It has been a strange year for critters up here. We had a lot of snow and a late, slow breakup.
Six weeks ago when the migratory waterfowl started showing up the deeper lakes were still iced in and there was little open water.
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A strange year for critters
July 13th, 2010 by Steve · about North Slope, animals
High summer, or what is passing for it this year
July 11th, 2010 by Savannah · about Kaylee, flora, garden, weather, yard
It’s still cool and the flowers everywhere remain somewhat confused about just what season it is. Still, my wildflowers are coming into bloom and looking their usual tangled and undisciplined best.
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Library book sale
July 11th, 2010 by Savannah · about holiday, library, local
With another Fourth of July came the annual book sale. I started this as a way to give discarded books one last chance to find a new home before going to the dump, but it’s become so popular that people ask every year to be sure we’re going to have it.
This year, a big weeding in the nonfiction meant that we had a lot of books for the sale.
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Primping for the Fourth
July 11th, 2010 by Savannah · about garden, local
I don’t get heavily into the primping that goes on all over town for the Fourth, what with being wrapped up with the book sale. But Doug did catch me walking down the street to tell me that “his” park had gotten a sweet new sign. And that this had prompted him to give the park a good cleaning out and plant some new annuals.
Looks pretty good, Doug!
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Summer, maybe
June 30th, 2010 by Savannah · about flora, local, weather, yard
The season progresses, although somewhat askew against our usual calendar.
In the morning, the first sun lights the bay while town slumbers on in the night’s shadows.
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An afternoon on MacDonald Spit with friends
June 29th, 2010 by Savannah · about local
Tim and Linda come down from town each summer to spend a few days in a rented cabin out near the end of MacDonald Spit. It’s always fun to walk out there and join them for an afternoon’s visit.
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More fun with sticks and strings
June 28th, 2010 by Savannah · about knit
I’ve been knitting along on the monthly assignments that are part of the 2010KALendar stole project. Each month is something new, but along with dealing with tricky new techniques, I’ve noticed that I’m getting a lot better at following charts for even simple things.
This is the May segment, derived from the Evenstar shawl. It’s got a center to the starflower that’s similar to a nupp but where you gather a nupp back into a single stitch on the reverse, the starflower treats each stitch as a whole new one. Fun.
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