P.S.:

My kitties are ADORABLE.  

I Was Thinking Today...

While sipping my morning coffee and working on a crossword puzzle, I watched the smoke from the wood boiler pouring out over the spruce trees in the yard.   

I wondered... do the living trees feel a sense of fear and dread having to breath in the smoke of their dead comrades?   Every day of their lives in the winter, do the trees worry that there's a forest fire approaching?   

Now, it's hard for me to enjoy my breakfast as what was once a lovely, peaceful winter scene, now seems like an impending tree Holocaust.

Is it spring yet or what??

                                            VOLE!

I'm still amazed at the little animals that remain active all winter long.  They are truly an inspiration to me:)

  

Miles From Nowhere...

Guess I'll take my time... 
Oh yeah...
To reach there.

Miles from nowhere...
Not a soul in sight...
Oh yeah, but it's alright.

I have my freedom...
I can make my own rules...
Oh yeah, ones that I choose.  

Miles from nowhere...
Guess I'll take my time...
Oh yeah...
To reach there...

Emo Bartender's Black Skinny Jeans Say...

Our Own Slice of Heaven...

 Welcome to June Creek, my future new home!   Walt and I secured ourselves a beautiful parcel of Alaskan splendor!!!!!   I'd been looking for the perfect spot for a while now, and then, POW... here it is!  It might seem rather sudden, but I know a good thing when I see it, and this could not be passed up.

Here're some pictures from a couple of weeks ago...

 The previous owner also sent us some pictures from the summer so we know what to expect once all the snow melts:)

 We're going to have to wait till it warms up a bit to move onto the lot, as the cabin and camper have no heat, but really, I can't WAIT!  

If anyone has any desire to come up to Alaska and help build something, please come on up!   Yurts, log cabins, cob structures, stone castles, underground bomb shelters, whatever you fancy!   Need a place to string your hammock?   We got lots of trees!   

More pictures to come, and of course you'll have to stay tuned for:

June Creek Journeys 

Happy March!

Million Dollar View

Well, here I am at yet another house in Healy.  Actually, I think it's THE house in Healy.   It's located at the end of Denebola (yes, another star:), the next street up from Antares.   Looking out the windows is so much better than viewing Picasso paintings.   And, these paintings change every second into something totally different then the second before... 

I only half jokingly told the owners that they might have a new roommate after they return:)

Back at our cabin, Hadley would consider her view no less precious...

And old Ernie got his yearly "Lion's Cut"... looks more like a poodle cut if you ask me...

                              

                                 I think this picture best describes his feelings about the whole thing...

Just Another Day in Bear-a-dise!

Sometimes when I spend too much indoors, I forget that I live in lovely Healy, Alaska.   As I look out the window, it's almost like viewing a painting.   Then I get outside, and it hits me... I actually LIVE in Alaska!   And it's awesome...

And, for what seems like the first time this entire winter, my old friend Aurora came out!  And how!  The full moon was out, lighting up the outdoors as if in dim sunlight.  This allowed me to actually see out of my windows at night with my indoor lights on.  And what I saw was Aurora dancing vividly across the entire sky!   Oh, how all the colors were out... red... blue... green.  Though the bright moonlight helped Aurora catch my eye in the first place, it also dimmed her brilliant light display.   Aurora came on quick and seemed to leave just as quickly... but I managed to catch a part of her...