Making your own buttons is a really interesting way to customize your homemade garments or store-bought for that matter. My husband, ever the maker and aspiring Victorian ...
Life in Alaska
Thai Style Alaska Cod
Thai Style Alaska Cod I live and love in the land of abundant seafood. Fresh salmon, shrimp, cod, halibut and crab are among my favorites. We dip net salmon in the late ...
Bee Swarm
This day held promise, kids went to camp for a few hours and I had free time to do anything I wanted. I did NOT want to spend the day trying to get a swarm of bees out ...
Cottonwood Bud Balm
Also called the Balm of Gilead. If you want to make this wonderful balm now is the time to gather your buds. Umm yes okay if you live in Alaska now is time to gather your buds ...
How I’m Making Birch Syrup in my Crock Pot
How I'm Making Birch Syrup in my Crock Pot We thought it would be fun to tap our Birch Trees for Sap. Then we had to figure out HOW to use that sap. Yes you can drink it, ...
Failure to Launch
This poor guy just couldn't get his timing right. The wind was blowing pretty steadily. He was sending out parachute webs to sail away continuously or trying ...
Finding the End of The Rainbow
Look what we saw on our way home tonight and the other end landed right in our woods. Sadly there was no pot of gold waiting for us at home. But as a friend pointed ...
Sure, you’ve seen Gorillas in the Mist
But have you seen a wildebeest in the mist? What about Dogzilla in the mist? Tractors? What an odd and lovely day it was yesterday. It rained for a while, then the ...
A Winter Wind Storm, Alaska Style
I thought I'd share some photos of the fantastic snow drifts we have from the wind storm. The little boys played outside for over two hours in 60 mile an hour gusts of ...
Winter in Alaska
Sure you might think cold and dark when you hear winter in Alaska but you can also add the word "unpredictable" in there too. You never know what the weather is going to be ...