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...
Monday, May 18, 2009
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
mental sex change...
Have you ever taken your pet in to be spayed and when you came back they had neutered him? That's what happened to me this week with our sweet little 6 month old kitten CoCo who I was told was a girl when we got (her) him. At least it was a little cheaper but I really didn't want another boy cat... Too late now he's a part of the family and really good with the kids and other pets. My 4 year old refuses to believe she is suddenly a he nor will he let us change the name. So hopefully we have not confused his sexuality too much calling him Coco Girl for several months now. It's hard to make the mental change too, just like when someone you know starts going by a different name or something, in your head the name never changes, you know? So now it's CoCo boy, I guess... :0)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
On my dog sled...
On a ride down our road with my dog, what a beautiful spring day in Alaska... We are lucky!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Only in Alaska
Only in Alaska can you see this kind of stuff! This is the Iditarod Restart on Willow Lake. The musher heading out here is DeeDee Jonrowe of Willow. This guy in the Wolf outfit is there every year and tons of people take his picture all day long, he's just a random local, I don't know his name. Here's my friend Debbie and her little girl Shelby checking him out. We all rode down on the shuttle (school bus) together. It was fun... We go to this just about every year, it's only a half hour down the highway and the only place it happens, pretty cool :0) Now they are on the long journey to Nome, and what a journey it is. You have to be pretty tough (and maybe a little crazy) to go on that 1,100 mile ride, good luck to them all!!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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