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We were on our way home to Yellowknife from High Level, AB and there were all sorts of ponds along the way with various amounts of growth. We came across this one and it was absolutely calm and clear. The reflection was perfect and I think this picture looks like a piece of art.

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DSC02846_DxO, originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.

We found this bee busy at work on one of the sunflowers yesterday so we decided to watch him for a while. During the half hour we watched him he removed a lot of pollen…so much in fact that you can see all the yellow stuck to him. He was busy as a bee and ended up going to 3 different sunflowers but ended up at the big one he started at. Pretty amazing to watch him.

Tags: bee, flower, Garden, sunflower, Yellowknife

When you are shoveling snow in -30° C weather you have to do what you can to stay warm. Big boots, big mitts, a down filled jacket and something to cover your face are a necessity. A good sense of humour doesn’t hurt either. Since it doesn’t take long for skin to freeze when it gets this cold, covering the majority of your exposed skin is a requirement to being outside for any length of time. This is me out shoveling snow in -32° C temperatures and with the wind chill it was close to -40° (C and F are the same at this point) with my warm clothing and face protection.

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A road that is bright and green in the summer time sometimes looks so lonely and desolate in the winter. I love how the hoar frost just covers everything when the skies are clear and it is cold out. I drive by this road occasionally and it is interesting to see how different it looks in the various seasons.

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One of the great things about living in the north is the clear winter days. When it is cold like it was on January 3rd, 2010 (-35° C) and the sky is clear you get beautifully clear blue skies and ice crystals in the air. Those ice crystals play games with the sun like water drops do in the summer after a rain storm. The result of these ice crystals and bright sunlight is the sun dogs. If you look closely you can see them on either side of the sun which is hidden behind the trees.

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This is another picture of downtown Yellowknife taken from Pilot’s Monument Hill. This was taken on January 2nd, 2010 at roughly 3:20pm as the sun was going down behind the buildings. It was -35° C when I was taking this picture and you can see all the heating exhaust coming from the many buildings. I can honestly say that it sure felt a lot colder than the thermometer registered.

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This picture was taken on December 30th, 2009 at around noon. It is taken from the top of Pilot’s Monument Hill in Yellowknife. The hill is a great place to take pictures all year round. From the top you can get great views of the downtown, Yellowknife Bay and Back Bay. If you are lucky enough at this time of year you can see ski planes landing or taking off from a runway that has been plowed on frozen Great Slave Lake.

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