Sleepy Snowy Talkeetna

I went for a quiet downtown walk this morning in our sleepy, snowy little town. Ahhh the quiet...

on the trail

I love the Paper Birch trees along this trail that heads up the tracks from town, it's also a little back way or loop trail from the river walk. You end up at the other end of downtown than you started. There are alot of cool trails close to town here.

Riverwalk

Last week I took a nice walk by the river after dropping Jaxon off at school. It's always very peaceful down there in the winter. Summer is another story. There is all kinds of people, dogs, kids, boats, rafts, fisherman, tourists etc. The view is awesome. Denali on the Right, Hunter in the middle and Foraker to the Left. This is the Susitna river at the end of our Historic Downtown Talkeetna area. There are always great logs to sit on and the boys like to throw rocks, play in the sand or get their feet wet. Ahh summer, it's coming...
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A few pet peves...

OK, sorry in advance this is a quick rant. I don't do this often on here which makes me feel a little better about it but we all have a list of things in our minds that drive us crazy, right? Well here's mine (at least part of it...):
1. Hypocrites are pretty annoying, I think we can all agree. All I ask is "practice what you preach, or don't preach it!"
2. People telling you what YOU should do. I get this alot and it drives me pretty crazy...
3. WAR (enough said)
4. People who don't take responsibility for their own pets and kids.
5. Video Games (they cause alot more problems than they solve and are way too violent!)
6. Corporate Corruption & Greed (this is on most peoples lists)
*there are plenty more of the worlds many problems that bother me but instead of listing or dwelling on them I choose to go out and maybe help someone or something to be better than it is. Just whining about them won't help but I (we) can! Just yesterday I helped put on an open house event at our local "FREE BOX" for which I'm on the board and we're all volunteers. We had been collecting new or like new items from the community that could be used as holiday gifts and made cookies to put out. We ended up with a ton of nice stuff and lots for kids who don't mind regifts at all. It went well and people appreciated it alot. The free box is always free and this was no exception. Every town needs a free box! So this is a great time of year to donate, volunteer, help, do something, just make someones holiday nicer if you can...

more crayons...

My take on eco-art, handmade recycled crayons! I just made more for my last Holiday Bazaar of the season this Sat. at the Talkeetna Grade school downtown it's Dec. 4th from 11-5. Sponsored by the PTA this is a fun local bazaar and is held on the same day as the Wilderness Woman Contest and Bachelor Ball & Auction a 30 year tradition in this funky little village. People have come from all parts of the world in past years for this event and the Bachelor Society spreads the love with the money they raise by donating to local non-profits as well as Domestic Abuse & Violence Support in Alaska.

It's the end of the season...

Well we closed up shop this week, the season is over. The little outdoor store built around a tree was good to us this summer and we'll be back next year... My space was getting pretty empty anyway and what I had left in baby T's went to Dos Manos Gallery on N. Lights Blvd. in Anchorage. Talkeetna is quiet again. Fall is here and winter just around the corner, at least the sun finally came around! Better late than never...