Moose and more- September

 How silly. Once again, blogspot has posted the photos BACKWARDS from how they were supposed to be. So, the first photos are really the last ones. 

Physical distancing bull and cow! A couple of teen girls on an ATV scared them off the road as they blew down the easement in a cloud of dust and laughter. 

I was so glad to see a bull with tattered velvet. They look incredibly regal as their antlers are being prepared for beauty. 

The little boat, all alone on the water. 

I stopped at the look out point just outside of Nikiski proper (just before Miller Loop S) and enjoyed the amazing sunset on September 12, 

One of the moose who wandered by on the 12th after everyone left. The calf was with its mom, but they moved fast and I was absolutely unprepared to take pictures of anything! But, that is how animals are. 

Oregon Helpers-September

Steve and Jon arrived in the evening of  the first Saturday in September. They immediately went to work around the house and yard. 

Jon was intrigued with an aged welder dad had. He decided to fire it up and was rather impressed with how well it worked. Jon and Steve helped get things loaded that were sold and hauled stuff to the dump. 

Julie M-Ware was one of my staunchest helpers over the last years of taking care of mom and being north. She took several pieces of furniture, including mom's 'bell' cabinet. A glass cabinet that was probably purchased when I was in Junior High!  

Jon did some playing while he was at the house in North Kenai. He managed to get mom's old desktop running and the games on that were so much fun! Here he's playing one of the Sim games. Tumble Bugs was probably our favorite, though. 

We did get out a few times to the beaches. It wasn't exactly warm and it was generally after everything else was done! This day I hauled them off to Capt. Cook State Park. 

Mom had quite a few boxes and books of old mementos that smelled nasty with mildew. So, I took photos of the items instead of trying to keep them. They will comprise a whole post, I'm sure! 

The absolutely horrible car the guys rented in Anchorage. Steve had to fix it before it could even drive back to be returned!!! We didn't use it while it was on the Peninsula. 

One of the days was a stunning warm extremely low tide day. So, we went to the Kenai beach for an hour or so. Jon took some really neat photos, but oddly, I've not gotten those yet!! People were barefoot (even I did that after a while!), there were jelly fish, fascinating blobs of clay and pebbles, and cool looking rocks. 

A little who was fascinated by the neat things out and about on the beach. 

Jon spent a lot of time on the water. He took out an absolutely mouse ridden boat from the shop and hauled it out for a last float. After a few days, it did start to get water logged and sink, but it was good to see it out on the water. The little craft, from a distance, looked a bit like the small boat Cary Grant captained in 'Father Goose'. Up close, it was more USS Rodent! 

Spotty photo of Redoubt the Saturday they left. It was sort of funny. We had had a yard sale on Friday and a part of Saturday. Jon had wanted to see moose, but only got a glimpse of some through the trees in the yard. We stopped the sale in the afternoon, the guys left prior to the ending, and while I was outside eating lunch, a mom and calf walked right past the garage! In fact, I saw more moose that day than I'd seen most of the summer! 

Catch Up- September

 OK, this is the third catch up post in one night. I think blogspot is tired because from what I can see at this moment, it put all the pictures in last to first!!!! So, the lake reflection picture was after I had gone out fairly early in the morning on Sept 4, 2020 to wander aroud in the fog. 

These pictures were earlier in September. It was a still morning and I discovered this incredibly tattered dragonfly. I'm betting it was a female. I did try to get a photograph of one not so tattered. Except, these creatures are HUGE and make me nervous when they land near or on me and they loved buzzing the kayak. I'm not sure if it was the orange color or what, but it was nervousing! 

Catch Up- August

Was rather startled by these moose. I was reading outside and heard something in the woods and spied this one. 

The bugs over their bodies was rather gicky!!! 

Then, I noticed there was a mom with twins! At least, I am pretty sure there were only two. 

This one looks like a young bull. 

Later, I went out on the lake and revisited my favorite tree spirit who was still standing. 

There were so many reflections in the still waters. Still waters that restore the soul. 

Near the end of August, I was able to visit a friend who lives on a side of the inlet I rarely visit. I love how this Mountain can be seen from everywhere! 

Back out north for more sunsets. These are from different evenings. 

The house in Nikiski with a smidge of the garage and a glimpse of the shed. 

These were unknown ashes. The gold ring inside made me certain they were not dad's or the cat's. I figured they could be scattered near Arness Dock anyway. It is a good place to hang out, dead or alive! 

These two young men helped load up furniture to take to Janet's. Of course, it happened to be one of the first days of serious rain in weeks!!! I was entirely grateful for their help.