Spring Tidepooling on the Island

Lauri writes on June 10th:
"Greg and I just spent a peaceful 12 days on the island, and every day was a low tide for tidepooling and seeing wonderous sea stars. Our neighbor, Nancy, was with us this day and loved all the colors and the fun brittle stars that are only seen at very low tides. And then, the weird and unusual " helmet' crab."

I find these sights amazing. I cannot imagine strolling along the beach and coming across something so beautiful AND so alien. (If you want to get a good look at any of these seastars, click on the image -- it'll get bigger.)

The island gets a greenhouse

Lauri and Greg continue to make the island home exactly what they want -- adding the new furniture that Greg made over the long winter and a greenhouse (I suspect for Lauri's 5 different kinds of tomatoes).

Lauri writes:
"All of Greg's winter wood projects, plus greenhouse pieces, bags of soil, a sofa, totes of pantry food, plus assorted odds and ends of Zachary's. The next day, we built the greenhouse! No wonder we sleep 9-10 hours at the island!"

Indeed!

The Kasilof beach

Lauri writes:

"Walking on the Kasilof beach today, it was just my neighbor Sandy and I. I know, all you people in the land of spring flowers are wondering when spring comes to Alaska? Next week we should have migratory birds; but the main thing to remember is that we get to walk on the beach all alone. No other people most days, and some days just someone else we might know. Priceless."