Enough is enough! Another cold front is moving through. Our temps will be around freezing tonight. Interior Alaska is experiencing record cold. It is still in the teens in the Brooks Range, 22 at Fairbanks! I am not expecting a summer this year.
It's cold and raining this evening so we don't plan to check on the shorebirds at high tide, but this afternoon the semi-palmated plovers were back on the Spit. We'll need to watch our step so as not to crush their nests. These plovers lay a few eggs right out in the open rocky areas away from the water and are so well camouflaged you cannot see them if they sit still.
Tractor
What is it about tractors that is so exciting? Bob is giddy with excitement and the neighbors are begging to take selfies on it. But the wi...
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It's landscape planning time for the rental house. I need to keep it simple. Low maintenance. Deer proof outside the fenced area. I'... -
I've got this jelly making thing down now that I have a water bath canner and fancy thermometer. We are stocked up for the winter with j...