Incandescence

I try to find little projects during the summer.  This summer I am growing herbs in the greenhouse, and trying to start a cutting from mom's mock orange bush.  I read up on how to make the cutting and how to keep it, so hopefully I'll have a little mock orange bush in a month or so.   Although I didn't plant them, I will also have fresh veggies from the garden this summer, which I am very excited about. I used cute little tin pots and hung them on a wrought iron hook on the ceiling. My Mock Orange cutting under plastic to keep it moist. I think that the coca-cola bottle gives the whole set-up a little class :) The next thing I want to do is get a mint plant, or mint seeds so I can grow a bush or two.  I love peppermint/mint tea, and the thought of growing my own is very alluring.

I think I'm going through withdrawals.  Just a little bit.  Hawaii was so amazing, and I was so blessed to spend three weeks there!  But I love Alaska too.  Every day it hits me again--the awe-inspiring Matanuska glacier, the snowy-capped peaks of the Chugach and Talkeetna ranges, and the wildlife that I have become so accustomed to. Other than enjoying the scenery, I've been doing a few little projects.  Mom, dad and I (with some help from my awesome cousin) scraped off the old border in my room, then my dad and I ripped (well, dad ripped) out the carpet and we tossed it out the window.  I took pictures of the process, but I'm kind of ashamed of how disgustingly dirty and dusty it was under that carpet, so I won't post any pictures.  All I'll say is that we used a shop vac instead of a regular vacuum to clean up after the carpet was ripped out. Once we had the carpet out mom and I decided to sand down the wooden paneling and re-finish it.  ...