The folks with Mellie the lovely lab/collie went further south to Port Alexander, Ak. Pretty much the rainiest part of the rainiest part of Alaska, but she has family there and the clique that is Haines was making her sad.
The new neighbors are pretty cool so far and I base my entire judgement on their tuxedo cat, their lack of children (I know, I'm such a snob) and the fact that he put up Christmas lights today. Oh and they are nice.
I was sicker than the proverbial dog for the week of (and including) Thanksgiving. Not your average "stomach flu" but something more violent and longer lasting... makes me really happy to look out at scenery and enjoy a good cup of coffee. Yeah, that bad. Who ever brought that to town, to the crafts fair at the school, is a serious vector. Lots of people say "oh yeah, I had that too" in a fairly grave voice. Of course the next part of the conversation is a bit of competitive suffering, but the details are disgusting so there are lots of head nods and 'oh yeahs'.
I am going to get some photos up here soon, I promise. I have some good crafts fair product photos and am thinking I have the new computer tamed enough. Old dog, new tricks.
Today was spent replenishing the wood shed. Norman (aka Stormin' Norman of the f/v Chilkat) gave me more than a cord of wood from his property and we split and hauled about half a cord to the house where he's house sitting. Sudden burst of wood related activity because he's off to Seattle tomorrow for Fish Expo. The annual fishing industry trade show. He sells gillnets and is heavily involved in the industry whether it's Dipac hatchery in Juneau or the Takshanuk watershed council here in Haines. I am envious of the trip to Seattle in spite of the work related reason...I haven't been out of town enough this year!
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