New Wine

Michael and I worked in the "winery" last weekend. We bottled the last of the Italian red wine. We transferred the Gewurztraminer to a 3 gallon carboy and 12 bottles. Then we started a Pomegranate Zinfandel. It should be good. Right now it is seriously stinking up the kitchen! It might end up being our Christmas wine. It is a pretty red color.
There, I am finally caught up with this blog. You are all up to date with my boring life!

Purse Class

Last weekend I held an adorable purse class. We made this purse and the cards with Stampin' Up! supplies....of course. Too cute!

Heather on top of the world!

Here is Heather at the top, great view!

On Top of Old Lazy!

We finally made it!! Heather and I went to the top of Lazy Mountain. Wow! it was long and hard. I think it seemed harder because I didn't bring any water. I was so glad to be done.

Catch of the day

Here are the two lonely little halibut we caught on Friday.

Homer, Alaska

Wow! I have some catching up to do. We went halibut fishing in Homer on the weekend of July 19th. Friday, the 19th, was beautiful, in Homer that's a rare occasion. We went fishing all day. I caught the first and the biggest fish! Don't get too excited, it was only about 15-20 lbs. But a good eating fish. We only caught 2 the whole day. I took some great pictures with my extremely old camera. But true to itself, I could not download the pictures. Dang.
Saturday was crappy weather. The guys, Michael, Herb and Gordon went fishing again, with more luck this time. The girls, Dorothy, Karen, LeAnn and I went shopping and to lunch. It was also a perfect day.

These are wild irises that grow along the Glenn Highway. This picture does NO justice. They are really beautiful. The entire field is purple.

This is my Bleeding Heart that is about 12 years old. It is almost as tall as I am. I have never done anything with it until this year. I added some fertilizer, I'm sure it will die!

7 Mile Walk

OMG! These gals are going to kill me! I think I have figured it out. They really don't want me, "the oldest!! believe it or not!", hanging with them so they are trying to scare me off. Today we walked 7 miles, YES, SEVEN MILES. My legs were still screaming at me when we started, but it got a little better. They are planning a bike ride tomorrow, thank goodness I have to work!!
I came home from the walk and planted some flowers. Peonies, Foxglove, Holyhocks and a few snap dragons. It's beginning to look a lot like spring!

Bad day on Lazy Mountain!

Saturday, we (Heather, Rita, Kathy and I) met at 3 Bears at 8:15am. Oh yes, I actually got up early to climb a mountain. I don't get up early to go shopping! It had rained just a little on Friday night. As you can see, (Heather and I) the view is not the same as the day before. My legs were still sore from Friday's climb.....but Heather MADE me go!

HA! That will be the last time she makes me go! The trail was terrible! It took twice as long to get down the mountain as normal. We laughed most of the way. We made Heather sit in the back of the car with Rita's dog! Hee Hee

Heather, Buster and me loading into Rita's car. Note--Heather in the back with Buster!

Lazy Mountain

Well, Friday we climbed Lazy Mountain. It was a pretty nice day and the trail was great. It is definitely a tough climb. We met at 3 Bears at 11am....I think it was 11. Julie, Rita, Heather, Kathy (we call her Mountain Goat) and I hiked up to the picnic table. The picture above is Rita, Julie and Heather on our way up. The view is really beautiful.

This is me.

This is our fearless "Mountain Goat". What a view.....uh?

What A Day!

Today has been the best weather day EVER! It must be in the mid 70's! My armpits are "moist"! I was suppose to go to Juneau this weekend, but the trip has been postponed. I have a free weekend...not sure what to do. I am waiting for my dear hubby to come home with dinner...to hot to cook! Days like this ALMOST make winters here worth it.

Welcome Bella!

Well.... here she is....my latest grand-daughter!! I love the four legged ones!! This is Bellatryx or Bella for short. She lives in Fairbanks with her Mom, Meghan. She is stink'n cute. Actually, they both are. Meghan has been wanting a dog since she started college. I convinced her that she didn't have time to properly care and train a dog while in school. Well, Meghan graduated last month, so it was inevitable. Bella and Luka (her cat) are learning to get along.

Weekend at Talkeetna

WOW! What a fantastic weekend. The weather was perfect. We went downtown yesterday and visited all the local shops. I bought a cute Raven picture for Megh, she likes Ravens. We went to Beth's Bead store and got some earrings and a bracelet. Very nice stuff. Debbie and Lisa A have a contest going for the summer. They are taking pictures of doors. Yes, just normal front doors. Only in Talkeetna, they are very old looking. They actually have character. I am supose to be the judge at the end of this contest. I will pick the coolest door. (I can be bought!) Debbie and Lisa A made a scone run this morning at the Roadhouse. They have the very best scones in the world.
Lisa and I planned a stamping class for later this month. More to come on that.
Closing for now. Keep in touch.

My dear friends, Debbie and Lisa A, and I are in Talkeetna "camping". It is a very nice evening, in the low 60's. It's 11:30pm and I can sit here and read a book with no lights on! Alaska does have its perks! I use the word "camping" loosely. We are in Debbie's motorhome with electric, water....beer...and wifi....life is good!