We just spent our first Thanksgiving weekend in Alaska. It was different. For one thing, it’s getting darker and darker here. I have seen the sun rise more times in the last few months than I have in my whole life I think. Here’s a lovely sunrise I photographed on Friday. AT TEN-FIFTEEN A.M.! Also it was snowing like crazy on Thanksgiving. In the week leading up to the holiday,Continue reading “An Alaskan Holiday Weekend”
Monthly Archives: November 2015
The Sweater from 1992
When we moved to Hawaii, over six years ago now, I got rid of all of my winter things. I just didn’t want to store all of that stuff. Sometimes I wish I still had a couple of those old things, but not very often. But now that we are in Alaska I have to buy someContinue reading “The Sweater from 1992”
Winter: Beautiful and Dangerous!
I’ve been taking some nice scenery pictures recently. Winter in Alaska is really beautiful. I posted a picture taken from my window on Facebook recently: I got lots of comments. “Wow!” “So beautiful!” “I’m jealous!” Now, I appreciate the love, people, but REALLY. You’re jealous?! Of ME?! Come on! You KNOW I’m only showing the niceContinue reading “Winter: Beautiful and Dangerous!”
Learning what COLD really means
It’s winter in Alaska now, and that means it’s getting cold. Of course, I knew that it would get cold. I just didn’t know what cold really WAS, apparently. Because it is really getting cold. Really REALLY cold. I dropped the kids off at school Tuesday and it was only 2 degrees! I took a pictureContinue reading “Learning what COLD really means”
Kids have no filter
I volunteered to help in the twins’ classrooms recently. They are in second grade, which is a fun age; they are starting to be old enough to act like normal humans, but they are still innocent enough to be excited about school. This week when I was in Little Girl’s class she rushed up andContinue reading “Kids have no filter”
I’m glad we cleared this up
I got the following text from my fifteen-year-old: That was a weird exchange, but I’m just glad I didn’t have to actually do anything.