Autumn Harvest

The little woman's garden keeps going and going.......

Cute Little Snow Bunny

Walking back to the camp at dusk I came across an Arctic rabbit....if you can call a rabbit that is bigger than my cats and mostly walks. Not a lot of hop unless it was less than a foot or so from where it wanted to go.

Other Side of the Sun

One of my cousins (the Texan one) took a photo of the sun setting in Texas. Here is what the sun was doing a few hours later over the next continent over---and a few changes of latitude.

Chilled and Mottled Feathered Friends

Suprised a pair of Snow Grouse while returning from lunch. They didn't seemed too bothered but I guess they have been acclimated with all the mine activity.

BTW-I can't actually see the blog due to "technical" difficulties

Just hanging at the airport

While waiting on the flight up to the mine one of locals decided to come in and wait with us

Hopping Across the Pond Again

Going to visit my good friends at Kupol before it gets REALLY cold.

New Operating System

In case any of you were wondering what a pre-release version of Windows 8 looks like running on a MacBook Pro shouldered between the base Lion iOS and Windows 7.  Must have been a slow day hitting the books :)

Circus Day at the High School

Here is what an almost 17 year old box of popcorn looks like :)

Morning Lakeview

Its morning a few blocks from the lake front with the construction of the new condos moving right along. I wonder if we will get a discount for losing the view next year?

Geek Stick

Yep, 256 gigs----I can almost fit all the great sci-fi movies on this baby....Geeks rule the known (and unknown) Universe :)

Cukes-R-Us

Had a few older cucumbers and some fresh new ones...



Sliced, split and placed in jars...

Tried a few different configurations....

Heated up the jars for sealing....

And now just awaiting the results from the judges....

The summer looks to give us many more opportunities for canning in the weeks and months to come....

Revenge of the Dorm Sink

While no one fessed up to how the sink in one of the UTM dorm bathrooms "fell" off the wall, a new and hopefully much sturdier, college student resistant sink is now installed and in sporadic use.

Free Roaming Llamas

A small herd of wild(?) llamas at over 10,000 feet of elevation. Not much up here other than this herd and some sparse grass as spring approaches in the southern hemisphere.

Q: What's llama's favourite film? A: Llamadeus 

Q: Who is the llama spiritual leader? A: The Dalai Llama 

And on, and on....

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Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Wife

I'll take you to the ends of the earth---ok, so it's just seems like that :)

Roadside Assistance

About halfway down from the mine we picked up a sharp rock and had to break out the spare. Fairly routine other than the location and that warm fuzzy feeling knowing there were a couple of more hours of rugged roads with no spare :)

The Mice will play when the Cat is away

These little guys are starting to get all chubby and photogenic---especially when I'm gone!

8 and Counting

Scored some bling at dinner tonight---a new jacket with the 8 countries we have a presence in embroidered into the back.

Springtime in the Andes

View from the base camp

Original Coca-Cola

What miners drink the evening before ascending to 4500 meters! No vino tonight :(

Pimping my Ride for Tonight

The ground support team is readying my ride to the Southern Hemisphere for my friend John and I