Sold Art

I sold a piece of art! My mermaid Soywax Batik!

Spawning King Salmon

We were just hanging out with a friend playing in the sun at Montana Creek in Talkeetna. These Alaskan King Salmon are hard at work spawning and doing their thing. What a cool place we live in when we can play in a stream right next to these awsome animals. They didn't mind us a bit but chased off other fish that came by...

Festival Days

Here's a local little girl in one of my new dresses at Moose Dropping Festival in our home town of Talkeetna Alaska. I love to see all the kids in my hand batiked clothing! To see more about me, my art or my clothing line for kids visit my website at http://www.mountntopdesigns.com/ or my Etsy page at http://www.mountntopdesigns.etsy.com/ Thanx... Mountntop Designs

The many "job titles" of being a Mom

Mom's have experience in so many feilds they could claims any of the following on a resume...

#1. 24 hour on call Gourmet Chef (ok so it's not quite gourmet but the kitchen is open 24/7)

#2. Space Management Specialist (otherwise known as "dishwasher loader" and "toy organizer")

#3. Transportation Coordinator (aka: kids personal chauffeur)

#4. Supervisor of Household Organization (basically mom knows where everything is at all times because she is the one that cleans it all up!)

#5. 24 hour Laundry Service (we mostly keep business hours but there is the occasional 3am load of sheets that has to go in or the 10pm folding that happens after my customers are asleep.)

#6. Recycle & Waste Management Supervisor (well somebody has to do it, there's no "trash fairy" that takes care of it...)

*Other jobs moms do everyday: toy & clothing repair, bake sale rep (and baker), fundraiser, class helper, art teacher, nature guide, nutrition consultant, home improvement guru, detective, janitor, photographer & videographer, librarian, fashion consultant, therapist, nurse (or boo boo fixer), and the list goes on and on...

Funny Baby...

This is just a cute video of Hawken playing a throwing game, with himself.

Like the fashion statement? Andy's hat and a diaper...

May in Alaska

May has always been our favorite month in Alaska and the weather this year is a perfect example of why. The last of the snow melts off early in the month, it gets warm enough to go without a jacket, the trees are getting green buds and leaves, new grass shoots are sprouting up everywhere, animals are waking up and water begins to flow again. I also like the early part of the season because the bugs are not too bad yet and the thorny bushes are still small, Rosehips and Devils Club grow rampant up here. Another thing that isn't yet at the point of infestation is the tourists, they are just starting to trickle in now. There are climbers in town as well, this is the window that people can take a crack at Denali or as you'll often hear it referred to locally as just "The Mountain." When we were still just visiting up here we liked to come the first half of May because the "summer rates" don't start until around the middle of the month, even plane tickets are still a little cheaper then (travel tip for anyone who wants to visit :0) It's been a great couple weeks of sunny days up here that Alaskans are really enjoying in contrast to last years rainy cold summer, we are all hoping it will last! Hopefully the sun is shinning on you too right now...


*The video is from last month, mid April. I call it "Spring has Sprung." The butterfly followed me the whole walk, once I finally got it off my boot...

Mountain Jax

This video of Jaxon cracks us up...