Baby Moose is Growing

He's starting to look like a miniature moose now. The grasses are so tall in the yard that you can't see him when he lies down . He's now grazing on horsetail, grass, cow parsnip and raspberry vines.

You can see that the mother is losing her winter coat and she looks a little ragged.

I love that I have moose in my backyard. I never grow tired of watching them and I'm always disappointed when they move on to another yard. Thankfully they come very often, a couple times a week so far.

Flowers, flowers everywhere

Spring has Sprung, lol.

Purple is my favorite color!!!

We have the most beautiful flowers around the house. It's too bad these pictures don't do them justice.

This last picture is of the west end of the house and you can only see some of the flowers.

The other pictures are close up shots of only a few of the variety.

This is my first attempt at a Square Foot Garden. The logs make a 4' X 4' square with lattice dividing it into 16 squares.

You can't tell but there are tiny plants in 15 of the squares. I've put in corn, zucchini, crook neck squash, cilantro, chives, basil, shallots and in planter pots I've planted tomatoes. (This picture was taken at 10pm, the sun was still shining on the planter)

I'll let you know if I get any vegies off it this year, I'm hoping for beginners luck!

Doll Sweater

Is this a funny thing to blog?
I made this little sweater for an 18 inch doll from a pattern I found on the Internet. It is a replica of an antique sweater.

It's made on size 4 knitting needles with DK weight yarn. This brand had little flecks of blue, gold and brown in an off white yarn (which is the spots you see in these pictures).

New baby moose in my yard

I can't believe my luck. Mama brought her baby down the street and right through our yard. She is now lying in the back yard. This first picture is fuzzy because I took it out my sun room window a 11:10pm.
She tolerated my presence on the deck of my bedroom to take this close up of the baby. They are so tiny and wobbly and such red hair when the mom is dark with white shoulders.

Paul's ongoing health story

Paul has had an eventful spring. After his bout of Congestive Heart Failure (April 2-10) we left Houston and we felt we were in the clear, not so. Houston Doctors forgot to send Paul home with all the prescriptions he needed. Late Thursday night (May 15, 2008) Paul started coughing and wheezing, unable to get enough air. We checked his O2 level and it was 82%, NOT GOOD!!! By 1:30 am he was unable to improve it with his C-PAP so we headed to the local hospital.

He made almost instant improvement and was home Saturday morning, Hooray!!!

This Thursday noon he saw the heart specialist from Anchorage and got all his meds checked and adjusted. Paul is feeling like his "old self" again and is back to working on the property and boat.

As a precautionary measure, June 17th, Paul will have an angiogram to make sure all the bypasses are working properly. That will be with his favorite doctor (Dr. Mayor) in Anchorage. Poor Me, I'll just have to go shopping while we're in Anchorage, lol.

We are planning to make a visit to the Anchorage Temple as long as we have to be in Anchorage, double bonus!

About that picture, it was one of the most vibrant sunsets this winter. Summer is nice here but we prefer the winter in Alaska, who'd have thought...

Yellow Begonia

At church I received this beautiful begonia for Mother' Day. My husband grilled fillet Mignon and sauteed mushrooms and onions for my dinner. I am spoiled but don't tell my family, lol.