The shadow knows...

There are strange thumps and bumps up on the roof, and a curious shadow play taking place against the side of the neighbour's house. Either we are being attacked by the world's most inefficient home invaders ("I'm sure we can find a way in from up here!") or the roofers have arrived.

Michaelle Jean

The role of Governor General in Canada is largely symbolic, but the larger than life personalities of the people who are often appointed to the post tend to keep it on the radar of our national consciousness. Our current GG is Michaelle Jean, who took on the role under a blanket of controversy surrounding her possible pro-separatist leanings in Quebec. More recently she made the news again when she took a stand supporting the Inuit seal hunt.

Say what you will about the woman, or the role of GG, but there is something slightly bad-ass about a lady who is willing to roll up her sleeves, gut a seal and eat its heart raw. The only thing that would have pushed this right over the top is if the heart had still been beating.



In other news, we took advantage of Open Doors Winnipeg to visit some of the older buildings in our area on the weekend. First we stopped in at the Seven Oaks Museum, a house owned by the Inkster family (a very prominent, early family in the area) until sometime in the early 50s. Any of the Winnipeg folks on my friends list will recognize the name for one of the prominent streets in this end of town.
( Some photos behind the cut. )

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