Sometimes, the skies seem to be upset. Nothing you can do or hope for is going to happen. You need 3 more months of summer, but the end of summer is in sight. The sky is there to make sure you got the message. A few weeks ago I went out with  friends on a mission called “storm chasing”.

While we didn’t exactly get what we were hoping for (tornadoes), we also did not come up empty handed. The key is in the perseverance. We went out to south-west Manitoba, hunting for a storm that seemed promising for tornado activity.

Days are light and nights are dark. That’s what I was taught in preschool. I guess that was more for the words “light” and “dark” than for teaching me what night was. However, here in Canada, the dark nights can be surprisingly light. And I am not talking of nights on the North Pole.

Oak Hammock Marsh

A few weeks ago I went out to shoot some elusive aurora. Right from the start it was clear that the aurora was there. But Mother Nature had other plans for the night.

For a long time I have been blogging about birds and bees and dragonflies. All nice and all, but what about the rest of the animals in the city? Namely people and their activities? Well, I thought it was time to start at the roots of the city of Winnipeg.

Point Douglas is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Winnipeg. Also one of the poorest. Also one of the more industrious. Now, how does that all fit together?

It’s that time again. Waking up in the morning, thinking that something is wrong. Everything is too quiet outside, you hear no cars, trucks or other noisy engines. What is going on? Is it too early to wake up? You look at the alarm clock. Nope, not too early, more a bit later than your usual wakeup tine.

You peek through the window, seeing nothing. Now this starts to be uncomfortable. You run to the living room that had a bigger window and see…