Greetings Everyone!
We've returned - and its great to be home again. Upon our return - we discovered that our 'floating deck' -- in front of the workshop had 'heaved' -- subsequently, Ernie had to remove the door to get into the workshop. Below -- Ernie is shaving the door. Yes - he has lost weight - down 30 lbs.
Below is our boat - without it's canopy top -- the canopy collapsed from the winter snowfall - and weight load stress. We'll be returning to Anchorage for a scheduled custom made canopy replacement. In addition - our boat motor will be replaced - since Ernie sold our 2-stroke motor - and the buyer is scheduled to get the motor before we take the boat in for the canopy replacement.
We thought the little moose - Maggie - would have been gone when we returned -- but here she is!! Maggie survived another winter and is now going about her business of eating. She is small for a moose - must be a runt. Maggie is also shedding her winter coat and looks a bit shaggy - and her attitude is cranky! The other day I saw Maggie aggressively charge a Robin - her hooves were thrashing out at the bird - as she rose on her hind legs -- hopping towards the Robin to strike it -- all without success. Maggie then went stomping off into the trees - snorting and huffing grunts of annoyance.
We definitely will be alert to her whereabouts when we are in the yard!!
Besides Maggie - the rabbits are still here as well. They seem much cuties - because they don't act aggressive towards the birds. Although we've seen a rabbit or two - the rabbit population is down. We generally see 8 -10 rabbits in the morning - but only see 1 or 2 now. The owls and coytotes had a very good winter.
We also discovered that Superman lives on the island - we saw him hauling a phone booth past our cabin on a boat. A real phone booth!! Now - to see him zip into the phone booth and change!
I believe we'll have an interesting summer before us -- Take Care - and we'll keep in touch!
