...so beautiful here in the territory...this is 
approximately 11:00p.m June 24th on my way home from Łù'àn Män Keyi (Burwash Landing), this image was taken as I was leaving Dhäl T'à (Slims Valley) I stopped on the shore of Ł'ù'àn Mān (Kluane Lake) , in the distance is Tachàl Dhāl (Sheep Mountain.

grass...

tl'äw

sage ...

tansän; nàńsän

June 21st is National Aboriginal Day in Canada...

Äyinji Zhera ùúye.

Dän jenntthą'a?

Tàán Kwäch'an kwinje.

Tàán Kwäch'an kwats'an ich'e.

Äma Chu-lin yu kwĮndli;

Äta Douglas yu kwĮndli.

Ägunda ich'e.

De k'anàtá.

butterfly

Tiger swallowtail butterfly... 

ädalēla means butterfly, if it's a person's name

then it becomes Lēla.

Rainy afternoons in front of the wood-stove...

stù = stove 

stù dhēn or stù dhęl = stove pipe

kwän däk'än = fire burning

the month of June

There are several phrases that describe 

the month of June...

Dà Inzhâ;

or

K'än Inzhâ

are two such phrases...

dà inzhâ describes a time

when 

the animals are left alone as they're not 

in good shape and the subsistence harvesting is poor;

and

k'än inzhâ describes a time when the sap of the trees is running.

Summer colours in the Yukon... 

❝To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven

in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the palm of your 

hand

And Eternity in an hour.❞

William Blake

1757 ~ 1827

an eternity in an hour

heaven in a wild flower

emerald light❦

a tentative hello...

It's been weeks since I've updated this blog...but summer is now established and I'll be enjoying the Yukon, snapping pictures and being more diligent about posting.  Thanks for your patience and for your interest in "Bannock Jam".