Fun for all!

Lions Club sawdust pile (kids diggin' for change). On the last day we used her change so she could go on one more ride.

 My happy girl!!!!

Harbor tour

 That's herring roe spatter.

Toby leading the tour.

Crab Fest!

 Flash mob!  Pillow fight by the Kodiak Arts Council.

Alaskan style beach party! It was Chris' B-day, so we had a lovely time at the beach with a big bonfire.

The end?

 The Thelma C done? NO!  

B.O.A.T. = bring out another $1000. 

A few "hard core" volunteers will be continuing work this summer. Brian will be back in Sept., but.....there's no place to put her! So. Yep.

 Putting in seam compound.

Abby's pics

 Abby obviously did not take these three, but I was clicking under her direct supervision.

 Abby's photographs looks more like this, but sometimes, like below, she captures something well.

 Self portrait

 One evening she had a blast taking funny pictures of mom.

 Me with my fu fu!

 She really likes using the add-ons - frames, necklaces, etc. 

Bubbles and backpack, 2012

An Abby original

 Abby, Lou the dog, and I out on a walk last week, honoring the last of the snow on Near Is. Little did we know we were going to get more!

 On Sat. did the usual Thelma C thing as well as went to see an old Karluk dory.

 On Mother's Day we got over four inches of snow! We had fun with it!

I am a lucky mama!!!

Almost the end

I could have easily just hung out in our posh pad, which we did, as it started to rain and BLOW hard!  The next day we were scheduled to fly to Hilo to see Volcano National Park. Abby REALLY wanted to see a volcano.  A splurge that was worth it.  
I didn't sleep very well that night. Mostly just listened to the wind howl.

We were late arriving to Hilo due to a mechanical issue, not the weather! 

Black sand beach. Get to see plenty of these, but still lovely (and warmer).

It was SO wonderful to be able to see all different kinds of flora.  We spent a good deal of our week smelling flowers and admiring trees.

Mauna loa factory - The Enrober.

 At one point, when we were walking in the wet jungle and someone yelled "watch out for the T-rex!"

 Closest I need to be to a volcano.

Last sunset.

It pains me to look at these photos! We had so much fun together. To be able to just hang out with Abby was magic in itself, but of course the ethereally warm environment helped!  Also, it pains me because I know our one week experience together was beyond my means. It all went on a credit card. I am a slave to debt. As much as I try, as little as I spend, it matters not. I do not make enough money to support us.  Let alone to be able to get off the rock once in awhile.