pictures from the last few weeks

                                                     Dip netting Kasilof River

                                        Was a beautiful day to be out, we only got 1 fish

             There were 2 guys in Dry Suits floating the current they did really good catching fish

                                                       Sail boat heading for dry land

                                                            Gotta love beautiful Alaska

                                Sail boat headed from Harbor to Land  (pics a bit out of order)

                                                            4th of July Canoe Jousting

                               Mechanic giving his boat a cleaning, you can see the lab on board

                                                     4th of July Pie Eating contest

Homer Harbor Derelict Boat with Seagull Nest

Survival Suit Race 4th of July

Young Eagle let me get really close to take picture Homer Harbor 4th of July

new queen

Hey big news,  Went to the dr with daughter to see what kind of baby, ITS A GIRL, 

and one of my bee hives lost it's queen, so I called the bee guy and he sold me another queen, he also came by the house and looked at the hives, sure enough no queen so that hive should be back in business with a queen to boss them around again.

take me out to the ball park

Last Sunday I just could bear to go home to an empty house, so went to the Ball Park instead, free admission and hot dogs, was a little cloudy and chilly but the sun did peak out for a bit, I really enjoyed the game.  Where I was sitting must have been the lonely old ladies section, there were several that fit that description (me included). 

It has been a long week for me.  Not sure why? 

Was taking a little nap and heard a knock on the door, mind you no one ever does that, so I was surprised to see a man standing at the door with a little girl, said he was visiting from across the street and needed to chop some wood, could he borrow an ax.  So I went out side and loaned him a ax.  Not sure if this was smart or stupid.  I could hear him over there chopping wood.  When I got up in the morning the ax was returned.

more vacation pics

 Denali a good water dog

 the cook shack on the beach we ate most our meals on the deck

 My favorite paddling boat, hold supplies, kid, dog and me.

 beautiful country to paddle by.

the dock at facilities, water taxi drop off, and since my mechanic needed the jeep keys they got to Homer one day before our vacation was over, I hooked the keys to a floatable cushion and they motored the sail boat by the end of the dock and I threw the cushion to them, successfully I might add.  So they met us at the dock in Homer and we loaded the jeep this time it was really loaded because there was 2 more bodies and more gear, back Home we went, took the kid to meet up with her mom who took her back to ANC, mechanic and buddy stayed for 2 days rested up and off to ANC they went.  I had one day to myself before I had to go back to work.  I have to say it was a nice time.

vacation

Had a good week off from work.  Took a bit of work to get the kayak, dog, kid, and supplies loaded in the jeep for Homer.  Had a nice trip on the water taxi to across the bay, could see Homer from the cabin.  It was a nice way to spend 5 days, heated cabin had bed and table, then on the property was a shower room and a cook shack on the beach. 

We did a 5 mile hike first day, 11 mile paddle second day, 5 mile hike with 3 mile paddle day 3, so day 4 we took it a bit easier, day 5 we left early back to Homer.

Sail boat update, finally HOME

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I drove to Anchorage May 23 to pick up my grand daughter. Drove back home the 24th and we had been having non-stop fun ever since. The 5 year old is so shy around other people, but you would never know it when it is just her and I she talks all the time, the only time she is quiet, is eating or I am not sure when else, because if she is quiet I have to find out what kind of trouble she is getting into.

We found a couple of activities in the newspaper last Thursday there was a quilt display, and Friday night a dance recital. One of the complaints I have about this town is the lack of directions to a function, everyone assumes that the name of a building 20 years ago is still good directions even though the building has changed names 3 times since then. All the streets have names but they don't seem to make it on the ad. So after about a 1/2 hour of looking we found the quilt display, there was about 5 cars in the parking lot. I enjoyed the quilts, and they had treats so grand kid was happy. The next night we went to the dance recital and I commented on how full the parking lot was, wonder kid response was "see I told you more people like dancing than quilts".

Next week I have off from work so we planned on a little get away. Going across the bay and stay in a cabin, bringing a boat, dog and clam shovel, hiking boating and tide pool exploring are on the agenda.

Sailboat update, some where in the ocean between Sitka and Yakatat, looks like might make Yakatat today.

Happy Mothers Day

I took a evening class the other night, a how-to make a flower arraignment for Mothers Day. We all brought a dozen roses, vase and sharp knife. Well only one other person and the instructor showed up for class, the lady that runs the community school program got delayed in a meeting so there was no one to open up the home-ec room for us. So we visited for awhile in the hall way and then decided to go into the girls restroom for the class, we took the trash cans turned them upside down for a work station for the vases, used the water from the washing station in the bathroom. The instructor was very informative and we got our dozen roses in vases. The community school director was very impressed with the make-do attitude and said she had never had a class in the restroom before.

Which remind me of a time in high school, when a group of us wanted to watch a movie that was recommended for all to watch, well we couldn't find a empty room in the whole school, so we went into the boys bathroom and watched the film. It was a odd little movie, the only thing I can remember is someone jumping off a bridge. That and a guy I had a crush on was also in the bathroom watching the movie.