berry picking. blueberries and mountain cranberries, which are lingenberries. there is another berry, looks black. it is edible, but very bland.

the weather -- in toronto, you don't go out in this kind of weather for fun. not with the kids. light to medium drizzle. windy. cold.

in the arctic my ideas about weather have changed. i am only too aware that soon it will be dark for most of the day, and 'light' would mean an hour of grayish fog. it will also be cold. not chilly like now, but really cold. since it wasn't pouring, the weather was just right for going down the road of nowhere.

the hills have changed their colour. the are patches of are brown, orange, red, yellow. like a haphazard quilt. from far away they look soft and cuddly.

after the rains there is a lot of green moss. “it is like jumping on a mattress in your socks,” said my 4 year old. yeah, that soft.

we have a cup full of berries. with some lichen and leaves. tastes delicious.