Blog Update: This is going to be a long one . . . get your favorite beverage . . .

I have come to the realization and I have known this for some time but I really enjoy Twitter and my blog far more than FACEBOOK!  Instead of posting stuff directly to the FB I figured out that if I write a post on my blog first this way I will stay off the dread FB!  I also will not let myself just click on "LIKE" I have to write a reply if I am going to add some communication.  Like is not an option for me any more.  I am off my soap box!

 I need to post lots of photos that I wanted to posted and then forgot about.  Once work starts back up I get behind and I am going to try to change that!

This photos should have been posted before the last post but oooops!

Knitting

This summer I knitted five yes five Crowned Jewel Hats.  A friend of mine designed this hat about 10 or so years ago.  I finally got around to knitting this great hat up this summer.  I fell in love with the pattern and of course who doesn't enjoy knitting with Noro Silk Garden.  The two hats at the bottom were knitted with GINA.  The two bottom hats were knit with the same colorway I just reversed skein.  Yarn and pattern can be bought at my very favorite yarn shoppe Knit 'N Needle in Whitefish, Motana.

These hats were knitted for one of my most cherished knitting fans!  My niece and her girls, and husband. 

They are currently working on their land to build a home that will be off the grid.  I am so proud of them and just love their desire to have a different life.  Since they are off the grid wool is rather key we all think and thus the hats.

Once again wonderful yarn that is hand dyed in Whitefish at the Knit' N Needle by a fantastic independent dyer.  This is a super wash yarn.  I use this mostly for gifts and smaller knit items.  I have knitted a sweater as well and everything turns out great!  I highly recommend PDS Yarn.

Tomten #2 that really needs to get off my needles to be sent to one of the little girls above.  This was home in Montana in my hammock.  That is one of my favorite places to knit, read, or rest.

Very Random 

One of my favorite chocolates!  My favorite is the 88% dark chocolate.  Just a little posting on dark chocolate in case anyone is interested in a good dark chocolate of not sure what to get me for a gift!

Sunflowers!  yahoo who doesn't love sunflowers?  the only bummer is I had to leave Montana before they were blooming but a photo is worth a few words!

I stopped eating wheat which means no more beer.  I have become a hard cider lover and this one if you are interested is really very good. 

I miss BBQ-ing once we are back up in Alaska.  Yum! 

Burgers and veggies on the grill . . . ahhh summer time!

Construction

 No summer is complete with some construction around our place.  This is a never ending job!  Remodeling a 100 year old house is a ton of work!

Front porch this project is out with the old and in with the new all of which will be done this fall in theory.  It will be perfect and wonderful in the end.

Our 79 year old carpenter!  This is my FIL and he is an amazing person.  He has pretty much done it all you name it he has done it.

New front walk way was poured and no long straight we have a nice twist to our front door.

All this work is so we can sit on a nice deep front porch and enjoy the days, sunset, sunrise, visit with neighbors, relax, have a coffee or a cold beverage.

A Little Bit of Whitefish

Nice mud graffiti on my morning bike ride this bridge is a must for my early ride no matter what!

A neighbors nice way of taking a care of the dogs and reminding owners to me respectful.

Whitefish Lake with early morning sun.

Ah Huckleberries!

Big Mountain NOT Whitefish Resort!

Knit 'N Needle yarn shoppe and I had a blast helping a wonderful knitter from Ravelry pick out some yarn.

I am so glad I was able to explore this great little tea shop this summer.  Steeps Tea is a treasure!  I will be ordering tea from them online I know. 

I treated myself to this great tea mug as I find having these little treats in rural Alaska is a must.  When you live most of the year in a place you can only get to by plane treats are a must.

Honey, I discovered whipped honey oh so dang yummy!

If you have made it this far you are a real trooper!  Thanks for taking the time to look into my world and I hope you find it relaxing.

North

Every year no matter what summer comes to an end and it is earlier for us than the rest of you.  We were very busy closing up our Montana summer just like normal.  I always have to come to with grips with leaving one wonderful place and heading back to work! I can say  my work is in another wonderful place, too!  We drive back and forth from AK to MT I call it the reverse migration as many of you know form previous postings.

Tally really doesn't like the bugs and they her nice tender hide!  Often she will just sit int he back of the rig until it is time to get int he tent.

Meanwhile, Sadie just loves being outside and her downy under layer is a great bug defense.

The drive north has many beautiful views one of our favorites is the AL-CAN highway lined with Fireweed.

This pass summer northern BC and the Yukon had many fires and here is the aftermath.

I always think there is a hidden world under or around mushrooms.

Another campfire a must as camp every night on our trips back and forth.  Once we got into north central BC we could have fires. 

Poor butterfly that didn't make it.  We hit several stretches of road that tons of butterflies.

I love ferry rides and enjoy knitting along with the hum of the ferry engines.

Morning knitting, sunrise, my girl Sadie, and my morning must have coffee!  Also sitting in my new killer cool best every camp chair---Helinox Sunset Chair!  This is an expensive chair with a life time warranty and the best chair I have used or owned! Helinox Sunset Chair is amazing!

A late breakfast on the road with the Helinox Sunset chairs.

Morning fireside coffee with my girl. Our stainless steel coffee mugs are from REI co-op.  I just looked and they don't seem to have this style any more which is to bad as it was simple with out all kinds of buttons and gadgets to break.

We had to stay one night in a mostly RV park and we are tent folks.  I felt a bit out of place and to be honest I was going to write a snide post about RV camping.  I am not a fan of these huge rigs.  However, everyone was very chatty and nice to us low life tent folks.  They are out and about enjoying the beauty of the north and having a trip of a life time for many. 

This is the part I will not understand is the pull into a place plug in and sit inside . . . but everyone has the right to do what they want! 

One of our very favorite spots on our trip.  Village Bakery and Deli in Haines Junction, Yukon.  Yes they do have gluten-free, salads, pizza, sweets and non-sweet items . . . ice cream.  It is a great place to visit and rest from the road heading north or south.

The Yukon is amazing!

Stretching the legs

Tent life with the girls!

Warmed up left overs for dinner

Sadie wondering are we there yet is that Alaska?