Getting Ready to Sail

Steven puts a double reef into the main and hanks the smallest head
sail for a blustery day out on Lynn Canal. We beat up to south
Shelter Island and did a single reached back, slapping the red nun
coming and going.

Flying Squirrel

Cedar discovered a flying squirrel this morning rustling in a bag in his room! It must have been brought in by a cat last night. Seems uninjured and eating. We do not see too many of these since they are nocturnal. We do not feed these to the snake.

THE 2008 WALNUT CROP

This year we got a single walnut on the Carpathian walnut trees.
Probably too cool and wet for nuts in SE Alaska. At least it is not
nothing and always better than the neighbors. When global warming
hits this place, we should be all set!

WET FALL FOGGY DAY

There was a lull in the rain and the fog settled into the trees. The
summer was so wet it has left everything so green. This is a shot of
the front yard from the bedroom window.

Paddock Hay Harvest

For the first time we actually harvested some hay off the old
paddock. Now that the horses are gone, we can let the grass grow and
after 2 seasons harvest a good cutting in the fall after two cuts in
the summer. We will just have to see if there is enough annual
compost production to give us an ample supply of new topsoil to
develop the gardens.

Saskatoons

Saskatoons did well this year.