Summer Project Summary

Aug 25, 2009 | Alaska

We had a great summer–nearly three months of sunny days with up to 80F temps. We’re long overdue for some R&R–here is Martina and her niece Alex (visiting from Munich) canoeing in our slough at high tide. Doug’s got that work ethic so...

Lone Wolf and Lone Toad

Jul 22, 2009 | Alaska

Had to post this. This morning at 7:30am my neighbor rings and tells me a wolf is heading my way. I grab the camera, binoculars and rubber boots and run out to the point. This is the first wolf we’ve had since mid-winter. And here’s the Lone Toad. It...

Totland Time Machine

Jul 21, 2009 | Alaska

Ever want to take a time machine back 100 years? We got that privilege when our neighbors gave us three large photo albums full of the history of our homestead. Above is a photo that came with the house taken sometime during the 1920s showing only the net shed,...

Flyover

May 21, 2009 | Alaska

We have friends over to see our garden–they read about it on our blog of course–and they suffer some serious garden envy but we have serious fish envy because they supply us with their fresh King Salmon catch. It’s a very clear day–one of these...

Celery and Chopin (How to Build a Greenhouse)

Apr 23, 2009 | Alaska

It’s finally spring (anything seems like spring after Barrow) and we plant our garden. I build racks that fit into the window frame so I can play Chopin and watch the Celery grow (Broccoli and Beethoven?). It’s still below freezing at night so we start...