Solar powered lights

I saw the lights. The Northern Lights. They were here, albeit it through a light veil of clouds. It’s always a pleasure to observe this Arctic phenomenon without freezing your extremities.

An ending and a beginning

It all started with a crazy sunset. So we went out to Birds Hill Park and observed. At first, the sunset seemed rather classic, but

Water

Definitely the most useful and problematic substance on earth. Some places lack water for years, other places have too much of it, and again other places just use it for recreation.

Walk on water

It’s not easy to give a correct opinion about how water should be used. The only thing I can and want to do here is to show a little about the water here in Manitoba. Water is

Romantic beaches

I don’t know about you, but I have always had a soft spot for romantic places. Even more if you have someone to share them with. Beaches in the evening come to mind.

Sand castle

And who says beaches, also says waterworks and sand works. The above picture is a detail of something a lot bigger, a lot more, how shall I say…

Wooden fridges and gratification

We all know that the word “fridge” comes from the brand name Frigidaire. Back in the days, that term and brand did not exist and the term icebox or ice house was used.

Ice house

An ice house from the 19th century looked like this. Ice in at the top, melt water out at the bottom and food in closed containers in the middle. None of this would have been available to us today if

Lunchtime

In my previous post I stated that we have moved to a new apartment. That apartment is very close to the Assiniboine Forest.

Telegraph Road

I have blogged already a few times about the Forest, but now that I live quite close to it, I can also spend my lunchtime there. And come up with some interesting pictures as well…