Thursday, June 30, 2011

...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.

Friday, June 24, 2011

grass...
tl'äw
sage ...
tansän; nàńsän

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

butterfly

Tiger swallowtail butterfly... 
ädalēla means butterfly, if it's a person's name
then it becomes Lēla.


Sunday, June 12, 2011

Rainy afternoons in front of the wood-stove...
stù = stove 
stù dhēn or stù dhęl = stove pipe
kwän däk'än = fire burning


Saturday, June 11, 2011

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.


Thursday, June 9, 2011

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❦