thanksgiving hunt

celebrating thanksgiving a week early, we will be away from home.
shane heading out hunting, a Maine Tradition
i spent the day cooking, i wonder every year when the day is over, why do we celebrate with FOOD? it just does't add up. feeling full, and crashing from a sugar high, ughghghg, if anyone has ever seen my dinner plate you would under stand. i rarely balance my plate, sweet potatoes, lots of cranberry relish, cranberry salad, a tiny portion of veggies, and bring on the pudding pie, lemon custard, and apple/cran/ginger pie with vanilla ice cream. save the turkey and left over bread for tomarrow!
any way we have so much to be thankful for. Praise God for his provisions, his blessings, his delight in us, and His promises.

Make a Smilebox invite

fall hunting season

mt dutton in the back ground

pavlof volcano, pinnacles to the north east. heading back in from a morning hunt at the point

crisp cool morning, still, (very uncommon)

sunrise and Frosty Mt. bright fall colors are all turning brown, beautiful in the morning sunlight. What a beautiful world our Lord has given us to enjoy.

tired of fishing

after they had their fill of shooting i put them to work picking berries! we got 4 huge berry buckets of yellow salmon berries. oops no photos, it was getting dark. anyway i'll be making marmalade this weekend. these were the bigget berries ever! almost the size of golf balls! and the bushes were as tall as me! it was so cool.

weekend getaway

Alaska state ferry, 1st stop False Pass

the bell on the front, sunrise

2nd stop Akutan

final stop and turn around Dutch Harbor and unalaska, memorial..

russian orthodox church

so much more to write about the trip, we had a great time! great fellowship with christian brothers and sisters in christ! Networking with fellow employees in different villages, took in more of Gods beautiful Land, spoiled with being able to eat out! and even bring back some fresh produce!

Ah and great to get back to Issac just arriving from a summer at sea.

Berry Season

fire weed, monkshood are blooming

my first handful of berries, mmmmm

Camera Theory

The morning after a great day.
So the theory is... if you don't have your camera you'll see it.
WOW did we.
Started our day off late, couldn't drag Spencer out of bed, sang happy birthday to Michelle, and the morning crept on.
So we left in a big hurry to go fishing. It was fairly still out, so once in the boat we canned fishing and headed over King Cove for Chinease and fellowship.
It was beautiful!!
shopped at the thrift shop, got an old shirt i hope to make an apron out of, inspired by Glenora, enjoyed a meal cooked by someone else, Shane got the D2 he has been craving (only to admit he likes my chix chow mein) then went up to the church and watched them trnsform the church with decorations for Vacation Bible School! Looks like they will have a great week.
went grocery shopping! Rob bought me some bananas! Spencer treated me to a Slush Puppy!! it truely felt like a summer treat. brought back a few groceries!
we were nevous toget going in case the winds picked up, but it was a splendid ride back, we stopped at several "fishing holes" along the way.
Shane caught a huge sting ray, i didn't even know we had them here! also dragged up lots of sea cucumbers, yuck, the sculpin out there are prettier than the ones we usually catch too. we did get a couple of haliut to keep.
that was our great adventure.

Alaska Style

In the reverse.. Coolers are empty going out to the beach and full going back...

Catching a little sun (very little face and hands)

morning light

Psalms 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this;
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

maybe???

Rain rain rain.... i keep saying it will make the salmon berries plump,

but my poor struggling tomato is hangin' in there...

SNOW!!

40 mile/hr winds, rain(or is that sleet)
Destination...snow...

race....

Yippy lets slide

whoa .......

another hike

hmm intersting trail, wide staggered steps, you wouldn't think the bears would have any interest in coming up this high... unless maybe there are some caves to discover..

God's Promise

Shane above me...

the best part of canning

Carol this is for you. I am still just as excited about this part of canning, as last year when it was all new... after removing the salmon from the pressure cooker ( 110 minutes a 10lbs of pressure at 240degrees) and after cooling down for half hour before able to open pressurized lid... they are still boiling on the counter for like another half hour.. it's really cool, and it's usually at like 1am in the morning...

where are we going?

Funny how in life sometimes you just can't seem to see beyond what is right infront of you.

hiking frosty

lagniappe

not deserved not earned simply gifted from God- just extra

a hike to the bear caves

caves just around the corner.... humm are those tracks fresh... always an adventure...

frosty from the top of baldy

nice find, and a daring retrieve.

.....he does have a big heart.

The Reds are in!

halibut fishing and bears

sure sign summer is here if you hadn't noticed

the temperature may never seem to change, the wind may not let up much, or the sun stay out too long, but somehow these beauties have slowly plumped up and are putting on a show.

at a closer look these are so delicate and dainty.

finally another project completed

happy fathers day

WE LOVE YOU

Job 42:10

Job 42:10 "The Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends"

This was todays reading in My Utmost for His highest, by Oswald Chambers. i've been reading it for years, over and over on and off....

Sometimes i get caught up in missing my friends who are away. instead of lifting them up in prayer.

couple of weeks ago we got takeout ( for those of you who don't know what that means for us, it is from the closest town with chinese, a 20 minute flight away) anyway my cookie said something along the lines of seeking advise from longtime friendships, Lucretia pointed out to me that can mean new friends intended to be long term, not necessarily ones i have had a long time. Again i was guilty of dweling in the past. i know from experience i have close friends that remain close and dear to my heart no matter the time in between visits, talks, or communicating.

a call i received today(here in alaska) reminded me of this. Shanon stopped by the house(maine one) to barrow something and called us from there... it was great.

So i will be more faithful to lift all my friends up in prayer to the Lord, who delights me daily with relationships He provides me with. I am truely blessed with great friends!

I am putting a cry out there to you though, to send me photos of you and your familys. i would like that.

keeping things interesting

ccoking burgers on stone... with a handy beach made spatula, tin can with wooden handle, isaac is some handy to have around.

a little 22 toying around

my second halibut of the year. 24lbs, not bad for rod and real! don't be fooled by shanes big catches i'm still up on him, his big ones were long lining. terms foreign to me before cold bay.