A Few Views Of Home, ala Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown has inspired me. Here are a few views of my Gustavus home. Hope you enjoy them. This first one is a view of my driveway.

I had an early-morning visitor. These are moose tracks. The bears also like to walk my driveway. They come out of the woods behind my shed and walk out to the road. I think they believe the driveway was created for them.

Looking down the driveway, we see the little shed that featured a 3-foot high snow berm in front of it for a while, and the house.

Here's the front of the house. I had a local artist create the gate to match the timbers holding up my deck roof. I asked him if he would sign the gate, and he said he'd have to charge a lot more for it if he did.

This is my garage door, which will soon be removed and turned into my office wall. Take a last look before it changes. The two pallets leaning against it were for stacking wood from inside. However, I burned it all.

I could try to get you to believe that I don't have indoor plumbing, but I'd be lying. This little building is useful for emergencies or to help avoid lines at the bathroom.

This is taken from the west side of the house, looking into the south yard. As you can see, there is still lots of snow there.

You are gazing upon my potato garden. I trench down, add kelp, plant seed potatoes, cover to build a raised bed. There are three beds for potatoes. The fourth -- a wide bed -- carries two rows of carrots. The moose and bear walk through the garden occasionally, but they don't care for those plants, so leave them alone.

This tree is a mountain ash. On the north side of the house near my driveway, I have lots of them. They are lovely when they grow foliage. Besides the attractive ladder-like leaves, they first grow clumps of white flowers, which later turn to bright red berries. In fall, the leaves turn red and orange...gorgeous!

There you go -- a glimpse of my sweet Alaskan home. Hope you enjoyed the show.