Showing posts with label living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A Glimpse...

For my project, I have been taking photos and video footage of some of our life experiences, as teachers, here in Chevak, AK. These are a few of the shots (just from one evening):

Sometimes, you have to shovel your way out of your housing unit... 

... or shovel your way in.


During the winter, we must bring our trash to the dump by snow go (aka snowmobile aka snow machine) and sled. On this particular day, we had to sit on the trash so that it would not blow away on our drive to its final destination.

With freezing temperatures, the plumbing is not always cooperative. Here, we are mopping up the living room... we later found that there was probably a shop vac available for us to use...

In the meantime, we spread out towels, sopped up water, wrung the towels out into a bucket (aka trash can), and then threw the water out into the cold, gusting wind (hence the goggles)... and repeated. Again. And, again.
Side note/author disclaimer: There AREN'T any tanning beds here :P (lol)! 

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Alaskan Grown

I just got back from Homer... it had been so long since I had been there that I forgot how absolutely gorgeous it is! I also stopped for my first time (that I can remember, anyway... I may have gone as a little girl) at Clam Gulch and the old Ninilchik town... great, great stops! Being with someone you 110% enjoy makes little trips like this one AMAZING! This Alaskan Grown girl is really enjoying her Alaskan summer thus far... quyana agayun. <3





Ninilchik (shout out to my Ashley!)


Clam Gulch. This word is just missing a "V" and an "E" ... it's the beginning of something beautiful. <3