Coloured Hair

Saturday, August 18, 2012

It was bright and early as I made my way to the school to meet Cassandra and John for some fishing. While walking through the school’s playground, I noticed a few children hanging around one of the back entrances of school. I find the children here can be easily distracted, or anxious to find out who I am. I guess its pretty obvious who is new in town and people are definitely not shy to find out who you are. Anyways, before I knew it, 4 girls started following me.  These 4 girls, ranging from Grades 3-8, greeted me by saying “Hello. Who are you?”  In response  I said, “I’m a new teacher. I’m Lynette.” Just to make it clear, as I had to clarify myself when I first got here, students and teachers are on a first name basis...so all those years of being Miss Lo has downgraded me to just Lynette. It’ll take some time to get use to but I’m sure I’ll get use to it. One of those 4 girls was very distinct. She had short bright orange hair and was sipping on a can of coke. Coloured hair in Hall Beach is very common. Blonde, green, orange, red and even multiple colours are not unusual with the younger crowd. It’s not even surprising to see a very young looking boy (maybe a second grader since everyone here looks a lot younger than they really are!) with blonde hair. My first thought when i saw these girls was, “What are they doing up at 7am on a Saturday morning?” Their reply was, “We have been up all night.” Hmmm...interesting. There doesn’t seem to be much of a night life in this community. Another one of the girls had a Toronto Maple Leafs tuque and keychain attached to her hoodie zipper. “So you like the Toronto Maple Leafs?”... “Yes, they’re my favourite!” I thought that was cute. 

Once our fishing group gathered, it was just a couple minutes walk to the shore. There were three of us, including the 4 girls who followed us the whole time, and only two rods. We took turns, even though I was perfectly happy snapping shots on my camera. We were there for a couple of hours, but nothing was caught. It was still a great day of sunshine and I got a chance to take some shots. 

Walking along the beach, I found some remains from animals. 

                     (possibly an arctic fox?)

 (walrus?)