Twice last week we were visited in the middle of the night by a young large owl. The first time, Mike was just coming to bed when he noticed it sitting on […]

The garden is now fenced. Sort of. As much as it will be fenced, anyway. It’s a visual moose deterrent only. When we pulled in Sunday night with the fencing materials, Mama […]

It started raining last week and it hasn’t stopped. The Matanuska River is now the MUDanuska. The blueberries were parched, so we welcomed the rain–at first. But with no signs of it […]

The earth laughs in flowers. The high desert was cracking up earlier in the spring, and Joan’s backyard is hilarious! Thanks for sharing your pics with me. I see years of landscaping […]

We can all blame Joan, but I’ve been taking lots of flower pics the past few days. It’s always on my summer to-do list, but I rarely do it. The blog and […]

Yowser, it’s HOT! I don’t wear shorts a whole lot in AK–long johns are part of my year-round wardrobe–but it’s a shorts-and-tank day, and I’m still in need of a cool beverage […]