Posts From Viki Mather
The Beauty of the Snowflake
Why is it so hard to find six-pointed snowflakes these days? Are six-pointed snowflakes difficult to generate on a computer? I am nearly illiterate on...
November Winds
The winds do blow in November. And it stirs something in my blood. There’s a bit of uneasiness, and bit of excitement. Branches from the...
Up North and Off Grid: Kukagami Cooking
After 27 years of our guests telling me I should write a cookbook, I finally did, just in time to send out copies for Christmas...
Loon Songs
A northern June morning. Frost on the roof, a chill in the air. The lake quiet, perfect reflections glisten in the clear morning air. The...
Up North and Off the Grid: First Canoe Trip
The ice wasn’t off the lake for more than a day or two before we packed our bags and were out for our first canoe...
Blackflies Love Bananas
Here we are, barely a week into spring, snow still lies heavily in the forest, why in the world would I be writing about blackflies?...
Mid-Winter Thoughts
The snow has come, the snow has gone, the snow has come again and life is good in the bush. The ski trails are in...
Little Snowshoes
Like it or not, winter has set in for the duration. I hope you do like it, since it will be here for at least...
Ice Cream!
Want to know what is really great about the cold weather of winter? Ice Cream! For you softies who live in the city all year...
Farewell to Loons
This is a wonderful time of year to be in the bush. The last of the colours are dangling in the treetops. The morning frost...
Mushrooms Everywhere!
Wild mushrooms are late in coming this year, but they are making up for lost time by coming out in abundance. Could be the hot,...
Autumn Walk
September arrives in a shower…and the showers continue through the month. This year, it will still take a lot of showers to make up for...
Fire and Rain
Early June, quiet morning. A gentle rain taps on the maple leaves outside my window Rain! How we need it! We’ve had a few days...
Black Flies Love Bananas
Black flies love bananas. Black flies especially like to sip the blood of people who eat bananas. Why should black flies love bananas? Clearly, this...
Ice 2010
Nobody had been on the ice for a week, maybe two. Except for us. We were on the ice every day…until Tuesday. Tuesday morning the...
Maple Syrup
Looks like sugaring season is going to come early this year! Mmmmaple! We ski along a lovely forest trail two kilometres to where the sugar...
