FALL. I recently talked to a friend from the Lower 48 who asked, "How's the end of your summer going?" to which I replied, "What?" Indeed, J and I have been back in the teacher seat for a month and Indigo has officially been rocking it as a Kindergartener (!?!?!) for the past three weeks. Alaska likes to jump start the whole Fall thing in mid August, and honestly, after three months of midnight sun and non-stop adventuring, the cool temps, back-to-school loafers and thought of hot soup sit rather nicely. Besides the fact that people will start putting up their Christmas lights by the end of September and we'll likely have snow the month after that - better enjoy this autumn thing while we can! (Confession: None of us actually wear loafers. They would get thoroughly ruined on bike commutes and at recess. But back-to-school camouflage rubber rain boots didn't quite paint that crisp imagery I was looking for. We do however eat lots of hot soup.)
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| About to take off for the first day of school! |
SUMMER. So, as if to spite the flow of big yellow school buses and the wispy white fireweed plants going to seed, the past few weekends have produced some very sunny days; after tossing our backpacks and lunch boxes in the corner, it's pretty easy to head on down to the beach and pretend it's vacation time all over again:
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| Balancing Act |
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| The town of Kenai planted a wildflower meadow |
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| Beach time in Homer |
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| Moon set after a day of play |
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| Kim tries some sun set slack lining |
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| Beach monsters chasing the new fat tire... |
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| J takes the plunge in Skilak Lake |
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| Indigo's eclectic treasures after a hike at Hidden Creek: edible mushroom, low bush cranberries, a penny and a salmon jaw bone |
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| One of many sea jellies washed up on the beach lately- a final ode to SUNSHINE! |
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