I an still in the process of unpacking and not much in the mood for writing -- but had to mention that the lake is starting to freeze. You can see these odd patches that don't move. I heard it gets to be 8' thick and folks drive trucks on it.
The view out my new windows is even better than the old one - though it is in the same direction so maybe it is my imagination. In the night sky, straight in front of me (and directly over the lake) is Orion and to the right is Venus. It is a spectacular view. Mind you, Ken says it is not so special in the winter when it is all white and you can't tell where the land ends and the "water" begins. I'll withhold my judgement.
Cheers,
Cindy (who better get back to marking the journals of her students)
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Cheeks
The feeling is returning to my cheeks. The second wedding in two days and that meant another night of dancing and games. This time it was Janine and I and we had a great time. I got up for the jigging contest and one of my students captured it on video. I'll get it next week and post it. I have no idea who my partner was - all part of the fun.
The wind is around 80kph and whipped us home; but was worth it when Janine took the time to look up from the road and noticed the aurora. There is a planet (Venus?) and lots of stars and then the aurora dancing in and out of them.
Awesome.
The wind is around 80kph and whipped us home; but was worth it when Janine took the time to look up from the road and noticed the aurora. There is a planet (Venus?) and lots of stars and then the aurora dancing in and out of them.
Awesome.
Blizzard
I recall reading that Baker Lake is the blizzard capital of Canada. Tonight I am verifying the truth of this. The morning was crisp but held no warnings of the evening to come. It was the second day this week with some ice over puddles on the morning walk to work but nothing to cause worry. Okay - two days ago some kids said there were snowflakes at lunch but I didn't see them. Ostrich!
There are two weddings in town. Each will feature a feast and an evening of square dancing. I promised the students I would be there. After my appearance last weekend at the teen dance I received a flurry of invitations to show up at the latest shindig. I was able to convince Jonathan to come with me and as he went upstairs to change I heard the front door open and close and for some reason decided to take a look at the weather. Holy mackeral!! There was enough snow on the front porch that the smokers standing in their slippers made tracks. Get out the parka.
Jonathan and I had fun walking to the arena and even more fun at the wedding party. I played one of the games where you stand in a circle and toss a die and if you get the previously decided upon number you go into the middle and jig with the "stick" in your hand until the next person rolls the number and takes it from you. At the end of 10 minutes the man and woman in the middle get a prize. I made it to the middle twice and clogged to a cheering crowd. That just got me geared up for the next event: do your best crazy dance to "Wipeout". I shook my bum and finished with the splits. I wouldn't have thought to do the splits but some students kept asking me to do them (ever since I did them at the teen dance I get daily requests). I made it into the finals and came about 5th overall. Darn it - I wanted the purple fun fur fuzzy jacket. There was no way to beat a little kid - but what would he want with a purple fuzzy jacket thing? Sour grapes on my part ;-)
Jonathan left as he was getting way too hot in his new winter boots. Tomorrow night we plan to take shoes in a bag. That meant I had to walk home alone and that was an adventure. By now the storm was ..... well, a storm. The wind was raging and by the time I hit the high road I was blown the rest of the way home. At one point the drifts were over my hiking boots. Craaaaazy. (but fun) Let's face it, it wasn't that cold and so it was still fun. I am well aware that add a drop in temperature and I will not be celebrating the arrival of winter.
I snuggled up (it was after 1AM) and caught the rest of a movie I had started watching on TV at lunch. Then the power went out. There was nothing to do but go to bed. I was wakened by the TV when the power came back on 2 hours later. The wind is pelting ice crystals at my windows. They were hitting me in the face on the way to the dance so I feel better being on the inside of the house. The sound is pretty loud, but I think I am now tired enough to fall asleep.
Good night from Blizzardville.
Cindy (who wore her old parka tonight that she bought to go to God's River in 1986)
There are two weddings in town. Each will feature a feast and an evening of square dancing. I promised the students I would be there. After my appearance last weekend at the teen dance I received a flurry of invitations to show up at the latest shindig. I was able to convince Jonathan to come with me and as he went upstairs to change I heard the front door open and close and for some reason decided to take a look at the weather. Holy mackeral!! There was enough snow on the front porch that the smokers standing in their slippers made tracks. Get out the parka.
Jonathan and I had fun walking to the arena and even more fun at the wedding party. I played one of the games where you stand in a circle and toss a die and if you get the previously decided upon number you go into the middle and jig with the "stick" in your hand until the next person rolls the number and takes it from you. At the end of 10 minutes the man and woman in the middle get a prize. I made it to the middle twice and clogged to a cheering crowd. That just got me geared up for the next event: do your best crazy dance to "Wipeout". I shook my bum and finished with the splits. I wouldn't have thought to do the splits but some students kept asking me to do them (ever since I did them at the teen dance I get daily requests). I made it into the finals and came about 5th overall. Darn it - I wanted the purple fun fur fuzzy jacket. There was no way to beat a little kid - but what would he want with a purple fuzzy jacket thing? Sour grapes on my part ;-)
Jonathan left as he was getting way too hot in his new winter boots. Tomorrow night we plan to take shoes in a bag. That meant I had to walk home alone and that was an adventure. By now the storm was ..... well, a storm. The wind was raging and by the time I hit the high road I was blown the rest of the way home. At one point the drifts were over my hiking boots. Craaaaazy. (but fun) Let's face it, it wasn't that cold and so it was still fun. I am well aware that add a drop in temperature and I will not be celebrating the arrival of winter.
I snuggled up (it was after 1AM) and caught the rest of a movie I had started watching on TV at lunch. Then the power went out. There was nothing to do but go to bed. I was wakened by the TV when the power came back on 2 hours later. The wind is pelting ice crystals at my windows. They were hitting me in the face on the way to the dance so I feel better being on the inside of the house. The sound is pretty loud, but I think I am now tired enough to fall asleep.
Good night from Blizzardville.
Cindy (who wore her old parka tonight that she bought to go to God's River in 1986)
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