Congradulations Ryan and Eryn

You always want the best for your kids. You also want it better for them then it was for you. Some things you have control over and others only they do. When it's their turn to take control of their life, all you can do is sit back and hope for the best and hope they made the right decision. Sometimes you don't know right away if it was a good decision or not.

You don't have to ask anyone, but if you do, ask Ryan and Eryn. The looks on their faces and their reactions to one another make it obvious. They are in love and they were made for one another. This is something they figured out on their own. They've known each other since high school, but have only been a couple for the past 3 years. Now they are husband and wife.

They made a request of one another for what they wanted the other to do for them at the reception. Eryn requested Ryan to dance. It's unfortunate that Ryan inherited his fathers two left feet. But dance he did. I doubt if he could have said no.

Ryan request Eryn to sing. So she sang "You light up my life" to him. She couldn't complete the song. She said it was because of the tears in her eyes. I couldn't tell. My allergies must have been acting up, because my eyes were watery.

Anyway, this is a couple that's meant to be. I doubt that anyone could tell them any different. They're off to a great start. I love you both and wish only the best!

Call waiting

I was taking a break at the park the other day and I was watching this older gentleman feed the geese and ducks at the pond. I usually don't condone feeding, specially bread because it has no nutrition for them. Anyways, while he was feeding, he got a call on his cell phone. He stopped feeding to take his call, which must of been somewhat important because it took a few minutes. He wasn't paying any attention to his audience, but they sure were watching him. They were patiently waiting for him to get off the phone and to resume feeding.

79° Dat's HOT!

Weather wise it has been the best 4th of July weekend that I can remember. I guess other ways its been pretty good too!

My daughter Cassie and her beau Jason, threw a July 5th BBQ. You can tell it's the hotest day of the year so far by all of the shorts, sandals and bright white legs.

The kids didn't care, they were having a blast. And of course so were the dogs. They helped keep the food droppings picked up. I hope everyone had a fun and safe weekend!

Has it been that long????

I went to Soldotna a couple weekends ago. As I have been bragging about Anchorages weather, it was just as nice down there. There's always plenty of interesting stuff to see.

I always go to the cannery. There's all kinds of neat stuff to be found there. How about a greater yellow-leg? It was running all around the banks of the marsh.

How about an old red truck? I just like the looks of it. No telling what its history is. Its future doesn't look too bright though. There use to be a lot more old vehicles there, but it looks like they have been cleaning up.

Lama's. What can I say. This young one was trying to keep up with mom. I was told that the eagles in the area like them too. There's a ranch down there with a bunch of lama's and some cattle too.

The gulls were chasing eagles that day.

I'll try not to take so long to post again.

What summer weather

You should be able to tell when we are having good weather in Anchorage, because I don't post much when we do. It's had to sit in front of a computer when you have sunshine and 65 plus weather outside. Last year it rained so much that I think half the population came down with webbed feet.

That's not the case this year. You walk around town and anywheres else and everything is alive and in an awesome mood because of the weather. I'm still afraid I'm going to jinx it by talking so much about it.

West Chester Lagoon is loaded with birds of all types. Mallards, Wigeons, Scaups, duckies, and you name it. Seeing all this reminds me daily why I chose to live here. OK, family and friends have something to do with it also.

And of course we have to have the cute duckie picture also.

I hope everyone else summer is going well also.

Slacker

The weather lately has been great for ducks, but that's OK. We needed the rain to keep forest fires down and help turn things more green. I got my flower garden taken care of last weekend and it appreciates the rain.



The weather wasn't too bad to remember our fallen ones on Memorial Day.

I'm afraid

I'm afraid to keep talking about this good weather we are having. I'm afraid I'll jinx it and everyone will blame me. Last summer is still fresh in every ones memory. I doubt if we had more than 3 days last year with temps over 60.

I woke up early this morning and decided not to waste it. I decided it was the perfect time to go to some of my favorite places around Anchorage and see what was happening. Well, I wasn't the only thing awake.

At Potter Marsh there was all kinds of activity going on. This Tree Swallow looked at me like I had my nerve, but didn't mind getting its picture taken.

This American Wigeon was swimming in big circles, but this was the best shot I got. It's mate was nearby, but wouldn't look my way. I'm not sure if they were up to something and didn't appreciate me interrupting or what.

This beaver was in a hurry, but it wasn't headed to its dam. It was going through these little side streams, but it broke out into open water after a bit. I have yet to be able to get a shot of a beaver that I like.

Isn't that beaver dam something. There's an eagle off to the left watching me and everything around, but I didn't like the picture I took.

It's hard to believe that they discussed about making this area the city dump back in the 70's. It was accidentally made when they were building the Alaska Railroad. They blocked the water run off from the hillside area. The water stopped here and over time became an artificial wetland. Now it's one of the best places in Alaska to see wildlife.

Cindy had told me that she had bought a riding mower for the TLC property. She also said that her and Todd had cut the grass yesterday. So I had to go check it out. The TLC property overlooks Potter Marsh, so it wasn't that far out of the way. According to this Dark Eyed Junco they did a pretty good job

It was time to move on, so I headed down to Ship Creek. There's a whole lot of fishing going on, so parking was a little bit of a pain. But it was worth it. Check out these two Lesser Scaup's. They are supposed to be rare in this part of the state. I'm not good at keeping a list, but these two are on it now.

Thanks to all of the Veterans out there. Because of you I got to enjoy a gorgeous morning.