Sunday, June 21, 2009

Our new place


Views of our new housing unit.
Nice evening sunlight

The living room.

The other end of the living room.

The kitchen /dining area.

The kitchen.

hmmmm.... the stove.

Coming into the kitchen.

The entry room.

The front door.

Looking into the house from the entry.

The laundry/pantry room.

The pantry.

The entry deck.

Living room windows.

The deck.

Our walkway with Niko!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Even after a year we find good things we want

Now that we have finished our first year in the new school we went through the old elementary and cleaned out some of the storage areas....


the pile on the right = KEEPER
















the pile on the left =
TRASH

Monday, June 01, 2009

Out of the old ...

The trusty trailer that never seemed to completely fill up and never seemed to empty.
Holly and I have moved to new teacher housing.





































It was hard to leave the lodge: the beautiful windows, the wonderful deck. All the memories! Packing up 11 years worth of 'things' - a wonderful bonding experience :-).
We now have some summer time to unpack and readjust our lives.

a week ago or so ....

It was a beautiful day.
The sun was out and the skies were clear.
It was hot. Very hot.
Supper: Asian marinated wild silver salmon with organic asparagus!
Incredible day!

Friday, May 22, 2009

Ponytail? What a Pony Tale?













Cook outs = End of the Year!

We finish the school year with a picnic on the last day. We had a nice day for it:





















































At the End of each year the site administrators all
travel to Unalakleet for the purpose of closing out the year. We turn in reports and visit with each department at the District Office.


A cook out gave us the opportunity to visit with each other and say goodbye for the summer. Although the afternoon was very gray and cool folks had a good time.




Each year there are also a few that decide to leave - happy trails!
Here is Joe Braach - the Shishmaref principal and a long time BSSD'er. He will be missed!







Ben Howard, the Unalakleet principal with Supt. Hickerson in the background.



Greg Johnson, a previous Shishmaref principal - impervious to the chill in the air - visits with Joe!

Friday, May 15, 2009

late fall construction + spring run-off = muck...

The new housing units did not have water and sewer put in until late October. Of course by that time it was "too late" to do any ground work.


Some folks even said they were all done. Looking at what we have now - I certainly hope not.

So, tonight we hauled two loads of gravel and rock to try and make it a bit more enjoyable until the grounds can be finished this summer!



Saturday, April 25, 2009

April Storms

The weather has turned into a monster. For the past five days we have had wet snow falling from the sky. Half the time it has flown horizontally. The snow builds up and then slides off the roof. It falls and covers the deck and then turns to slush.
At times it is mixed with rain.
Today was a good day to sleep late and then stay inside. We decided to grind meat and get ready to make burger.

















Niko spent her time keeping a close eye on me!!