It's cold "there" also....

Some of my Yellowknife friends have been posting references to the local weather on facebook.  Thought I'd share with the Minnesotans that think it's cold here.

Minus 41C this morning with a slight wind bringing the temp down to minus 51C... OUCH.  Looking at the top pic.. the dark cold reminds me of starting my vehicle and driving in that cold weather.. wheels so stiff they didn't want to turn.

Life is good!

It's been cold here...

Of course, these Minnesotans have me brainwashed about how cold it is and I forget walking to a New Year's Party in Inuvik years ago when the temp was -50C and the snow was crunching under foot as I walked along the street.

Anyways, the lake looked damn cold this morning.  Some nice sights at sunrise of the (I believe) John H Munson was sitting deckside (that's mariner talk) waiting to be the last ship to dock into the Duluth Harbour for the season. Supposed to go in tomorrow.

Was just watching the mist around the ship.. it would totally disappear at times... and thinking that a sailor's life probably isn't always that great.. but mine is d'accord.

Life is Good.

Saturday was a good day...

Saturday morning we decided to take a trip up the North Shore. It was a nice day and we took our time driving up as far as Silver Bay.  Jewels and I both love this drive and find it so relaxing and good for us.

We took a short hike in one spot and snapped a few pics of the cold cold cold lake. It was pretty with the sun shining onto it and reflecting its warmth to us. We also stopped along the road and interrupted a feast that a group of ravens and a large bald eagle were having on a deer carcass.  The ravens took off but the eagle landed close by and let me take a few pics before he flew off.

We finished the evening back in Duluth and tried our feet at Contra dancing and Traditional Square Dancing. Great exercise and Great fun.

Oh... and my sweet little Grand Daughter Shaya turned 6 years old on Sunday. I love my grand kids soooooo much.  Great weekend.

Life is Good!

Sunrise on the Lake... again!

Well, mixed in with the bad stuff happening in our world comes sunrise over the Lake.  It is so nice for us to look forward to what Mr. Sun will bring every day.

Today was nice and Life is Good.

Every day there's a new story with the same theme

Most if not all of my posts on this blog have been about happy times... following my little byline about "Life is Good"!

I've been thinking about this for a while now and it's due to an alarming trend that is in the news on a daily basis. The photo above is a 10 year old child named Jade Morris who was killed by a woman in Las Vegas.  Jade Morris didn't do anything - other that be in the wrong place with the wrong person at the wrong time.

I'm going to try attach the story below these comments.  This is not a rant but just an expression of how sad I feel when I read these stories. I know that there are much worse things happening in this world where kids are starving in the thousands due to drought or civil war or whatever but there is virtually nothing that can be done other than getting our "have" countries involved.

But... in almost every case I read about kids being killed in North America.. in our back yards in some cases, the children are just innocent victims of fucked up people that can't deal with their issues or illnesses, and eventually are ignored long enough that they take out their frustrations and feelings on the helpless people around them - the children who did not ask to be there in the care of such dangerous sick people. In most cases, the adults that kill have sought help but either can't find it or get lost in the system.

It's just so very sad and it makes me wonder if there is anything that can possibly be done to stop it.

Yeah... life is good, but not for everyone.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/29/jade-morris-las-vegas-girl-suspect/1797783/

T'is been a nice Christmas...

We've enjoyed a nice Christmas Holiday this season.  We hosted a gang on Xmas Eve and then had Christmas day at Scott's cabin on Island Lake.

Nothing like a cold beer and a rousing game of bocce ball on the ice.  We had fires roaring outdoors on both days and of course kept warm in the hot tub - as required.

A couple of days ago, (Boxing Day is not a common name here in the states) we drove down to Minneapolis and spent the day with Julie's grand kids. It was nice and also reminded me of how much I miss my family this time of year.

Anyways, I want to wish my friends who visit this page a wonderful holiday and all the best for a healthy happy New Year.

Life is Good!

Winter Wonderland in Courtenay!

I nabbed some photos that Jill took and posted onto Facebook.

Looks like Courtenay got a beautiful dump of the white stuff just in time for Christmas.  I'm so very happy that Jill's mom Diane and her sister Rebecca could be with the family for the Christmas Holiday.

My grandkids look so grown up and happy.  I love you all and Merry Christmas to you!

Life is great!