Alaska Mountain Man

Looking at the Anchorage Daily News website as I often do, I came across an article about Dick Griffith, a man I knew when I was volunteering at the Eagle River Nature Center. He is an amazing guy, your typical Alaska Mountain Man. Check out his story--it's an interesting one: Mountain Man

New Niece

A couple of weeks ago, I got a chance to meet my new niece, Danielle, who was adopted from China by my oldest sister and her husband back in November. Danielle and her sisters, Steffi and Liz, had a great time playing in the pool.

Bye-bye, birdy

Just a few days after I took these pictures, the bluebirds left their nest. I guess I should be happy that they grew up but I miss them. I have seen the bluebirds a couple of times over the last week but it isn't the same. Two days after they left, some sparrows took over the box and have been making their own nest. So maybe we will have new baby birds soon.

Just Ducky

Happy 4th to you! Our 4th of July flightseeing trip was just 'ducky' as you can see. We found not one, but two, duck fields. It was a beautiful day for flying and everything turned out just fine--no hot air balloons on the runway this time.