Mother/Child Tours of the Homestead

Saturday morning we arose to find unexpected footprints in the door yard. As we examined them, we found more and more, all over our homestead and extending on the trail up the ridge.

Because the weather has been so dry lately, the indefinite impressions were hard to decipher. A moose had come through, that seemed fairly clear, but there was something else—similar, but much smaller and lighter. Calf prints. Continue reading →

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Hello Dolly!

Dolly Varden char have returned to the waters off our homestead. This means the season of easy fish dinners has returned!

One of the first Dollies of the year, measuring 17.5 inches. A fish this size feeds the family for dinner with rice and a steamed vegetable. (Photo: Aly Zeiger)

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