These photos came in backwards but c'est la vie. As you know I'm a working person once again (TGIF - yes I do know when it is Friday and Sunday now and also know all the Stat holidays once again). As I'm stationed right on Main Street (in the Hougen Centre for those of you who know where that is) I thought I'd take some snaps. The photo above (and the one below) is from my "boss'" office. She is luck enough to have the corner office so she has a two directional view. Looking out on to Main Street is the federal building - built around 1988 (I was working for Target Downtown before its building (a downtown revitalization project non profit association) and had a say in what the building would look like. For those of you who did live here in the very very past, remember the ugly, yet functional, old federal building in post office green and in fact all the postal boxes and post office was right there on the main floor. Much has changed now as the main floor hosts an atrium and an elevator.
Then looking out her other window is the rest of Main Street right down to the White Pass & Yukon Route station, in other words, the end of the road (I worked there too as a Train Order Operator which is like a dispatcher). If you think this photo looks familiar, it's because if you go to the extreme left hand of my blog and below the frog click on to Main Street Real Time, the camera for that website is one floor above the floor I am standing (in my investment advisor's office).
Now, this photo is from my office, although I don't have much time to look out the window, at Main & 3rd. Since I have a good view of downtown I feel I should look out more often but I'll bet my boss doesn't think so.So tomorrow is the big Spruce Bog, the craft fair of craft fairs in Whitehorse (other than the Cranberry Fair). I certainly will be attending that and maybe some of you who read this blog will get your Xmas gift from some crafty talented Yukoner.
This is why my blog entries are now slow - work gets in the way. In case you're wondering, we are in the winter seaon now. 5 centimeters of snow expected tonight to add to that which is already on the ground, but our temperatures are just below zero, that is above -10, so we are all very happy.
1 comment:
WOW - your working again - I am hoping to have a very small maybe even one day a week job when Jimmy retires on March 1, 2009 - He has had 4 job offers. - 1) To go to the panama for 6 months to train up railroaders - YUK LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS 2) To teach railway at George Brown College 1 day a week 3) To ride the GO - ALLLLLL ABOARD when called (and still get paid if not called - this one is just around the corner from us and while it is not exciting - I LOVE THIS ONE and 4) Be oncall for special CP project. Back to meeeee - I would love to work at one of the local companies (we have a large work area in Alderwood just east of us) as a reception/secretary with a microphone when the coffee truck pulls in saying - MAGGOT WAGON - LOL - I just want something close. All the best TGIF. MJT
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