Friends

I had friends in town, so here are photos.

Dinner the first night with the first part of the crew:


A group dinner with both local friends and visiting friends. A local friend had just come back from dip netting, so we had a fresh salmon fillet.




The happy couple at the Pipeline:


Wickersham Dome hike:


A few of the blueberries are starting to ripen:


Linden, the goober:


Autumn, the cuddlebug:

Natural Landscaping

Here is another part of my American Meadow Garden:



HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Garden photos

The basil is coming along, though slowly:


Peas:


Marianna's Peace tomato:


Mystery tomato:


Purple potatoes:




Yukon golds:


Edited to add, here is the fish report.

My latest share of veggies from Rosie Creek Farm:

kale, turnips, broccoli, another giant head of lettuce, baby lettuce mix, and braising greens, and did I mention broccoli? I love broccoli!

Cuddlebugs:

Dinner chez Sam

Sam's papa went dip netting, and invited us over for dinner. Fresh salmon, yum!

Mr. chef preparing the salmon on the cedar planks:


Beautiful salmon, no?


Dawgs! I'm sure glad they get along so well.


Dawgs!


Yum!

On and around Murphy Dome

I had planned to walk the 5 or so miles down to the Chatanika River, then back, but the girls just got too warm to make a full day hike, so we turned back early, burning through the better part of 2 liters of water. We'll have to wait for the weather to cool down again before we can take longer hikes.


Are they pooped!

That Frontier Spirit

My wild guess is that Alaska has more "No Trespassing" signs per capita than any other state in the Nation. Alaskans are for the most part a warm and friendly people, but, paradoxically, they don't like strangers or unexpected visitors. When we started to anticipate the upcoming census, a few friends and I laughed. We figured Alaska, especially the Fairbanks environs, would probably have a low participation rate, and furthermore, that the census workers who knocked on people's doors to follow up on non-participants would be taking their lives into their own hands.

Sure enough, it's begun!