Posted in alaska, Random Ramblings on Jun 29th, 2011 6 Comments »
I know it’s been awhile. I’ve been in one of those blogging funks I get in every once in a while. You know the ones, where you feel like you have nothing to say worth saying so you just shut up for awhile to keep from prattling away about nothing. Sort of like I’m doing [...]
Posted in alaska on May 17th, 2011 10 Comments »
Can you blame us if on days like this: We want to do a lot less of this: and a lot more of this: and this: and this: Yeah. I think school is just about out for the year. How about you?
Posted in alaska, nature study on Apr 26th, 2011 6 Comments »
The kids have been fascinated with a pair of young trumpeter swans that recently showed up on the lake in town. Such large birds and so beautiful! Little JackJack, a true animal lover, has particularly been mesmerized by them. So to feed their interests we have been to the library and checked out as much [...]
Posted in alaska, art on Nov 17th, 2010 3 Comments »
JBug and I made a visit to the Sitka National Historical Park a while back to look at the wonderful Tlingit and Haida totem pole collection and make some sketches. There are some wonderful specimens scattered along the paths through the park. Makes for a very pleasant walk in the woods. Each pole has a [...]
Posted in alaska on Sep 13th, 2010 9 Comments »
We went up to the top of Harbor Mountain because it promised to be a nice sunset this evening and we wanted to get some photos. We were treated to quite the colorful show and I took so many photos that I cannot decide which I like best. Perhaps you can help me out by [...]
Posted in alaska on Jul 22nd, 2010 5 Comments »
Would you call this mud-luscious… or puddle-wonderful? Because I just can’t decide. Either way it looks like good *clean* fun!
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jul 4th, 2010 8 Comments »
Happy Independence Day! It’s an amazing country we live in… Now get out there and explore it!
Posted in alaska on May 29th, 2010 6 Comments »
Yes, I’ve been slack about blogging. By way of apology I offer only this as my excuse… What is possibly the most heavenly picnic spot on the planet. Can you blame me, really? I’m sure I’ll be back to blogging regularly. Really I will. As soon as Alaska stops being so very heart-stoppingly beautiful. It [...]
Posted in alaska, Catholicism, JBug, nature study on May 14th, 2010 13 Comments »
Just a brief note to let everyone know I am still alive and kickin’! Just been incredibly busy and absorbed in real life. It happens, you know. The weather has been getting better and better and we’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors. Enjoying the interesting spring wildflowers… This is Western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton [...]
Posted in alaska on Apr 13th, 2010 8 Comments »
Sunday was such a gorgeous day, so we decided to take a little hike up to Heart Lake. Isn’t it beautiful??? Very cold water. Only Cassie (our dog) was brave enough to go in. The rest of us stuck to the floating dock… Checked out a little waterfall… Examined the geology, both small… and large… [...]
