Yukon Update
A life measured in seasons. That's one of the many yukonisms that happens up here. No one asks you how many years you have lived here it is a matter of how many winters have you gone through (or survived depending on your outlook). No one actually consideres you a 'yukoner' until you've at least gone through one winter. Also no one will believe you when you say that you plan on living here for more than a year unless you have gone through a winter. Everyone I told that we would be here for a while just laughed and assumed we'd run home after experienceing six months of snow. This hasn't happened yet but I went through a hellish period of cabin fever/PMS that was just a massively bad mix of hormones, too much snow and not enough vitamin D.
Before you winter down you're considred a Cheechako or newcomer, after your first year you become a Yukon Sourdough. Here is a little explanation http://www.answers.com/topic/cheechako
On the theme of winter Doug and I recently participated in an exhibition called Dark Days
More info on the exhibition here
http://www.whatsupyukon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=951&Itemid=188
http://yukon-news.com/arts/11605/
I made these great little cocoons based on the observation of the sky at dusk and dawn as well as some little vessels along the same theme.
Before you winter down you're considred a Cheechako or newcomer, after your first year you become a Yukon Sourdough. Here is a little explanation http://www.answers.com/topic/cheechako
On the theme of winter Doug and I recently participated in an exhibition called Dark Days
More info on the exhibition here
http://www.whatsupyukon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=951&Itemid=188
http://yukon-news.com/arts/11605/
I made these great little cocoons based on the observation of the sky at dusk and dawn as well as some little vessels along the same theme.