Valdez got about a foot of fresh snow overnight. It is a wet, spring snow and looks pretty after weeks of windy weather. We can laugh at this snow because we know the end of the snow season is near. This picture was taken out of my frontroom window. Those are trees we planted 14 years ago on the property line.
I've been shoveling snow, hauling water (water table went down) and feeling GREAT! Whatever it was I had went away. I am now looking for work again. Thanks for all the well wishes. It worked!
Valdez Grain Terminals as seen from Dock Point Trail. Early August 2006
Now I know these are grain silos and not barns. Valdez has grain silos without a farm in sight. Built after the pipeline to hold Delta barley when the deal fell through. The voters of Valdez could have had a ski resort on Sugarloaf Mountain or the grain terminals. The grain terminals meant jobs right away so it won out. Too BAD! The ski resort would have been great in the long run and helped the winter economy. "The Red Barn"
This barn looks to be in tiptop shape. I like the windows sticking out from the roof. Are those dormers? Old growth trees and new trees provide shade in the summer and a wind break in the winter on this neat farm.
Here is my brother's eloquent comment on the first installment of "Barns od Idaho":
Jimmy said...
Every man ( and woman ) deep down wants a barn. There is nothing that says more about people being real, than a barn ( or the thought of having one ). Is it the animals? The hay loft ( ooh la la ) Or the fact that they were built by hands ( and friends & neighbors hands ). I think it's all of the above. And when their time is up, people like me will build the coolest furniture out of the past we all dream of. Jimmy of Jimmy's Pirate Pub. Check out his site for the coolest furniture projects.
This is a series of 17 barn pictures I took when I was outside last fall. I'm calling the series "Barns of Idaho" when some of barns could be in western Montana (off of Hwy 93 and Route 200) and the border of Idaho and eastern Washington (Hwy 95 and Route 6).
Most all of the barn series pictures were snapped from a moving 1989 Fleetwood Bounder. So no story behind them. I just like barn pictures.
Its pea planting time! Well, starts anyway in Alaska. YEAH!
In my Irish singing voice:
"I've traveled the mountains all over
and down to the valleys I go.
To live like a pig in the clover
in sight of huge mountains of snow"
That little bit of snow we got briefly, before the big winds came, got blown around. Drifts measured in feet are everywhere. With the chill factor of zero degrees Valdez fuel companys are busy making money hand over foot. The new Model 2400 Monitor heater has worked wonders this above average windy cold winter. It has cut our fuel consumption by almost half!
Old man winter keeps marching on. It snowed a bit last night and it was a warm snow. Seemed like we were in for some snow after weeks of high winds. But no, the winds came back with a vengeance. Blowing snow causing whiteout conditions. Hold on to your hat!
A Diamond Willow Fish Club.
Carved Moose Horns
My Nanooks got knocked out of the playoffs today and will be heading back home to Alaska Sunday. Thanks for a fun and exciting season and I'm looking forward to next year already!
I'm hanging in there and drinking lots of water with lemon. Seems dehydration can cause kidney stones. This past winter I'd been drinking more Pepsi, beer and coffee. Maybe one big glass of water a day and that isn't enough. No more Pepsi for me. I usually only have one cup of coffee in the morning. No more beer for a long while either. Getting these things is enough to make me want to change my ways.
Managed to get out and walk on this beautiful day. Roxy loved it. Doesn't this picture of her remind you of RinTinTin? It would if you are over fifty. And if you are over 50 drink lots of water so you don't get kidney stones.
My Alaska Nanooks are in South Bend, Indiana playing the #1 in the nation Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in the first game of the Quarterfinals of the Division 1 CCHA Mens Hockey Playoffs.
GO NANOOKS!!
*Thanks for all the well wishes. I can't say that I'm feeling any better and can't get into see a doctor til next week. If I can't handle it I will go to the emergency room this weekend. gaah
Another beautiful March day in Valdez. Too bad I'm too sick to go for a long walk. Figured out I've got Kidney Stones. A friend told me a couple of days ago she thought that was what it was. I was guessing MS and other debilitating life threatening afflictions. At least now I know I am going to live. I have not been to the doctor yet but after looking up the symptoms on the internet I'm damn sure thats whats going on with me.
It is very painful and I guess I'm not through the worst of it. waah!
The Nanooks defeated the Broncos by a deficit of 3 goals! I say deficit because the only goal scored by Western Michigan was when they pulled their goalie in a last ditch effort to score which they did without the whistle being blown.
What a great game! Wylie Rogers tallied 33 saves out of 34 shots on goal. Adam Naglich, the roller blader from Las Vegas, scored along with Curtis Fraser and Aaron Lee with lots of help from the whole team.
Next stop for the Alaska Nanooks is the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame next weekend for a best of 3 in the CCHA playoff series.
GO NANOOKS!
Our shallow well water pump blew a hose the other night in the pumphouse. For some reason we still had water in the house. When the winds slowed down yesterday Mr. FishTaxi went out to check on it and this is what he saw. 
An ice encased water pump still pumping away. Turns out it was a centimeter tear in the hose from the pump to the pressure tank. It must have been spraying water for who knows how long. Isn't it beautiful? I think so because we still have running water!
I took pics of the potato salad I made yesterday but good potato salad is not photogenic. I've yet to come up with an appetizing picture of pot salad.
