2007.....the new year is here! I did see the new year in after all. I had just turned the lights off when I heard Joanne come in so I got up and we had a glass of wine and some to die for chocolate mint cookies while we watched the neighbor set off illegal fireworks!
Yesterday I went down to the lagoon and watched the skaters for a while. I tried skating once when BJ and I lived in Iowa-didn't like it then and don't plan on trying it now. But, it was fun to watch. I especially liked to watch the mother and father teaching the little one to skate-I included a picture but you can't hear their frequent words of encouragement: "you're doing good...that's right...good job." There was a black dog pulling his kids around the ice-I think he was having more fun than the kids. The little girl in red looked like a bright cardinal on the ice-she was accompanied by a grandfatherly looking man who appeared not to be skating but stood near the edge of the ice. She stayed very close, not venturing far from her saft harbor. There were many groups of all ages with their ice hockey equipment playing and talking. And of course the couples skating together and talking together. I missed the group pulling a little one on a bright yellow sled-that was so colorful!
As I took pictures of the skaters there were skiers and walkers and joggers passing by on the coastal trail between me and the lagoon. Alaskans are an outdoor bunch and they don't let a little cold weather slow them down. To prove that I included a picture of the couple with their baby. The babies are bundled up like mad and then enclosed in the stroller. Start 'em young!
Well, I am going to put on some laundry (yep, the mundane chores of life go on even here) and then get out amongst 'em. Just gonna walk today-one day there might be pictures of me skiing or snow shoeing....but, don't expect me on skates, won't happen!