We turn the handle, water flows from the faucet. We flip a switch and a light goes on or off. We flush a toilet, crank the thermostat, open the fridge…and voila, magic happens. And then we all get three days off and we spend it sitting around a campfire, looking up at the stars, listening…
This Week In My Life I…. Watched the Kenai Peninsula Fair Racing Pigs in action… Had the most amazing food at the AKSupper Club in Ninilchik…(highly recommended) Seriously…phenomenal food. Chef Paul Warner…amazing… Made some new friends… Saw oysters for the first time in my sheltered life… Ate a raw oyster right from the shell…did I…
We took possession of our 40 acres off-grid this week and as is our style…dug right in. With no time to waste before winter and Dan working half his life away from home, we have about four weeks of actual time on the land before we have to start to buckle down for winter. Our…
This week in my life I….took only pictures of my new land we’re developing…so I thought I’d share some photos I took last year on the Homer Spit beach. These guys let me get pretty close…Enjoy!
This week in my life I…. Staked out my home site where we will begin to build our new home… Wished I could see this boat in it’s prime… Visited Homer Harbor… Saw a mama eagle and her baby (right) Watched my kids work together… Taught Robin to love the weed whacker…and to wear pants…
This week in my life I….. Hung out on the river with my bff… Dip netted some salmon…lots of salmon… Explored the beach and wondered how boats get on land… Wondered why clams are so attractive to so many… Visited the boat launch during a wind storm… Learned the small boy can do standing…
Ignore the cheesy grin…I’m much better behind the camera! I’ve spent the last two days at the mouth of the Kenai River dip netting Sockey (Red) Salmon from a boat. It’s my version of “I’m broke so I gotta get food somewhere” and besides, I LOVE to dip net. If you’ve no idea what I’m…
This week in my life I…. Watched my billionth Ninilchik sunset… Enjoyed Summer… Went to the Salty Dawg Saloon in Homer with friends… Was thankful this toothy guy was dead… Watched the tractor launch take up some boats… Smoked a bunch of salmon… Was glad I wasn’t THAT guy… Found some beach treasures…again… Told Sam…
This week I… Witnessed intense concentration… Nearly had a heart attack…but grabbed the camera first… Made a friend…then accidentally squished him and was sad… Visited a friend… Rafted on the Kenai River… Watched kids bond…and bounce… Took kids to the cabin… Let go and let God… Saw summer bloom… Watched this guy for a while……
The last time I was rafting on the Kenai River, a bunch of us folded an old Avon raft over the top of a tiny car, threw in a cooler chest of questionably legal beverages, and spent the day pulling to the bank every sixteen minutes to refill the slowly deflating craft. I was eighteen…
Enjoyed the drive to Anchorage This week in my life I…. Witnessed love at first site… Watched the kids have basketball camp… This is how Alaskans use their fish totes… Enjoyed a beach memorial… Saw the largest cigar I’ve ever seen…and strangely, enjoyed the smell… Played with fire… Witnessed mischievousness… Watched some eagles fly… Realized…
Alaska, Alaskan, backwoods, photos, scenery Jun 122011 This week was a gloomy, rainy, inside week and my camera stayed tucked away in it’s bag all week long. For this weeks Scenic Sunday, I’ve dug out some sunny day kid-pics from 2004/05.
This week in my life I…. Pulled a small stick out of Robins leg… Wondered why people leave garbage on the beach…even if it cute… Walked with friends… Found some cool beach treasures… Taught the boy what a magnifying glass is really for… Took away the magnifying glass… Watched the kids get crafty in the…
This week in my life I… Watched an egg toss go wrong… Saw intense tug-o-war… Stuck up on Billy… Saw twelve of Ninilchiks kids become adults… Witnessed Love Made some stuff… Worked on some fishies… Overlooked Ninilchik Village at sunset… Saw some wobbly-legged newbies… Thought about what it’s all about… Remembered the past… Was…
Alaska, backwoods, beach, ninilchik, photos, scenic May 222011 This week in my life I….. Happened across the best beach find ever… Wondered what made those holes in this hunk of coal.. Found some more old dock wood….wondered how far it traveled…. Built some cool fishes from beetle-kill spruce… Had a close encounter with this guy…
This Week In Photos… This week I went on an overnight field trip with Mya’s sixth grade class on a boat to Peterson Bay, across the Ketchamak Bay from Homer, Alaska. We saw a few sea birds… Visited Gull Island…thousands of birds on a big rock in the water. Headed across the bay towards…
Alaska, Alaskan, backwoods, boats, eagle, homer, salty dawg May 082011 THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS! I noticed sure signs of Spring on my porch… Was stared at by a rubber chicken in the window of the Salty Dawg in Homer. Made a visit to Homer and the Salty Dawg Saloon…always a cool site! Visited the beautiful…
This week in pictures…all taken in the past week. THIS is why I live where I do. (click to enlarge) Immature Bald Eagle on Ninilchik Beach Ducks take flight at the mouth of Deep Creek My kids are PLAYERS…as all good little Ninilchik kids are… On Ninilchik beach Saturday morning Ducks in motion, mouth…