Nanook flippin' for Rocks

Today was another unsuccessful fishing trip but we were entertained when Nanook displayed her athletic prowess trying to catch stones Matt was skipping into the river.

Windy Rankin Inlet

Ever since we've returned back to Rankin the winds have been gusting at 50km/hr. We tried fishing on Sunday...lost 3 lures but almost caught a grayling. We were going to try again today but the wind makes it almost impossible to cast so we toured around looking for bird's nests. We didn't find any but I did take some shots of the flowers. Hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday the winds will die down a bit.

Neighbour's New Puppy

Yesterday when we got home we were greeted by our neighbour's new puppy. I guess they've had her for a month now. Mika and Nanook didn't seem too enthused. I think they're still a little stressed from all the traveling. They got to see Jack today and that put a spring in his step again. I think tonight we'll run them out to the Diane trail with the Polaris.

Flowing Ice in Rankin

Here are some shots from this morning...

Back to Rankin

Dogs getting loaded onto plane in Ottawa



Iqaluit Airport


Matt killing time



Matt and I arrived back in Rankin yesterday evening after a long day of sitting around in Iqaluit. We had a 5 hour lay over where we slept on our luggage outside, walked the dogs, read books, did macro shots of flowers and played with the ipod. I got a sunburn but it's not so bad today. It's nice to be back and see the snow and birds and flowers. This morning we walked out to the bay and watched the ice chunks float by. We thought we might get to move into our new place today but when Matt called we found out it's Nunavut Day so I guess there will be some things going on in town today. We'll go check it out soon...

More Pics from Ottawa

Tadpoles at the cottage





Nanook Lovin' Togo

Me Lovin' Chewie


Mika telling Togo to piss off!!!










Here are some more of the pics I took while in Ottawa.

Ultrasound #2-Meet Baby Miyagi

This morning, my mom, Matt and I went into the Winchester Hospital for my second ultrasound. I had to pee soooo bad when the technician started pressing the instrument against my belly, but it was worth it! We got to see Baby Lottes #1 wiggling around like a little banshee. At one point the baby started kicking the top of my stomach. It looked pretty crazy, like some karate kid move but it didn't hurt at all. I think we'll have to start calling it "Baby Miyagi". I could barely feel the kicks. The technician couldn't stop laughing. She said she was having to chase it around my uterus and that we have a very active baby. Takes after me I guess :) We didn't ask to know the sex but I'm still betting on a boy. Matt says girl. I think my mom thinks girl and my dad thinks boy but we'll have to do an official poll later on.

Anyway we are in the process of boxing up more food and goodies to send back up North so I better get back to work.