Alaska - 2015

[FieryPrincess]

DEpends on if I am awake. I have my research project for my master’s degree starting to have deadlines looming large. I also have been bouncing from school board meeting to borough assembly meeting to testify about our budget issues. On top of it all, there are those pesky normal time consumers like teaching, parenting, sleeping. I’ve skipped a lot of eating and sleeping this week.

But I was also able to apply for an additional job.

[kantwin]

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is it a stretched 38 or regular one. some 38s that made it to the ROK were "stretched....mac

Finally made it back to the museum yesterday Not a stretched one.

[FieryPrincess]

So here's one of my favorite bits about living in Alaska. (when it isn't all one fire!)

A friend here has three children. I kept them this afternoon and they played with m own two. Then we all had a comfort dinner together and watched a superhero movie. THEN we went for a meander to pick wild strawberries for them to take home and put into pancakes later. We've picked quite a few wild strawberries. They are tiny (pea sized, maybe), but insanely packed with this amazing flavor!* While we were out meandering. I spotted LOTS of wild raspberry bushes complete with wild raspberries. I think we can obtain enough of those berries to make jams and jellies.

And the fireweed (pink flower in the picture) is blooming wonderfull this year and IT makes great teas and jellies.

And the blueberries will be out in August.

I *love* that it is possible to hear the rhythms of the land here. If one tried hard enough, one could make a life out of it.

Even cotton falls from the trees on a yearly basis.

[FieryPrincess]

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DEpends on if I am awake. I have my research project for my master’s degree starting to have deadlines looming large. I also have been bouncing from school board meeting to borough assembly meeting to testify about our budget issues. On top of it all, there are those pesky normal time consumers like teaching, parenting, sleeping. I’ve skipped a lot of eating and sleeping this week.

But I was also able to apply for an additional job.

Oh - and I got the job. One night a week during the school year for a few hours at a time = $7000/year. That's paying for that new degree in a couple of years!

[FieryPrincess]

And while I am at it, I am taking a class on drums so I can look at joining the local Scottish Bagpipe band. Now that my ankle is repaired and I can walk without pain, I am walking, biking, and just motoring all OVER the place simply because I can! (on the days when the smoke levels are not in the hazardous range. It's been so bad that "unhealthy" air seems like nothing compared to how bad the hazardous stuff was... picture attached from Tuesday).



These pictures were taken on a bridge. You cannot even see the half-block to the stoplight.

[fchafey]

Except for the trees and water in teh second picture, one would think that you were in LA....California..

[CenTexDave]

LA?
Oh, Lower Alabama!!!!!!!

[Mestral]

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LA?
Oh, Lower Alabama!!!!!!!

Take the map out of the washing machine before the spin cycle next time.
That would be one twisted map, to put Lower Alabama in California.

[Mestral]

And while I am at it, I am taking a class on drums so I can look at joining the local Scottish Bagpipe band. Now that my ankle is repaired and I can walk without pain, I am walking, biking, and just motoring all OVER the place simply because I can!

If there are enough hours of darkness, the Aurora should be showing up again, in a day or two.

[kantwin]

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LA?
Oh, Lower Alabama!!!!!!!

Easy, killer....
We have the trees.
We have the water.
We don't have the smoke/smog.
Although, sometimes the humidity is thick enough to make your sweat not work. (read a lesson on evaporative cooling if you don't know what I mean)