Pics from the Bog...

Caddisfly larva

Ok, so this isn't our photo, but ours are very similar (albeit more out of focus). We journeyed to Hamilton Marsh and saw, among other things, these weird bunches of twigs and grasses that seemed to be moving around, but when you pulled them out, they were just, it seemed, very wet pinecone? or dead drowned and mutilated bumblebees? No, as it turns out, they are Caddisfly larva. We must have plucked 6 or so out of the water before we realized that they were playing games with us, holing up inside their little nests until we put them back.

Meet the kittens! ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

In honour of Nunavut's 10th anniversary, we've officially named this little guy Iqaluit. (If you need a pronounciation, follow this link). I hope as much as possible to write his name in the Inukitut script, as you can see in the title.

Meet the kittens! "Racky"

Ioan insists on calling this little grey guy Racky. I have no idea what his real name will be, but he sure looks like my old friend Calvin Klein.

Meet the kittens! The Auroras

I temporarily named these little guys Aurora Borelais and Aurora Australis. The are both showing their calico flames in this photo, but from what I can see, the rest of their faces are black. The very striking feature is that the flames are on opposite sides of their faces, and they just made me think of the northern and southern lights. Ioan asked me what causes the auroras, and I had to wiki it, but he lost interest when I had to delve into magnetosphere.