My cat Euri comes into my bedroom, settles down on the duvet, seeks out the sunbeams, as light streams through the Venetian blinds, on a near-spring afternoon, Feb. 24, 2015. (Robin Rowland) And for those too young to remember the reference is to the 1980 movie American Gigolo and its iconic movie poster.
A “Pineapple Express” brought a major blizzard to the Kitimat region last week, dropping approximately 180 centimetres of snow from the morning of Thursday, February 5, 2015 until the skies cleared late on the afternoon of Saturday, February 7. In my neighborhood, the power first went out at about 3 pm on Thursday, came back […]
Boston, like Kitimat, is buried in snow. I was in Boston, staying in Cambridge for a conference, when the region was hit by a blizzard in December, 2003. According to the Boston Globe, the area has received 196 centimetres of snow so far this winter (77.3 inches). Kitimat got about 180 centimetres (70.80) inches during […]
It’s been mostly a wet and foggy winter so far in Kitimat, known so far as Snow Valley. Looking out from my front window. I can see the low lying fog along the Kitimat River and Kitimat harbour, often totally obscuring Douglas Channel. Often the fog seems to hug the ground, meaning the tops […]
A great blue heron sits on some debris in Kitimat harbour, during my annual visit to the estuary for the Christmas bird count, Dec. 14, 2014. (Robin Rowland). There was more late afternoon light than last year . On the other hand, while my birdwatching colleagues did list lots of species around the area, the […]
Go for a walk on a foggy night and the Christmas lights look oh so different. A big display of Christmas lights on Lahakas Boulevard, Kitimat, seen through the fog (Robin Rowland) And here’s what the lights look close up. (Robin Rowland) My own rather modest display of Christmas lights. All images taken with my […]
The new District of Kitimat Council was sworn in at a special ceremony at the Council Chambers at Northwest Community College in Kitimat, Monday, December 1, 2014. Mario Feldhoff reads the oath of office. (Robin Rowland) Councillor Rob Goffinet with Sgt. Morgan and Staff Sgt. Harrison. Councillor Edwin Empinado celebrates being elected for a […]