Closing Kenai plant

Looks like our plant is really shutting down this time. You can read the article by clicking on the title above. We'll be working until December or January with a few staying a few months longer. Thankfully this has been a great job for over 30 years and it is close to retirement time anyway. We were forewarned of this for several years and able to get ready for the final announcement.

Summer siding away

The rose hips are all out now and very red. They are loaded with vitamin C.







It poured outside last night and this is a wet fireweed plant. We are starting to get frost on the ground in the morning.








The siding is finished on this side except for some painting. If you click on the title of the blog you will open a page that tells how to put up cement siding. Dan was wondering.






Here is a view from my neighbors lot of the south side. This is a nice quiet neighborhood and lake.

Free Coffee

I thought some of you might be interested in some free coffee...

Geodesic Dome Puzzle

We have a mens group at our church, and on Friday we took the time to help Reuben put together this Geodesic Dome Puzzle. We were going to use a crane, but it rained for several days before, and two different boom trucks could not get up the hill. We were able to put it up by hand. Thankfully there were no accidents. It was a lot of fun.

Evidences of Summer's End

The raspberries are now ripe and ready for pickers. Do you see the fireweed flower? This photo is a few weeks old and there are no flowers left on the fireweed now, and that means snow is coming soon!









Lois Ann and i are putting up cement siding. We made a mistake on the Tyvek.









Holly and myself climbing up the scaffold. When you start projects at the end of summer they go so much faster.









The fair is another sign of the end of summer. This is called "Grilled Salmon".







This one is called "Board of Fish & Game". The other side has a "snaggle" (scrabble) board.

Clever Clue of the Month

Please vote for the best clue for August. Check back Tuesday evening to see the winner.
Stock quote? ................................MOO
Caesarean section? ..........................ICAME
Cat doctor? .................................SEUSS
Short lines at the checkout? ................UPC
Stand out? ..................................ALIBI
“CSI” walk-ons, sort of .....................DOAS
Are a couple of these confusing? Check the explanations page.