It is a sea otter.
It is a baby sea otter.
It is a baby sea otter being bottle-fed.
Holding the bottle in its paws.
You're welcome.
In other news, a 337-pound halibut was caught at the derby. Sounds like a halibutdinner!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Construction season
Is in full swing.
And I have nothing else to day today, so here is a photo of some cute dogs in a truck.
And I have nothing else to day today, so here is a photo of some cute dogs in a truck.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Hah!
Take that, fires!
Now here are some photos of all sorts of miscellany.
Office dogs:
My friends playing music at the Fairbanks Folk Fest:
Linden meeting a young fan:
I just love the interactions between wee little kids and dogs. If you think about it, babies ought to be terrified of dogs. The size ratio between a toddler and a dog is approximately that between an adult human and an elephant. How would you feel about a giant, carnivorous elephant with fangs? I'd be terrified, but toddlers run up to Autumn and Linden and hug them! And Linden loves them! To me, it's evidence of our long partnership with dogs, which has been so intimate and so useful that not only have dogs evolved be attached to us, but we have evolved to be attached to them!
The girls relax while the bands play:
It's strange to me to see them on a manicured lawn!
The girls with me in the yard after splitting wood for the day.
They cannot hang out with me while I split wood because they tend to sit WAY too close. The tally so far: A cord of purchased spruce, a cord of purchased aspen, one giant black spruce from my front yard that had died standing and came to about half a cord, and another 1.5ish cords of mixed spruce and aspen that date from when my land was cleared. And it's all split and stacked except for that last bit on the right there.
When I saw that Autumn was laying there in such a nice pose, I decided to attempt a family portrait. This doesn't work so well with a camera timer and dogs:
EEEeeeuwgh!
Now here are some photos of all sorts of miscellany.
Office dogs:
My friends playing music at the Fairbanks Folk Fest:
Linden meeting a young fan:
I just love the interactions between wee little kids and dogs. If you think about it, babies ought to be terrified of dogs. The size ratio between a toddler and a dog is approximately that between an adult human and an elephant. How would you feel about a giant, carnivorous elephant with fangs? I'd be terrified, but toddlers run up to Autumn and Linden and hug them! And Linden loves them! To me, it's evidence of our long partnership with dogs, which has been so intimate and so useful that not only have dogs evolved be attached to us, but we have evolved to be attached to them!
The girls relax while the bands play:
It's strange to me to see them on a manicured lawn!
The girls with me in the yard after splitting wood for the day.
They cannot hang out with me while I split wood because they tend to sit WAY too close. The tally so far: A cord of purchased spruce, a cord of purchased aspen, one giant black spruce from my front yard that had died standing and came to about half a cord, and another 1.5ish cords of mixed spruce and aspen that date from when my land was cleared. And it's all split and stacked except for that last bit on the right there.
When I saw that Autumn was laying there in such a nice pose, I decided to attempt a family portrait. This doesn't work so well with a camera timer and dogs:
EEEeeeuwgh!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
A Walk in the Woods
Also, here is an interesting article about how warming climate is compromising the safety of food cellars in the Arctic.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Dry Cabin Bath
Since my post on slop glacier management was so popular, I decided to post about my cabin bath.
I shower during the daytime since I shower at the University, but occasionally I do chores at night that get me grimy enough not to want to go to bed in such a state. But I have no running water in the cabin and don't want to go back into town just for a shower. Enter the cabin bath.
Materials:
Mixing bowl
Dr. Bronner's
Hot water
Washcloth
Bath towel
2 1-liter plastic bottles. Finally a use for those polycarbonate bottles now that we are told not to drink from them since they ooze poison!
Instructions:
Half fill mixing bowl with warm water and a squirt of Doc B's. Insert washcloth.
Fill 2 liters of warm water.
Put washcloth in bowl.
Strip nekkid, peek out door to make sure no-one is passing on the street.
Wrap bath towel around self, shout at dogs to STAY, and dash outside and around to the back of the cabin.
Scrub everything scrubbable with the washcloth, then pour what's left of the soapy water over head and scrub head with fingertips.
Rinse with 2 liters of warm water.
Ta-da! Tingle fresh and clean and ready to teach the moral ABC!!! All one God faith!!!!!
I shower during the daytime since I shower at the University, but occasionally I do chores at night that get me grimy enough not to want to go to bed in such a state. But I have no running water in the cabin and don't want to go back into town just for a shower. Enter the cabin bath.
Materials:
Mixing bowl
Dr. Bronner's
Hot water
Washcloth
Bath towel
2 1-liter plastic bottles. Finally a use for those polycarbonate bottles now that we are told not to drink from them since they ooze poison!
Instructions:
Half fill mixing bowl with warm water and a squirt of Doc B's. Insert washcloth.
Fill 2 liters of warm water.
Put washcloth in bowl.
Strip nekkid, peek out door to make sure no-one is passing on the street.
Wrap bath towel around self, shout at dogs to STAY, and dash outside and around to the back of the cabin.
Scrub everything scrubbable with the washcloth, then pour what's left of the soapy water over head and scrub head with fingertips.
Rinse with 2 liters of warm water.
Ta-da! Tingle fresh and clean and ready to teach the moral ABC!!! All one God faith!!!!!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Miscellany
Here we have my second batch of veggies from Rosie Creek Farm:
Baby lettuce mix, spicy braising mix, radishes, and rapini!
The girls snoozing:
I made Millie a present last night out of wire hangers, since I'm cutting so much fresh grass for her from the yard:
Here she poses with it:
You know what I call it? A grass hopper. BAM!
Baby lettuce mix, spicy braising mix, radishes, and rapini!
The girls snoozing:
I made Millie a present last night out of wire hangers, since I'm cutting so much fresh grass for her from the yard:
Here she poses with it:
You know what I call it? A grass hopper. BAM!
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