I'm even surprised that a few of them turned out amoung my better efforts considering how long it has been.

I'm currently listening to "Meet the Elemenets" by They Might be Giants. My students will be listening too, since most of my science classes are currently working on chemistry.

And thats all for now folks.

All it needs are a few unicorns and a castle

This looks like the cover off some fantasy novel less unicorns and a grave looking man with a sword and a beautiful woman with hair curling to her knees astride a dainty, but feistly looking mare in a dress that is even more beautiful than she is or would be if it wasn't torn and dirty from travel.

I need to get my head back in the real world.

J

FIreweed on the Mountainside or roadsite

I can't figure where my other pictures from the sunset are. I can't even say where this was taken. Its been a crazy weekend, but a nice one. I've seen the firetruck rolling full tilt with lights and sirens going full tilt. This afternoon it pulled up and parked right outside of my window, but I'm not sure why. It stayed for nearly an hour. We weren't evacuated, so probably it wasn't this building.

Boats

Congradulations

The sunset on the night of the graduation was awesome. There were lots of kids playing out by the lake. I'm off to take pictures shortly... so look for more posts to follow.

Glancing Back at Summer

Autumn is coming to the tundra - although the last few days have been warm and glorious (by tundra in late August standards). Here is the last photo I took out west...... do views get more perfect? The shot is taken in Canmore looking across the Bow River at a mountain that I'm sure I should know the name of, but my mountain ID skills aren't very good.

Today is a special day here. It is the grade 12 graduation where we honour our students with the persistance and work ethic to complete their high school diplimo. This year, there are 9 wonderful kids who have achieved this honour and they along with several staff members, family members and community members have been hard at work organizing themselves for 2 days of celebration. They are awesome people and I wish them all the best on their future plans. Its much neater this year now that I actually know some of the graduates. I'm very excited to see them cross the stage later this afternoon.

Congratualations all of you!!!

JP

and time stopped...

Same tern... the first I think that I've seen. What an amazing bird to watch!!

Tern Around

There is an unheard music about birds in flight, especially moments like this trapped in the pixals of my camera. Such beauty and grace that most humans only dream of....

August Tundra View

Last post for today... this was taken a bit later after the sun came out :D - I don't think the picture even does the beauty of the land justice. You'll just have to trust me.. the tundra is an amazing place to be...

Tundra Surreal

Well, I guess I better show an overall view of the amazing world around me.

Brelupper continues

I guess the hare figured that the chilly wind meant that eating now was more important that watching and entertaining a human, so he dug in literally.... and started chomping on the ground and vegetation. He did a neat digging thing with his front paws... there was something oddly catlike about him.

1502 posts

Here is the 1502 post... wow!! That is a lot of pictures over the years.

After watching me take his picture for a few moments our hare-friend decided to stretch and come a little closer.