More Critters...

Summer Ermine in Martin's wood pile

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I thought I heard a squealing somewhere

over near the band saw

so I went over to get a closer look...

Much to my surprise & delight...

I was greeted by our little Ermine, still in her winter white!

Actually,

it was more like she was insisting that Wellington

& I were trespassing on her property

and that she was not in the least bit impressed!

We use this blade to cut dog meat & a lot of meat dust is

left inside the machine,

so...

the result is,

Stress free Dining for our little friend!
I wonder how long we will have her here to enjoy?

After a few opportunistic photos,

I opened the door of the saw, providing her a quick escape.
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More of our resident Eagle

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It's mighty awesome when you can get close enough

to see him blink!

In some photos, his eyes are as clear as can be...

In others they are cloudy because his eyelid has closed!

I love zoom!

Feet aren't the only things that leave tracks

in the snow!
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As you can see,

it sure isn't hard to get close to this bird!

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Sarah Grace

Celebrating the sun!

Daddy's shoulders are the best place to be...

Closer to the SUN!

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Mum's kick sled provides hours of entertainment

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A gentle kiss for a gentle friend

XOXO

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Adelaide

Soaking in Spring

A Yukon Girl that LIVES to be outdoors

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When you can't find a rock...

find a snowball...

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put it in your toboggan with Baby Maui...

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and take it home for Mummy

to keep in the freezer

:)

Girly days...

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Meet Chops!

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I've not known a lot of English Bulldogs in my life time. In fact, ...

this new little fella around town is only the second I've ever met!

You might not be able to put him in harness but

he is darn cute nonetheless!

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"So" you ask, "What does Chops have to do with Girly days"?

It's simple...

Chops lives at the Cozy Corner

& that is where Sarah & Adelaide

have been taking me out for mid-week coffee!

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Both of the girls are rather smitten with this puppy
not that that is any great surprise!
I can only imagine what fuzzy (and otherwise)
creatures they will bring home one day...
(With all due respect, just no more sled-dogs PLEASE!!!)

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We love our birds!

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This little Whiskey Jack was helping himself

to the ground pork I was leaving out for the Ermine...

This somewhat larger feathered friend

just scored a yummy dish of rotting carcass

at the local dump...

No amount of human presence was about to deter
our savvy scavenger from his meal...
so I was able to drive home, pick up Angie & Loic &
drive back to the dump for their viewing pleasure!
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Did you know that a black bird is a bad luck omen in France,
much like the black cat is in North America?


It is for this reason that our foreign friends aren't impressed
by the vast number of Ravens in the Yukon!
I, for one, adore these mystical creatures wholeheartedly!

All in all....

Black, Grey, or otherwise,

I love birds!

& so do my little girls!

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Early This Morning...

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While Miss Adelaide slept,

Sarah Grace & I were visited by

our newest neighbour,

over coffee & yogourt

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Some mornings it just pays to be up

a bit early

;)

WOW...have we grown!

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From this....

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Being born was hard work...for all THREE of us!

but worth all of the effort :)

At times it felt like I'd NEVER get to hold them in my arms!
When I finally did, I found it hard to set them down!

TWO!


It sure didn't take long for Daddy to fall in love
xoxoxo


& to think...it was just the beginning!
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xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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...to this!!
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Sarah is signing her waiver for a dogsled race

well...practicing anyways :)

and Adelaide models her racing bib...

actually, it's her Daddy's bib but she is already planning for her first race!

Too cool!

and all grown up!

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& all in the blink of an eye

;)