Feed Me

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Osprey on the Eli River

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Camping on the Eli River

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More Old Graves on the Noatak

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Old Grave on the Noatak River

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A Creek Near the Noatak River

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These are photos of a creek that flows into the Noatak River. They were taken 9/11/10























67°15'11.19"N 162°44'9.98"W

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Kid on the Tundra

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Uyaana is sitting out there on the trundra. Can you see him??





67°17'20.28"N 163° 1'32.60"W

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Moth in the Berries

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Sisualik Sights Part 2

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(67° 0'21.85"N 162°53'14.87"W)

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Kid Pickin' Berries

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Where Were You??

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Today marks the nine year anniversary of September 11th 2001. It's one of those events that I think everyone can remember exactly where they were when they found out.

At that time I was living in upstate NY, a little town called Craryville about 100 miles north of NYC. I was a single mother living in a traller part of questionable repute. (I left alaska for two years after Uyaana was born) I was working at the worst job I have ever had at Taconic Farms a place that breeds rats and mice for biomedical research. I hated that place with the passion of a thousand burning suns. It was the most back breaking, ball busting job I have ever done. The one good thing about this place was it made me realize I was going to move back to Alaska and never live anywhere else EVER again.

I was listening to a morning radio show (can't remember which one it was I used to listen to) when the usual morning banter was interrupted by then saying that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I remember thinking that it must have been a horrible accident, until the second plane crashed into the other tower. When the towers fell all I could think was all those poor people. I sat on the floor in a room filled with thousands of rats and mice and cried. It was so awful.

Where were you when you first heard the news?

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Sisualik Sights

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Some photos from Sisualik taken this past August.
















(67° 0'21.85"N 162°53'14.87"W)

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Happy 11th Birthday Uyaana

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His actual birthday was on September 7th, but we didn't have his party until today.






I ordered this edible cake topper off eBay.




He had a few friends over and we had pizza, chicken nuggets along with cake and ice cream.









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Rush

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Someone mentioned that they hadn't seen any photos of Rush lately, so here he is. These were taken on Labor Day.











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Bee

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Catching Up

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I'm trying to catch up with posts that should have been posted a long time ago. Here are some photos of Kaija taken 8/22/10
























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