Category Archives: Family

We started house hunting when in late June 2020 we learned that the Municipality of Anchorage intended to purchase a building 800 feet from our home to provide daytime homeless services. The MOA has a history of ignoring the crime … Continue reading →

I was FaceBooking and saw an interesting simple graphic this morning: I posted to my friend: I am such a data nerd. I wanted to see what the numbers were behind these percentages. And I do NOT want to clean … Continue reading →

The first fruits of our labor.

Pics of current build out. More or less in maintenance mode now. Will add a roof extension on the opposite side of the coop to protect the chicken feed from the elements. Kits are nearly two weeks old. Their eyes … Continue reading →

What I wrote to Dusky’s breeder: Dear xxx Dusky kindled about 1 AM this morning. I checked her this morning 7:30 AM. She was out of the nest box and hungry. She ate with good appetite after several days of … Continue reading →

Mama and two calves in front of our house. And crazed Cardigans. I love that smack dab in a city of many hundreds of thousands of people, moose and (rarely) bear walk through our circle.

A memory was niggling at me and I finally recalled it. I bought a Shetland pony named Spirit with my paper route earnings when I was 11. She bucked. A lot. And was unridable. I broke her to harness and … Continue reading →

More stuff completed this evening. This looks like a lot but most of these things were 10-15 minute tasks. Attached a silver tarp to the top of the rabbit roof to reflect the sun and reduce the temp under the … Continue reading →

Modest progress tonight. Completed unit 7 assignments for school. Cut and installed six 1×6 boards to block the open soffits on the coop. Provided Dusky with ample supplies for her nest building endeavors. Weed whacked the ridiculously long grass on … Continue reading →

Haystache. Dusky is readying her nest.