John & Claire

Happy Anniversary to my Seester and her wonnerful hubby John.

On their wedding day.

These two are the goofy-est and well-suited for each other!

Claire & John

And I love them and miss them!

Here’s to many more fun and fabulous years together!!

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Memorial Day

Funny River Fire

An abandoned camp fire turned into this:

The smoke cloud as seen from the north side of Kenai.

The fire started on Monday, Tuesday morning (when this photo was taken) the fire had grown to 2,500 acres. By Tuesday afternoon the fire was estimated at between 6,000 and 7,000 acres.

Taken near Soldotna, Tuesday afternoon.

By Tuesday night the fire had grown to 20,000 acres. It reached Tustemena Lake yesterday and started burning around the lake moving more westerly then east.

We really need some rain. Today the wind direction changed and blew that huge ash cloud over the top of Soldotna clear up to Anchorage even. We worked outside in a eerie overcast and ash fall.

This fire is near Soldotna but burning south and so far hasn’t been a threat to structures or humans. Some folks near Kasilof are getting nervous and voluntarily evacuating. Evacuation procedures are being given to Funny River residents in the event of a change in direction of the fire but no evacuation has been ordered at this point.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Wishing all Mothers everywhere a special day, but an extra special one to my Mother.

Mom and Roscoe

My Mom and her tiny terrorist dog, taken a few years ago back when Roscoe was sorta cute…

I FELT THAT ONE!

There’s nothing like a 5.5 to wake you up early on Sabbath… 6:16 am. Initially it was recorded as a 5.8 but those scientists always have to downgrade things.

We were in Ninilchik at a friend’s cabin and so were pretty close to the epicenter. It was a moving experience, not scary at all.

 

Dad’s Cabin: Work-In-Progress

During March and April we spent three weekends going back and forth to the cabin, when we could actually drive a vehicle out! We spent lots of time working on the outhouse and have very little left to do. We added bats to finish out the front and sides, only have about 3 more to add to the back (we ran out!). We also put shingles on the roof and insulated the inside roof and walls. It is nice a cozy inside!

Adding bats to the door.

I think Dad would be pleased!

The last weekend out we started sanding on the cabin. The kids helped and actually did most of the sanding.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 sanding the logs.

Then together we put a coat of sealer on. Wow, what a difference!

A fresh coat of sealer!

Dad had started the front of the cabin so we only have to finish the gable end on the front, then the rest. One side down, the second side started sanding (we started putting sealer on the porch/sunroom part) and then the back-end to do.

And for our valiant efforts (mostly on the kid’s part) we had some awesome pizza for supper!

Homemade pizza!

 

May the Fourth…

Be with you.

 

Corny Star Wars joke. Hope you enjoyed that!

Today makes 11 months, one more to go until that big one year mark!

Had a quick overnight trip to our friend’s cabin at Ninilchik. The weather was gorgeous. Took some pix of the awesome sunset.

May sunset beyond the trees.

Almost gone, but still beautiful.