icefog.org » Alaska https://icefog.org the world according to bob Tue, 29 Oct 2013 03:33:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 Quite a year https://icefog.org/?p=1072 https://icefog.org/?p=1072#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:16:07 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=1072

It’s been a pretty big year since my last blog post. Traveled to Santa Barbara (saw Dana and Carolyn) and Tokyo, bought a new house next to Kitty-Kat, decent summer including an injury-free season with the ‘Shrikes, went to Idaho for Grandma’s 90th (plus 1/2) birthday, managed to get to north of the Brooks Range (Barrow) after years of strong resistance, and aquired a beautiful and fantastic live-in dog-sitter for El Toro Guapo. Last week, Rachael and I passed the one-year mark of dating. Lots of good things this last year and a lot of good things to look forward to!

]]> https://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=1072 0 Spring is near https://icefog.org/?p=914 https://icefog.org/?p=914#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:38:34 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=914 The past couple of weeks, I have spent a lot of time out in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed monitoring the snow ablation. The days have been amazing and the snow is (finally) starting to disappear. I can tell spring is near as I have my first blood stained page in my field book (from swatting a biting mosquito) and I have managed to swallow my first mosquito (from breathing a bit too hard after walking up a long hill). Along with the mosquitos, the streams and rivers are really starting to flow. It is amazing how fast things change from day to day.

]]> https://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=914 0 New Bed https://icefog.org/?p=900 https://icefog.org/?p=900#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:55:27 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=900 Off and on over these past couple of years, I have had a hard time sleeping. Part of it was just my mind refusing to shut off. Part of it was just not being comfortable in my bed. A few weeks ago, I had my friend Chad build me a new custom birch bed. Chad just started a new custom woodworking business, Infinity Woodworks. He gave up a “good” teaching job to pursue his passion. Pretty cool. I also bought a new mattress and that is also helping. The next step is getting some blinds in my bedroom to keep out the sun. The sun typically doesn’t bother me, but it would be nice to have consistent good sleep. Since I live in a subdivision of one, having blinds/curtains in my house has never been a problem.

]]> https://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=900 1 El Toro Guapo has a birthday https://icefog.org/?p=893 https://icefog.org/?p=893#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:32:11 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=893

El Toro Guapo had his 3rd birthday this week. Hard to believe that I’ve had him 2.5 years already.

]]> https://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=893 0 World Ice Art Championships https://icefog.org/?p=882 https://icefog.org/?p=882#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:34:14 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=882 Last weekend, Shannon and I went to the World Ice Art Championships. Like last year, it was chilly and we did not stay long. As always, amazing art. The ice art is a nice reward for surviving winter!

The rest of the images are in my image gallery. Shannon posted her pictures here.

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