Our Alaskan Backyard

The following pictures were taken in our backyard by my very dear and gifted daughter Heather. It’s been a RAINY summer and everything is growing wild…but unless it’s the vegetable garden, the wildness is beautiful. Speaking of the garden, a moose ate all our peas! We have alot of potatoes still growing (amongst the weeds) but everything else is pretty water-logged. Enjoy the pictures :)

 You have to look  closely to see the stakes but this used to be our sled dog lot

 

Our Creek

Ok, so we have had SOME sun, we captured it on film :)

Rhubarb Dream Dessert

In the summer around our house rhubarb almost becomes a food group in itself…we eat soooo much of it. Below is one of our favorite recipes, best served warm with Vanilla Bean ice cream  or homemade whipped cream…yummo!

Crust:

1 cup flour

5 TBS. icing sugar

1/4 c. butter

Topping:

2 eggs, beaten

1/8 tsp. salt

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

2 cups rhubarb (other other fruit; good with raspberries)

Blend crust ingredients. Press into ungreased 9x9” pan. Mix all topping ingredients and pour on crust. Bake @ 350  for 30 minutes.

* recipe from Farmhouse Cooking

Hannah’s Pick of the Week

Here is the long overdue and much anticipated pick of the week…

Onesies and toddler tees by Salty Starfish Designs!

 Hannah loves these shirts, her favorite being the seahorse because the colors are so wonderful!

Salty Starfish Designs is a Wasilla owned business by busy mom Maria and we all love her tees because they are beautifully designed, locally made and include some Alaskana themes. They have been flying off the shelves and are reasonably priced at $15 each…great for gifts or an Alaskan memory.

Shameless Plug(s)

There are 2 things we have always been told not to talk about: religion and politics. Well I have never paid much mind to the rule regarding religion (which by the way, I like to refer to as ‘relationship’ as in my relationship with God Himself…how awesome is that ?!?) … faith is interwoven into my very being and I am so very thankful. Buuut… regarding politics, I can usually avoid getting into passionate debates even though I myself have some very precise and pointed opinions regarding the subject :) But I must mention that last night some of my older girls & I went to a Meet & Greet with Joe Miller who is running for US Senate. He is a Christian, a Constitutionalist and an Alaskan… in otherwards, a wonderful candidate. Impressive.

Please check out his website www.JoeMiller.us

Also in other exciting news… at the above mentioned Meet & Greet we met 2 lovely sisters from the Alaskan bush village of Galena. They happen to be Gladheart gals (aka customers :) ) and they told us of an interesting and unique use for our Vanilla lotion…apparently vanilla is a gnat deterrent (and the bush is full of the nasty little biters). Simply slather yourself with our Vanilla lotion and the gnats will hover about but not land. And of course, it’s deet free :) However we cannot promise that our Vanilla lotion will keep anything else away :)

Happy 4th of July

      Have a safe and blessed 4th of July.

Notice: We will be closed Monday July 5th. See you Tuesday 10-6, come in and see what we have rearranged :)

Faith’s Fragrance

“Faith smells the fragrance while there is yet no rose”