While We Are Away

While we are away for some much needed rest, relaxation, and exploring the wonders on the other side of our planet, please remember to drink plenty of water, get enough rest, and pick up after yourself. See you back here in April with plenty of travel photos and adventure stories.

Perfection

Perfection is being ready to leave for vacation when the house is clean, the map is packed, and your mind is free from worry.  Let us get this big jet rocketing up to altitude.

Bohemian Waxwings Stopped by for a Visit

Bohemian Waxwings visit every spring to feast on the fruit from the crabapple tree by our walkway and to my delight this year they stopped by on a Saturday.

Return of the Sun

The sun is returning and melting the last of the ice sickles with burst of glorious rays.  

Oh happy spring. 

Late Winter Walk

Have a good weekend my friends! Be sure to get outside and enjoy the last bit of winter.

Standing Guard

Our mighty trees standing guard through the long winter.  They will soon be rewarded with new growth and sunlight.  Thank you mighty trees for adding texture and color to our winter walks. Also for providing a place for other organisms to call home.

Wednesday

I can't decide if today is only Wednesday or if it is Wednesday already? 

Whichever it is have a good one.

Word of the Day ~ Tabula Rasa

Word of the day ~ tabula rasa 

Latin phrase often translates as blank slate.

In Locke's philosophy, tabula rasa was the theory that at birth the (human) mind is a "blank slate" without rules for processing data, and that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one's sensory experiences.

Happy Double Yolk Monday

Baking this weekend and to my lucky surprise I cracked two eggs and received three yolks.  Hope Monday is just as lucky of a day.

Heads high, and smiling faces as we start another work week.

Family Day at the Museum of the North

Photo from the Museum of the North web site

The University of Alaska Museum of the North will hold a Family Day exploring film and photography on Saturday, March 4, from noon to 4 p.m. There will be examples of historical films on display, as well as a portrait gallery, scavenger hunt and other activities. There is no admission fee for children 14 and under at Family Days, thanks to support from TOTE Maritime.

The museum is also exploring film and photography at hands-on programs all month. Families are invited to drop in with children 5 and under at Early Explorers each Friday from 10 a.m.-noon. Junior Curators, for kids 6 and up, meets Saturday, March 11, from 2-4 p.m. A newer program, Teen Studio, on Saturday, March 25, offers an opportunity for young adults ages 13-18 to try light painting.

For more information, call 907-474-7505 or visit the museum online at www.uaf.edu/museum.

High Five Friday for Ice

High five Friday for ice, the kind that is formed by all the melting snow, and the sign of the coming spring.

Earthquake ~ 5.5

This occurred while I was driving home and I did not feel a thing.

I Am

I am a kind and compassionate person. I am caring and easily wounded. I do not need to 'suck it up' nor do I need to 'put on my big boy pants' or 'grow a thicker skin'. I need to be who I am, large of heart and caring. I need to continue to be compassionate towards others and myself. I need to continue to disagree with those that believe stern harsh words, spoken in a loud angry voice, are the only way to deliver their message. When in fact their way is the least desirable method in the land of the enlightened 21st century.

In the three years that I have been employed at UAA, I have been publicly bullied and verbally abused. Unbelievably UAA has treated me with more disrespect than my ten years in aviation combined, and let me tell you Marty Hall is no saint.

Today starts my fourth year and I will continue to be kindhearted toward others and myself all the while standing my ground for honesty in my daily work.

Let good manners and polite society rules win in the 21st century and beyond. Long live the Duck Dodgers.