Yet another reason to love chocolate
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jun 30th, 2007 5 Comments »
Chocolate lily Fritillaria camschatcensis
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jun 30th, 2007 5 Comments »
Chocolate lily Fritillaria camschatcensis
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jun 28th, 2007 5 Comments »
At fishing, that is! One of us has finally figured out how to land the elusive red (sockeye) salmon! It took a few days, but Cityboy has now earned the bragging rights of having landed our first salmon of the season! In fact, he landed two! This beauty was a big male, about 25 pounds, [...]
Posted in alaska on Jun 28th, 2007 13 Comments »
To say we have been keeping busy would be an understatement! What a banquet that has been laid before us! It’s hard to blog about it all, but I will give it a shot… Fishing at midnight on the Buskin River… spotting sea otters splashing in the surf off Chiniak bay… trying one last time [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jun 26th, 2007 9 Comments »
Another wonderful day spent exploring! c Gotta love this place!
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jun 25th, 2007 4 Comments »
This is one diverse place! Sandy beaches, rocky shorelines, mountains, forests, floodplains, tundra and marshes all within a few minutes drive. One of the many beautiful beaches we explored is the aptly named fossil beach. It is flanked on both sides by those tall cliffs, which, as they erode, drop deposits of fossilized ancient seabed [...]
Posted in alaska on Jun 22nd, 2007 15 Comments »
I finally have the ability to load my pictures onto dh’s computer (thanks sweetie!), so I am excited to be able to finally share our adventure! Before I get to the nature study I’d like to share a bit about our trip out here: We left the house at 11 am eastern for a 4 [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jun 22nd, 2007 4 Comments »
Just in case you are curious, on the sidebar I will be keeping a running tally of the interesting nature we observe here in Kodiak. Honestly, it is just a sampling of the things we’ve seen, but I am trying to at least attempt to keep track of some of it. I have not yet [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study, Random Ramblings on Jun 20th, 2007 10 Comments »
This is just a brief note to let folks know we are here in Kodiak and doing great! I will do a proper blog post soon, but just to get the ball rolling, we have been here slightly over 24 hours and have already seen whales, bald eagles (they are everywhere!), salmon, dolly varden, sea [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 14th, 2007 13 Comments »
I am leaving for Alaska in 4 days. LOTS to do, here. I don’t even know why I am on the computer. So when Erin of Seven Little Australians tagged me for the 4 and 4 meme, my first thought was “how cool is it that I know someone in Australia!?!”And then I thought “no [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 12th, 2007 5 Comments »
Big news! As you may know, one of my very favoritest virtual hang-outs is the 4Real Learning message board. This board is populated by a wonderful group of homeschooling women, mostly Catholic, who are joined together by their common admiration for the teaching methods of Charlotte Mason, and inspired by the real-life approach found in [...]