Since Lianna has arrived in Fort Albany we have been staying up late in hopes of glimpsing the Northern Lights. Its difficult to predict when sightings occur but usually on a clear night and with some luck you can see them dancing overhead on the Northern Horizon. We missed them a week ago but crossed our fingers that she would get another chance to see these surreal light displays. The Northern Lights are at the heart of many Cree myths and legends with many people believing if you whistle at …

Okay so its not a polar bear but it might as well be! We found this puppy outside of the Fort Albany Grocery store and had to bring it in to play. Unfortunately he has no home and no one to take care of him. This is our dream dog but with long term travel plans in the mix it is not an option for us to take this guy in and it would impossible to leave him behind when we leave. He has a personality of a relaxed golden …

It’s always great to be able to create something yourself that you would normally buy off of someone else who made it themselves. When that something happens to be amazing French/Italian style bread and the people that have learned to make it are bread fanatics it has the possibility to change your life forever.

This dog doesn’t have a name so everyone calls her ‘Puppy’, but since there was previously a ‘Puppy’ here I call her ‘Puppers.’
Puppers is only 8 weeks old and is already gigantic! The reason she looks out of it is because she ran away a couple nights ago and the next day Nick and I found her wandering a five minute drive from town completely lost and exhausted. She was really happy to see us and I don’t think she’ll be running away again anytime soon!
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So I made it to Fort Albany a few days ago and have been eating ever since. Valentines Day was no different except that we decided to photograph it!
We had a yummy dinner of rack of lamb and cookies for dessert.

Happy Valentines to everyone down South!