Tomorrow we have the Blue Moon on New Year's Eve plus a lunar eclipse. The lunar eclipse occurs in the am from 8 am til 10:30 AM. The Volcano might erupt with all these conditions coming together.
Have been invited to go snow shoeing on New Year's Day. Foxy will also go and she stayed home for two days to rest up. ( She did not go to Doggey Day Camp.) My friend raised dogs and did the Iditarod Dog Race a few years ago. She had a slew of dogs. Or should I say a dog sled of dogs. Now she is down to 2. Her house does not have electricity, but she has solar panels and fuel oil. Uses a wood burning stove. Should be as wild as I plan to experience.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
44 days to go/passed half-way point
Count down has shifted. Hit the half way point yesterday. 44 days to go according to the airlines. If I could get Foxy to ride up in the cabin with me, then I would be thoroughly happy.
We leave at 12:45 AM Alaska Time on Feb 9th and then arrive in Georgia their time at 1:45 EST.
As Lewis Grizzard said, "If I ever get back to Georgia, I am going to nail my feet to the ground," and that is the second career change that I have used the quote.
All in all it has been much more wonderful than I could have ever imagined.
Foxy even misses all four of the cats at this point...no one to chase. I am going to dinner tonight with a lady who has lived very close to where I lived in Atlanta and went to St. Martin in the Field's Episcopal Church. I got invited because I said that I had four cats at home and was missing them. She has a cat named Romeo, and that was Rambo's original name until he got an outdoor life.
Another warm day.
Paulette
We leave at 12:45 AM Alaska Time on Feb 9th and then arrive in Georgia their time at 1:45 EST.
As Lewis Grizzard said, "If I ever get back to Georgia, I am going to nail my feet to the ground," and that is the second career change that I have used the quote.
All in all it has been much more wonderful than I could have ever imagined.
Foxy even misses all four of the cats at this point...no one to chase. I am going to dinner tonight with a lady who has lived very close to where I lived in Atlanta and went to St. Martin in the Field's Episcopal Church. I got invited because I said that I had four cats at home and was missing them. She has a cat named Romeo, and that was Rambo's original name until he got an outdoor life.
Another warm day.
Paulette
Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
GAINED 8 seconds of Day Light!!
WE have taken a turn for the better as far as daylight is concerned. Now that does NOT mean it will be warmer. Just a tilt of the earth.
This calls for celebration.
The sun rises ten feet in the south and goes across the horizon and sets!!
If you are lucky, you get to see it thru our beautiful atrium windows.
To leave a comment on the blogspot, go into comments, click on anonymous, (you don't have to do any sign in), and leave your name as part of your message.
Also see what Santa broughtFoxy at Doggey day camp in the most recent photos.
Foxy got her report card today:
Behavior: Fantastic
Potty: outside
Played with: Everyone
Lunch: wasn't too hungry ( she must be sick)
Comments: perfect as always.
She stills the hearts of all who surrounds her.
On Christmas day we will travel to the hospital and cheer Mrs. Ruth who had a Sheltie named Espresso!! We have fun talking every day about Sheltie talk.
This calls for celebration.
The sun rises ten feet in the south and goes across the horizon and sets!!
If you are lucky, you get to see it thru our beautiful atrium windows.
To leave a comment on the blogspot, go into comments, click on anonymous, (you don't have to do any sign in), and leave your name as part of your message.
Also see what Santa broughtFoxy at Doggey day camp in the most recent photos.
Foxy got her report card today:
Behavior: Fantastic
Potty: outside
Played with: Everyone
Lunch: wasn't too hungry ( she must be sick)
Comments: perfect as always.
She stills the hearts of all who surrounds her.
On Christmas day we will travel to the hospital and cheer Mrs. Ruth who had a Sheltie named Espresso!! We have fun talking every day about Sheltie talk.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Frozen Fog
This is frozen fog, not snow. These have been grey days with very little visibility. It's like OK what else is there to deal with driving 2 miles to work.Looks cold. Don't understand the weather involvement. There was an inversion, and the fog could not leave.
This coming week sounds like snow daily, but these weather persons have even more uncertainties than Georgia weather persons.
Brother Budge says he has had a roaring fire going for two nights.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Trip to Alaskan Heritage Center
Saturday brought a third local Bazaar at the Alaskan Heritage Center. The scupture outside the center is of RAVEN who created their earth. (Actual live ravens do not migrate and quite the noisy ones.)
Descriptions of the four ornaments in the photos below:
The boot ornament is of seal skin and fur.
Next is the coyote fur decorative pin.
The the Eskimo is made of more seal fur.
Finally the face pen is surrounded with polar bear fur.
The tree is from a local ACE Hardware with not as much inventory and fun as the Ace's in Clayton and Atlanta. It does have a post office inside though.
You will see a landscape which at first has the colors of our sunset, but it is a sun RISE, not sun set. My internal time clock fits adapts well to Alaskan winter time. I can get up, shower, eat, make phone calls and still not miss the sunrise.
Where to shop in the area for Alaskan Native art:
website for the Heritage center is : http://www.alaskanative.net/
Also you can check out the Anchorage museum at http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/
Foxy and I drove north to Wassila which is about 70 miles north west of Anchorage. Denali National Park is 378 miles from Anchorage and travel time is estimated 6.5 hours in the summer.
Paulette
Descriptions of the four ornaments in the photos below:
The boot ornament is of seal skin and fur.
Next is the coyote fur decorative pin.
The the Eskimo is made of more seal fur.
Finally the face pen is surrounded with polar bear fur.
The tree is from a local ACE Hardware with not as much inventory and fun as the Ace's in Clayton and Atlanta. It does have a post office inside though.
You will see a landscape which at first has the colors of our sunset, but it is a sun RISE, not sun set. My internal time clock fits adapts well to Alaskan winter time. I can get up, shower, eat, make phone calls and still not miss the sunrise.
Where to shop in the area for Alaskan Native art:
website for the Heritage center is : http://www.alaskanative.net/
Also you can check out the Anchorage museum at http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/
Foxy and I drove north to Wassila which is about 70 miles north west of Anchorage. Denali National Park is 378 miles from Anchorage and travel time is estimated 6.5 hours in the summer.
Paulette
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