Almost Fall...

Just the other day, Andy noticed that the leaves are starting to turn yellow on the birch trees. August seems way too early for fall, but there you go, every year it starts around the end of the month. 

While we haven't had a frost yet in the hills, some of the low lying areas around town have.

It's time to start harvesting potatoes. This is just the first row of reds. We've also been eating a lot of broccoli, swiss char, and zucchini lately. When it's ripe, it's gotta go!

Andy harvesting more potatoes. While the Yukon Golds haven't been as productive as the reds, hope springs eternal for the rest of the crop. The corn may also produce edible ears, but will need some warmer weather this month to get it to ripen. Hope for the best while expecting the worst, that's the Alaskan way!

Baked Alaska...

 More like burnt Alaska with the results of the over-hyped Trump/Putin Anchorage summit. After claiming only he can get Putin to agree to a truce in the Ukraine war, Trump claims success when Putin turns down a truce and will only accept peace on terms that have already been rejected by Ukraine. Putin obviously wants to continue the war until he conquers most all of the disputed territories. But the real winner in all this was the Alaskan motorcyclist who got a free Ural sidecar rig. He apparently was riding in downtown Anchorage and was seen by a Russian camera crew filming Putins visit. They interviewed him and made a short film about how he loves the rig but can't get parts for it since they're made in Russia. They posted a clip of the interview on Russian TV. Putin found out about it, so he had a brand new rig shipped from Russia to Alaska and gave it to the guy.

The lucky Alaskan that got a brand new Ural, courtesy of V. Putin. But from what I've read about their poor reliability, he might not really be twice blessed.

Roly Poly...

There's an old Bob Wills song called Roly Poly, about a kid that can't stop running and/or eating. It was redone by Asleep at the Wheel and is one of my favorite Texas swing songs. Anyway, we've got our own Roly Poly and while he does like running and eating, though corn and taters not so much, it's more how he loves to roll in the grass. 

Earl doing another goofy sled dog trick. 

After rolling in the tall grass behind his house.

Here's the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4H_3HGSVE&list=RDAr4H_3HGSVE&start_radio=1