Posts tagged #Tycho

Lazy afternoons at the Cabin

I have been really really busy lately, and I can only blame myself. I feel bad when I have to leave Tycho by himself on the weekends. On Saturday though I did stay at home. I had to work on some data sheet so it worked out pretty well. I spent the morning in my chair on the front porch drinking coffee and hanging out with Tycho. 

På sistone har jag varit riktigt upptagen, och det är förstås bara mitt fel. Jag känner mig så taskig mot Tycho när jag lämnar honom på helgerna. I Lördags stannade jag hemma för en gång skull, och spenderade morgonen ute på altanen med kaffe tillsammans med Tycho.

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, Tycho - The Kitty Cat, Nature, Cabin Life and tagged Tycho_the_earless_cat porch weekend helg morgon coffee veranda katt svart Alaska Alaska cat 2016 Cabin Life_ Morning Tycho Spring Cabin.

The Past and the Present

April 17th 2015

It's always nice to go through old pictures on the computer and realize how different the season called "spring" can turn out. Last year for instance we had a lot more snow during the wintertime and so it took a bit longer for the snow to melt away, compare to this year. 

These pictures below are from late March- mid April last year, I would say we are maybe one or two weeks ahead of last year right now.

And then here below are some from right around now:

Field work will probably begin pretty soon, although not personal fieldwork for me, just the regular baseline sampling to keep it simple. I don't know if I will start going out pretty soon or not, although I am usually not a big fan of leaving for field alone in early spring. Previous years we have been seeing quite a lot of bear activity so I assume this spring wouldn't be different. We have both black bears and grizzlies in the watershed so quite a spread of bears, and of course there is a pack of wolves that are running through the area from time to time too.

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Cabin Life, Alaska, Nature, Photography, Tycho - The Kitty Cat and tagged Alaska Cat 2015 Cabin Life_ Tycho Spring Snow Cabin.

Consider yourself lucky

It's not easy following your dreams, but you can if you really want to. I have lived in Alaska for 5 years now, and soon, very soon (hopefully) I will be moving to a different state. I am starting a new life over here, across the ocean far away from my original home. It's always hard to decide to move somewhere else, let alone to a different country, but sometimes you have to do what feels best for you. I consider myself very lucky, to be where I am today. The challenges and rough journeys I have taken has only made me stronger, or so I'd like to think. 

I consider myself lucky to live in the largest state in the US, to watch the largest mountain in the US from work, to have seen the northern lights so many times that I can't even keep a count of it, endless summer days in the field, being able to go to Denali national park for the day and lots of other stuff too of course. 

Right now I am happy that spring is on its way....well slowly.

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, Nature, Tycho - The Kitty Cat and tagged Alaska lucky life denali 2015 Tycho Spring Dreams Cabin Life Fairbanks.