Discovered that most of my readers are being referred by an entry in November 2006...so I have posted the following welcome on that date and thought would re-post here...mysteries of the web!...I don't understand it all, nor do I tweet or text but still enjoy blogging!

January 2013

With blogging, social media, ipads, virtual business websites, smart phones, tablets and other technological advances, the world of in communication on the internet has certainly changed in the last 10 years since I started blogging in about 2003.  Yet for some unknown reason this post in November 2006 seems to be the most common point of referrals and visitors to my blog....so if this is your first time here WELCOME and stay awhile to explore, and do leave comments!

Blogging since 2003, this site is primarily a personal photo blog of my " Northern Meanderings", much of which has been my work experiences doing summer and winter contracts as a social worker in the Canadian Arctic in Nunavut, 2002-2011. There are links to other sites on the main page under Northern Bloggers. I continue to try and post relevant articles that may pertain to life in the Arctic.

Otherwise, my readers will find entries, such as the one below, about life in my home city of Edmonton, Alberta Canada, where i currently reside with my two huskies, Dysis, a 11- year old Siberian, and Nanuq, a 5 year old husky lab, whose original home was Arviat Nunavut. She as the Inuktitut name states is indeed my "baby polar bear".

Edmonton in the summer, is a zone 3A gardening zone, from the May long weekend until September Labour Day, averages 140 frost free days a year. thus when here I love to garden and my yard flowers which have to share patches with digging dogs. Even joined a local fruit rescue group ( OFRE: Operation Fruit Rescue Edmonton )...yes apples, pears, cherries, rhubarb, plums and the occasional apricot trees grow here! I enjoy cooking and will often use this ULU to do my cutting up of fruit.

Edmonton is a vibrant city of the arts and hosts many summer festivals from Fringe, Folk Fest, Blues, Shakespeare in the Park to name a few and in our past had a waterfall off the High Level Bridge into the North Saskatchewan River.

Warmer climates occasionally beckon such as Vancouver Island, California or the Caribbean, so... spots of mountains, ocean and family visits may also be included here.