A Long Time Coming

I must admit this blog entry is way over due and my apologies to my readers.  I do have many excuses for not doing this entry sooner; extremely busy at work with our annual Arctic char harvest, meeting the Canada's Prime Minister Steven Harper and his wife Laureen, Leona Aglukkaq and their entourage, meeting the Google team, receiving our annual barge order,  cruise ship tours, Canadian Coast Guards, birthday celebrations.  I have also been asked by the caring volunteers of Diamonds in the Ruff, CamBay's first animal rescue to join the team, how could I say no?

Ever since I moved up here (two years ago on September 16th) I have never been so busy.  I thought moving to the far north would slow my life down but it's far from it.  Don't get me wrong I love my life but I am glad that things have come to a normal pace, whatever normal is.

So without further writing I will let the pictures tell the story of my life this past month.

Talk soon!

 Stephane and I meeting Steven Harper, Laureen Harper and Leona Aglukkaq

Presenting my photo book to the Prime Minister

 Leona and I

 Craig meeting the Prime Minister

Al and Bernie renovating Cambridge Bay's first animal shelter

The amazing volunteers for Diamonds in the Ruff

The Google bike!  We are the most northern community on Google now.

Float plane coming in with a load of Arctic char

 The first barge of the season from Hay River, NT

The Martin Bergmann just about ready to search for the Franklin Expedition

There was time for some play

Miss Molly enjoying a nice fall day

Blitz pointing at a lemming

Crazy Blitz

Handsome Blitz

Hannah Banana

Arctic Swan

Yay the arrival of our barge from Montreal, PQ!

Our barge order

Heading out to our fishing camps

Still love the beauty of the Arctic

The shores of Wellington Bay (Ekalluk River)

The Camp

Many gulls along the shoreline

Waiting for fish scraps

Our fishers from left to right, Nathan, James, our lead Jack and Ivor

Heading out to check the nets

Coming back with a load of fresh Arctic char

James cleaning the char

Jack showing us how it is done

Loading up the dressed char to meet the float plane

Float plane arriving - very close to camp

Heading out

Meeting the float plane

Nathan, Jack and Ivor taking us back to our plane

My Amazing Happy Cake that Natasha made for me

One of the best presents from my friend Marg

My present from my hubby - new wheels!