Summer Flowers

Summer is here and so are all the pretty flowers.

Like Father Like Son

My Mom took the photo below of Dad and me leaning on the railing at the Government of Nunavut building in Cape Dorset. Now your first thought may be look at the lazy government employees but this photo was taken at about 10 minutes left to go at lunch. So the next question logically would be why are we leaning on the railing? Well we both left to eat lunch at Dad and Moms apartment and left our jackets behind with our keys in them. We had to wait for someone to come along and unlock the door for us. Yep like Father like Son.

Note. The little guy is Dad.
On the Maxim magazines top 100 feared men of all time, Dad's ranked in at 38th. What shriveled up old Bastard can still put the fear of God in you.
LOL

Duck Eggs

Michele had the opportunity to go boating with friends and she came back with some duck eggs. Mom used some of them to make donuts and after several taste tests they do taste different than using eggs from the store. But in a good way. An Inuk friend told Michele to try eating a couple after they have been frozen. Apparently it is like eating ice cream.

Away With Thee

The ice is finally on it's way out and the photo below shows all that is left. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that we will have the icebergs and smaller pieces blow back in this year. Last year it was amazing.

*Update* - When I got up this morning all the ice was gone. It has been 15C three days in a row but the mosquito's are starting to arrive.

An Evening at the Park

Before Michele left to see family in the south we spent an evening at the Park. Photos below.

If I wanted to spend the time I could have made the sky blue.

Runoff is everywhere and makes nice designs in the sand and mud. Luckily I like to play in both. I had taken about 20 photos of Michele on the swings at this point. This was her telling me the next boot won't miss.

Zoom Zoom

Ice, Ice Baby

Finding funny or witty post titles is starting to become a bit of a stretch. Photos below are just different photos of ice from the last couple of weeks.

This ice looked like tiny ice cubes.

Plants were starting to force themselves through the snow a couple of weeks ago. There is only patches of snow left now that the temperature is starting to stay in the 10-15C range.

You can still see lots of ice floating around. This little chunk was floating around Dead Dog Lake a week ago.

The Parental Units

Those of you that follow our blog know that both of my parents are now living and working in Cape Dorset. Some of the family are requesting more photos of them on the blog so here you go. Mom and Dad at Dead Dog Lake with Dad trying to be funny. Note the trying part.

The Flowers are Starting

We've finally started to see the flowers poking through around the rocks. The beauties below are only the size of nickles. If you look close you will see water trapped between the leaves. I didn't notice the water until we got home and had the photos on the computer.

Evening Stroll

While looking for the Beluga carcasses we really just wanted to get out of the house for a couple of hours. It has been foggy here since Wednesday and the fist cargo planes since then came in today. Funny that we can get two cargo planes show up today but all the people that have been stranded since Wednesday in Iqaluit and here have to wait until tomorrow to fly. The nice weather that showed up today isn't supposed to last past this evening.

The water was as smooth as glass.

My first half decent bird photo of the year. About the time I thought the bird was going to turn around a couple of kids came running over screaming and hollering. To say the least the bird didn't stick around for more photos.

Beluga Whale Hunt - Graphic

The local hunters had a successful whale hunt a couple of days ago. When we went out to the site the day after not much was left. Just the remnants of the two Beluga whales and some square pieces of blubber.

I learned that if you step in the blubber and then walk from the snow back onto the rocks be careful. It's like having no tread on the bottom of your boots and they are coated in grease.