Water Watch

We have a lot of reasons to watch the waters of Lynn Canal in front of our homestead. Lately, though, there’s been a new reason to keep an eye on what’s happening out there. A week or two ago, a commercial crabber dropped a line of crab traps parallel to our beach, a few yards off the rocks.

crab floats

Keeping an eye on the floats isn’t easy. Do you see them in this picture? Or even in the circle? (Photo: Mark Zeiger).

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A Home Craft Christmas Tree

As is our tradition, the Zeiger Family Homestead Christmas season began Friday morning.This year, however, Michelle and I undertook a project that brought Christmas to the homestead a couple of weeks early.

Homestead craft Christmas tree for Haines library

Our auction tree for the library. Michelle reassembled it in town, and added a homemade garland (Photo: Mark Zeiger).

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