Mud Springs

During my mom's visit we (Stan, Emily, Ayla, Edith, and Michelle) hiked out to the mud springs at Tolsona Wilderness Campground.  Ayla liked the stumps (or were they stomps.)

Stan's New Worker

Stan has a new generation of Wolf Point Construction workers.  Welcome to the business, Ayla!

Picking Cranberries

Michelle loves to pick high bush cranberries.  Needless to say she got everyone involved.  These are pictures of cranberry picking close to home and some about 50 miles away.

Labor Day Weekend

Stan, Virginia, and Sherrill arrived Labor Day Weekend to visit with Emily and Ayla. The weather was goregous and the company was great.

Cassandra and Artem

This is Cassandra and Artem's house in Fairbanks.  Gregg and Ruth were diligent helpers packing.  Items they kept were trucked to Copper Center.  Cassandra and Artem got to spend some time at home before heading off to Russia.

It is always hard to say goodbye, but it will be a great adventure for the two newlyweds.



Cassandra's Clocks

Cassandra painted the faces of these two clocks to represent the time in Okinawa, Japan and Chishmy, Russia - the homes of the Halls and the Zhdanovs respectively.   Thank you, Cassandra, for doing such a great job representing these two cultures.

Baba-Yaga (Баба Яга) is a witch-like character in Slavic folklore. She flies around on a giant mortar or broomstick, kidnaps (and presumably eats) small children, and lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs.

In Japanese culture the Shisa lion dogs are guardians with magical properties and they have the power to repel evil spirits.  Beside the lion dogs is a tree with falling cherry blossoms.

4th of July hike in Valdez

I thought this was funny.