For Ma & Pa Mauch

A couple of photos to let you know that your daughter arrived up north safe and sound. Debbie has been showing her the town...Teslin yesterday, play at the Arts Centre last night, a hockey game today (Peter's team didn't win..) then out with the girls tonight.

Yes, that's Yukon Brewing Company's Cranberry Wheat Ales and virgin Ceasars sitting on that table. We has a few cools ones, dinner, then home. Tomorrow will be the knitting classes she actually came north for, so ... all's well on the northern front.

Art Series Finale

Went to this season's last performance of the Art Series - Don Juan ... his story of how he came to be the greatest lover in the world, as told from hell. It was another interesting interpretation of a classic story, as performed by 4 actors and many puppets.

Was talking weather (are we Canadian ??) to someone from Ontario. They were raking their lawn. Above is my lawn. Although our temperatures were rivaling each other (excluding the 17 degrees they had the day of our conversation), our ground covering looks much different. It always amazes me how quickly the snow disappears considering how much we have ... a warm week ahead, apparently. That should make a difference.

Those of you that live in Whitehorse already know this and those who do not probably don't care, but a business that has served our city for 25 years will close its doors for good at the end of this month. The Country House will cease to be. If you DO live in Whitehorse, this is a big deal as it is the ONLY fine furniture store in the Yukon...I'm not kidding. Needless to say, it will be sorely missed.

As today is overcast and a bit gloomy, thought I'd cheer things up with a few photos of what lies right around the corner. Soon enough the first crocus will poke through the last of the snow and before you know it, our world will be splashed with colour once again! I love spring and the promise it holds.

The Flag is still Wavin'

If you remember, a few blogs down, I discovered the Youtube of K'naan's Wavin Flag. Well, as I'm sure you've all heard by now, the remix is released.
"And now the track is helping Haiti. Last month during the Olympics, more than 50 Canadian artists gathered in Vancouver and re-recorded the anthem as a charity single, with proceeds being split among Free the Children, War Child Canada and World Vision and their efforts for on-the-ground relief. The track was released today.

Dubbing themselves Young Artists for Haiti, those involved in the single include Drake, Metric’s Emily Haines, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, Broken Social Scene and many more. The song was recorded by legendary rock producer Bob Ezrin." (from thestar.com)
Now, for just $1.29, you can purchase this song from iTunes with Apple, the labels and the artists donating their share of the proceeds to Feed the Children, World Vision and War Child charities.
A great way to help out a country in need.

After complaining (yes, that is one of my favourite things to do), I was invited for dinner at SR's place. Brooke's sisters were still in town, so I finally got to meet them. They are leaving for Dawson City today to perform up north. Unfortunately, Hayley (centre) had the flu so didn't spend much time visiting her. Hope she's feeling better for the long drive north. If you haven't already, you can visit their website by clicking here and listen to a bit of their music.

SR bar-b-qued steaks (luckily he got the "ability to bar-b-q the best steaks in town" gene - and not from me I'm sorry to add) and Brooke cooked up loads of vegies. Great dinna! Ammon and Dustin joined us as well.

Also viewed the new art photos purchased for the house (when they were down in Vegas). Phenomenal photographs of immense proportions. The photographer is Peter Lik. You can view his work at http://www.peterlik.com/
It's well worth a visit to this site.

And one for the girls. Just heard about this site and had fun trying it out. You can insert your own head shot and try on the hair styles of the movie stars. As well, you can choose a variety of make up to go along with the new do. Click here and play a bit. The only tip is to take a photo of yourself with your hair pulled tightly back on your head so your own hair doesn't interfere with the new do's. Have fun. (You boys can try it out too if you really want to be adventurous!)

Medal Count

Time to take off the Olympic medal count! Will do that in a day or two, but just have to leave up our Gold Medal Count for a proud bit longer!

Until 2010 Canada has never won a gold medal at home. Then came Alex Bilodeau of Rosemere, Quebec, who won the first gold medal for Canada at home in freestyle skiing moguls. He broke the jinx. Then came all the grumbling about the Canadians not finishing in the medals, even though many finished 4th or 5th. (How about that Cross Country Skiier that completed the 50 kilometer race, only to miss a medal by 1.5 seconds!)
In comes week two and by the end of the week, Canada won more gold medals in Vancouver than in any Winter or Summer Games. AND ... Canada has also added its name to the record for the most gold medals at a Winter Games, set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and tied by Norway in 2002.

Congrats Canada. Congrats to all the alethletes that participated. And Congrats to all that won medals! I guess Own the Podium was a success. Now if they will just continue it (and perhaps change it's name).

March - in like a Lamb

They had to carve quickly as the temperature kept rising. Yesterday, the day after Rendezvous, we hit 6 degrees celcuis! It could very well be (and has been in past) minus 40 celcius at this time of month! What a difference. I heard that a snow carver visited our hospital, as a chunk of snow broke loose and broke her ankle - she was from another country ... the Netherlands perhaps, but feel free to correct me. Anyway here are a couple of interesting carvings.


Saw SR the other day. Even though he lives a 15 minute walk or a 4 minute drive away, I seldom see him, so when he arrived (to borrow something) I took his photo!