Busy, busy here. The out of state license plates are flooding the towns. Summer! The animals are also out in mass, although the elk have become scarce. I think they may have already done their annual June skidaddle moving all those babies up higher. Yes I know, we're quite high but apparently not quite high enough.
First columbine sighting! I must not forget to mention it's the state flower. One of my all-time favorites.
It's also Copper River salmon time. The Copper River is a 290 mile river in south central Alaska which has a brief season of world prized wild salmon. It's normally a Mark project to buy, vacuum seal , and freeze pounds of this luscious stuff but he's not here. I couldn't pass this up as the price was much less than I've seen - expensive stuff this wild salmon. 6 lbs later, using up all available bags, and trying to follow the sealer directions - done.
More creatures visitng, this time a marmot. He stayed around for a couple of days wandering from front to back, and as you can see quite interested in the grill. They can do some damage so it's just as well he became bored.
And here's our male bluebird. This couple believes they own the deck, actually all parts of our house that relate to the deck and below. They have an active nest underneath the deck and will actively fly at the ground squirrels and chipmunks who are wandering the area.
Wonderful flowers everywhere but the pollen count has to be right off the chart. I have a layer on everything inside and out and cleaning it only lasts a day if I'm lucky. I'm fighting an allergy reaction as we speak. Isn't that always the way, take the good with the bad...
Great news, we have fish back in the pond. Our fish all died over the winter due to a blocked head gate. About 400 healthy trout flung themselves into the water. Lots of families will enjoy fishing this summer. And those cattle will soon be roaming close to our houses - hurray for fences.
Very excited that Mark is arriving this Saturday. He will be here two weeks which definitely was planned around some big family happenings. We have niece Krissy's wedding on July 2 in Crested Butte. Should be a wonderful and exciting event. Lots and lots of family is coming in town and we'll have a full house as well. Heather, Jay, Tiffany, Chris, and the girls arrive late next week. Weddings are a great conduit for people who haven't seen each other for a long time or never met (as in the case of Penny and Jules) to get together.
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