Smoke in the Air

The 53 forest fires burning in the NWT so far this year aren't considered out of the usual. None is near a community. Today Yellowknife was enveloped in a smokey haze, and the smell seeped inside buildings. But the smoke came from two fires burning in Wood Buffalo National Park, and these fires have been burning since May. Tonight, thankfully, the air is clearer. Apparently in 1998, a haze of smoke covered the city for the entire summer.

Here's a reminder of home: wild roses are everywhere--in subdivisions, along the trails and these ones were on the island that I canoed to on the weekend.