Beautiful fall evening for the elementary cross country running jamboree. Ava ran her mile race in 8 minutes.

Space dyeing wool locks

Lingonberry picking 

Chicken herding in the yard

Fall colors are starting at Windy Point last weekend. The kids had fun, I swear. I went there to pick rosehips. We got close to three Dall sheep (two ewes and a lamb).

An afternoon hike with Ava and a few other big girls, local trailhead, lots of playing in hemlocks. Have a look at that termination dust (first snowfall of the season) on the high peak. 

Neighbor friend

Making comfrey-plantain-yarrow salve with plants from our garden. 

Walking to school with neighbors

Rosemary's homeschool group at the Alaska Botanical Garden (Rosemary is in blue)

On a cool rock (turned into a stone table) after dinner in Girdwood on our way home from rafting

Shakeout first voyage in our new 16-foot-long raft. We took it down a short stretch of the Kenai River, put in past Cooper Landing. 

Coming home from school a few weeks ago, tree just starting to turn.

That tree in fall color 

Cold, wet blueberry picking with friends

Botanical garden

Schoolwork