Time Worn

Poor Doggy

Yesterday Kaija got spayed. A special thanks to Dr. Phil Meyer of Wasilla Veterinary Clinic in Wasilla, Alaska. He comes to Kotzebue 4 times a year to provide us with quality health care for our pets. Without him we would have to send our pets out to Anchorage or Nome for spay and neuter surgery. He said that Kaija came through with flyying colors........


....but try tell that to Kaija. She doesn't look like she is feeling too colorful. We brought her home around 6pm yesterday and she was truly pathetic for the next 16 hours.


Doesn't she look pathetic?? Poor baby. at about noon today she brightened up a bit and ate a little bit of watery canned food and then went back in her kennel to hide. I truly feel sorry for her but I know that spaying her was the right decision for her health and safety.

Today the Boys and Girls club of Kotzebue is sponsoring a carnival at the elementary school. Kids games and food all for free. Uyaana is lookung forward to going. Maybe I will take my camera.

Berry Picking

We went berry picking yesterday evening. The low bush cranberries are just about ripe. Technically they are lingonberries....but around here we call them cranberries. I picked about 3 quarts.





Aren't those berries pretty. I like picking cranberries. You can pick them by the handful and fill up your bucket quickly.



Kaija had a great time digging for mice. Lucky for the mice she didn't find any.

Then I made her pose for pictures. She wasn't real thrilled about having to sit in one place for too long so her tail is down instead of all curly.





There were other people off in the distance also picking berries. She really wanted to go see them.





Ooh! What's that?!



It was raining over there but thankfully not on us.

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Today is the nicest day we have had yet this spring. It's downright hot out.

It's one of those days that I should be playing outside instead of being in the house on the computer. But I do have a few minutes of time to waste writing here, after all the sun shines all day and all night now.

Last night was beautiful too. Noah, Kaija the Puppy and I rode around for a couple hours on the four wheeler. The ice is flowing out of Kobuk Lake (Hotham Inlet) now and is putting on it's yearly show. There were a lot of people out walking, riding, or sitting on the beach along Front Street. It is nice to see and hear the ice going out again. The kids like to climb on the big pieces and try to hook herring between the flows. Here are a few pictures that I took last night around 10:20pm.







I really wanted to work on Noah's room today. I haven't yet turned it into "his" room since our room mate moved away. I wanted to do it today but it seems like such a waste with the weather being so nice. I feel like I should be out playing with my boy and my puppy and taking pictures. Anything but staying in. Only two and a half months before the weather starts cooling off again. Have to take advantage of it while you can. I guess I better get out there.