teacher or beautician

After not cutting my hair for 18 months  and my beard for 16 months I have turned a new leaf and had three hair cuts in 3 months.  After Heather my sister-in-law cut my hair in Indianapolis this summer, I have been able to convince Dianna that its an easy thing to do.  Before school started in Aug. she made her first attempt at it.  It took a while (45 mins.) before she was done, but in the end it looked good.  Last week she gave it another shot.  It only took 30 minutes this time, and it looks even better.

Even though Dianna is getting good at cutting hair, I won’t let her trim the beard yet, that is a little to sacred.  Only and expert can trim that.

rip…popcorn popper

Each year I have gone through a phase.  Year 1 hot chocolate. Year 2 ice cream.  Year 3 popcorn.  On Thursday I took Dianna’s popcorn popper into school for a science experiment.  After 5 batches of popcorn the popper died.  The 6th batch had started to pop when it turned off and wouldn’t start up again.

Here it is with its last batch.  It was a good popper.  Hopefully Dianna won’t read this before she wants popcorn.  Then I can play dumb and not know why the popper won’t pop.  My fingers are crossed.

belgua whale….for dinner

Usually the excitement on Friday afternoon is due to the upcoming weekend.  This Friday the weekend took a back seat to the large pod of Beluga whales passing through Elim.  In a matter of a couple hours 8 different whales and been shot and brought to shore.  Most of the village came down to the beach to help pull the the whales up and butchering.  If you weren’t helping cut up there was plenty to talk about.

I didn’t help butcher but I was busy getting recipes for Pickled mungtuk (the blubber) and learning how to make dry meat.  Here they are rinsing the sand off before they start cutting.

Once all the mungtuk is off they take start cutting the meet out.

I was given some meat and mungtuk, but Dianna and I don’t eat a whole lot of the meat or mungtuk, so I so no need for a whole slab of either.  Here is a small piece of mungtuk, that I will try to pickle.  Also, a chunk of meat that I will strip and make dry meat.  I also took a small chunk off and fried it up for dinner.  Its nice to have fresh meat once in a while.  It’s kind of like your eating beef with a fishy taste.

the end is near…again

We have just finished our 3rd week of school.  We have had frost on the ground several times now.  Dianna has started wearing a stocking cap when we go for 4 wheeler rides.  All of these point to the fact winter is coming and it will be here before we blink our eyes.  After school Dianna and I took the chance to head out to the beach have a fire and enjoy a hamburger.

Miles also enjoyed the chance to run free on the beach and eat anything that we could finish.

kayak trailer

The lows have dropped below freezing and Labor Day has come and pass.  This all means it is time to pick up the kayaks from Moses Point and bring them back to be stored for the winter.  Last year the transportation was scary and dangerous mostly because I had no good way to secure the boats to my trailer.  This year I bought some Yakima Hull Raisers, and converted my trailer into a kayak hauler.

I guess some of the kids in town thought it would make for a nice place to lay down.  I wonder if Yakima will put a warning on the box next year.  Warning the Hull Raisers are not designed for small children to lay down on!

1st hike of the year

With school starting it only meant one thing…time to lace up those hiking boots and hike to Walla Walla.  The forecast said rain, and it was cloudy the weekend but we never actaully got rained on.  We stopped for a quick break and Miles decided it was time to hunt small furry creatures.  Oh yeah he got one!

We had to cross two log bridges the first one has seen better days.  The trail is also starting to become overgrown.  You can see the grass is almost as tall as I am.  We took the .270 with incase we saw a moose.  Neither of us REALLY thought about how much work it would be to pack a moose 10 miles out…Kind of a blessing we didn’t get a moose.

Our last mile or so before we get to the cabin is on the beach.  Here are some crazy rocks that go straight up from the sand.  Its easier to dishes when you have a dog that eats everything.  U set the bowl on the ground when finished and he licks it clean…already for breakfast!

After a good dehydrated meal why not stretch you out on the floor.  I’m not sure who taught who but they both seem pretty good at this.  When your all stretched out its time to get a good book..hope ya brought one and catch up on some reading.

Yes finally, even I am able to laid down and get a couple zzzz’s .