Where did July go.

This Friday I will have worked 27 days in a row. Saturday I'm taking off and driving down to Soldotna to see some David Alen Coe with some folks from town. We had such a nice start to summer but the rain has hit and does not look like it will break for the next few weeks. Ha....................... This is why I like it here. Big pineapple express giving us 50-70 mph wind in the fiord and warm rain.

Swimming at Moose Flats

hot time summer in the city..courthouse rm. 501

Back in the courthouse this summer.

A subpoena for Mr. Whynotski’s testimony is attached to this message.

It's been hot and I'm not talking about witnessing arson, that was years ago. Alaska is like a sauna... hot , humid and smelling like cedar with the wild fires off of Funny River Road, Maggie now looks forward to her outside baths. The fests are over, Forest Fair was keen,











Melissa Mitchel & Whipsaws stold the show and back at the house it took us some time to kill the keg of Mooses Tooth











but we had a good hooping session. The days are still long and silvers are in Bird Creek!

summer solstice moose pass

sockeye run on the kenai

Copper River Red w/ a homeless man:










One fish two fish red fish blue fish:










Polish Fish:









The Ride:










Fish On:








Dinner:

Overland to the Dutch Hills

This last weekend was different. Something about my breakfast made me feel happy.


I loaded up Maggie and went north to Trapper Creek and Petersville.





More flowers are blooming:




Wild Geranium(Geranium erianthum):










Wild Rose:(Rosa rugosa)






Nannerpuss says "I smell a bear foot print".










Miner Shanty:







Dutch Hills:






We made a stop at Talkeetna for a beerewski a the West Rib. Downtown was swarming with mosquitoes and tourists. One train and eight tour buses unloaded the folks with no agenda.


They were just walking around in a travel coma. I bet they were on a boat a.k.a. "$h!t barge" for a week and then offloaded onto a bus or train and shipped up to Talkeetna before they paused at Denali for a night. There were a few people picking guitars, mandos and banjos in the pavilion that looked like seasonal locals. I had to get out of downtown quick. Next stop the old graveyard:











Walking the back roads I found this old chunk of steel from Michigan's hay day:


Then it was back to Girdwood where the resort keeps most of the people couped up. home Sweet Home.

Whats blooming at the Ham Tram.

This weekend I tried to go birding "but dem' buggers move too fast". So I took a lot of pictures of the wild flowers that are blooming. Kristen at the Wildlife Center gave me the heads up that stuff was starting to happen. So the pooch and I hit Winner Creek snaping shots of all the flora.
Dwarf Dogwood aka bunch berry (Cornus canadensis)

Blue Berries (Vaccinium Spp.)



Alaskan Violet (Viola langsdorffii)

Iris


Salmon Berry (Rubus spectabilis)like the raspberry but orange/pink and not as sweet.


Yellow Anemone (Anemone richardsonii)
Moss Heather (Cassiope mertensiana)

star flower (Trientalis borealis)

Look this tree looks like a Butt!

BBG needs to rest. She does this at home all the time and this is the first time I've seen her sit on a chair in public.



I could not get Maggie onto the Handtram.

Not going to happen.

BBG says "I'll show him it is too hot for the Ham Tram."