Last day of Unalakleet

The Health Aides at the clinic.

Henrietta, Ella, a guest- i can't remmeber her name,

Sharon, Marie

The only one who won't let me take her picture is Anna. she works at the front desk.

Last night the sunset was gorgeous and the moon was really bright. I guess that's what happens when there are no clouds in the sky!

Please excuse the "blurriness" I didn't have my tripod or anything else. I was sitting in the middle of the road trying to avoid getting hit by various dogs and 4 wheelers while still trying to hold my camera still enough for it not to be 1 big blur :/

Figuring out Gimp

Rachel- I know you'll love me for this. but I used your picture for practice.

This is a picture I took of Rach against her will. The lighting was great and she actually smiled instead of trying to push the camera out of the way.

Doesn't she look purty!

Well thanks to figuring out Gimp and some online tutorials and some free time at the clinic I figured out how to make it look even better- more life like. I first fixed the colors in curves, did a layer mask to make her stand out more, did an unsharp mask to her eyes, desaturated her teeth and smudged a little on her forehead and chin to get them more out of focus.

Much more like the real Rach.

The people of Unalakleet

Here are 2 pictures of the people at the clinic at Unalakleet. I don't have any of the other people I've met, mainly because they've all been patients and Thanks to HIPPA I can't say, hey can I get a picture with you?? But I've met some of the neatest people up here, as patients and those that work in the clinic. And most importantly, a very influential person in town likes my numbing skills (with lido) better than my PA preceptors, so I've been told I could come back. :)

This is Henrietta and Marie. They are 2 Health Aides that work here. They both have adorable kids. Henrietta's youngest is 3 months old. Very cute and chunky-the baby.

This is Sharon- a Health Aide, and Jim, the PA i'm working with. He teaches at Pacific University's PA program.

Spaghetti 'n meatballs

Very random. I know.

I'm working on getting pictures of people posted but it's been busy in the clinic today. of course. So to tide you over:

yummy spaghetti...my dinner most every night the last few weeks.  I did make meatballs for it the other day though which was yummy. :)

oh and on another note.

Does anyone know how to fix this:

The internet is working fine. I can even get Hulu and Slingbox at descent speeds. So why isn't e-value working????!!!!! 

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Because I miss my little princess, and because this picture keeps coming up on my screensaver...

 and this one...

aww, isn't she cute and cuddly??

And because I'm leaving Unalakleet on friday. I have a few more pictures of the pups of the town...

This little stinker is across the street. very ferocious...but very content to stay over there and be ferocious. No need to approach the enemy.

If you can't tell he's a yorkie too. just a little smaller than my,ahem, 'little' mutt.

This is the dog I spend most of my day watching. He frequently jumps off to bark at passing ATV's, or rather he more often gets up to walk in a circle so he can lay back down in a much better position.

He's fluffy and black and has no visible eyes...seriously i've walked passed him multiple times and I can not for the life of me see his eyes??!!

I promise tomorrow I'll have pictures of actual people up here. I did have a pretty cool patient today. For HIPPA's sake he will remain anonymous, but he owns the dogs outside of town. And Ran the Iditarod last year. HOW COOL IS THAT??! I was in the room asking him all kinds of questions when i was supposed to be making sure he wasn't having a deathly allergic reaction. But hey- he didn't and I kept his mind off of that so really I was doing a service to him, right? Seriously, cool though. He said the dog I posted earlier- the one that looks like a wolf is from Kotzebu. Oh and I had another sweet man who was a veteren from Vietnam and had 2 BKA's (below knee amputations) from his 2nd tour, which he went on because he wanted to keep his brother out of vietnam. That's love. Seriously.

Anyway tomorrow. people. in pictures. I promise. Or maybe friday. or saturday. soon. that's probably more like it.

A much needed change

Here is the sunrise the last week:

ugh. I know.

This was the sunrise this morning. Much better.

Even MORE Unalakleet

I think this would be great over the fireplace in the back room- whatcha think Rach?

Or maybe this...

No I think it's settled. This is what I'm bringing home. Isn't he so fluffy :) I wonder what tyan would think??

Hmmm... I wonder what "Native Style" is exactly. Maybe it's talking about the crab pots and snow mobile.

Here are some more pictures I took at The Point that morning.

The crazy sky again. This was right before it started raining...again.

The post office...everyone has a PO box. The mail man doesn't have to go far to deliver the mail.

A few of the far end of Unalakleet. The green building in the middle is the lg AC grocery store.

Before I post this next picture Remember...I don't have service on my AT&T cell phone here.

'splain it lucy...or should I say 'splain it AT&T

and there was a HUGE satellite right next to this.

More of Unalakleet

I went out walking on monday morning because, well, I was up at 8am ready to work...and the clinic was closed :/


SO I have a bunch of random pictures from around the town, including the one horse in the entire area.

Here's the horse. I figured I wouldn't keep you on the edge of your seats.

And here is my dog friend. Really we're just distant friends...as in I keep my distance.
But he knows how to stay warm. If I had a fluffy white tail I wouldn't have to use my laptop to warm my hands up

Here's one of the streets from the cllinic. Notice it is NOT paved yet. The rain has put all that on hold and has caused me to have to do laundry about 2x week because my pants are muddy everytime I go outside!

This is "The garage" the 2nd of TWO grocery stores!

Here is the Coffee house/Bakery. If this program would stop distorting everysingle image I put up here you could actually read the sign yoruself.

And here's some wood. pretty obvious I know, but everyhouse has it stacked up outside getting ready for the winter.

And here is Peace on Earth. Which I've been told has the best pizza in the world, particularly the greek pizza. But I also think it holds the title most expensive pizza in the world. 35$ for a "medium". But they also have salads for like 6$ so I'm a fan of those .

Here is Peace on Earth from a distance. Right inside the door is a choice... you can either go straight and get food or go through another door to your right and get a hair cut! I know you're thinking 'How convenient'??!!

And If I haven't showed you enough pictures of Salmon drying...here's another. Anyone want to tell me why they cut slits in it?

And lastly (mainly because I was impatient and couldn't wait for anymore of the pictures to upload.) is a boat...in the grass.

The Sky's of Unalakleet

Even with all the rain, or rather because of all the rain, the clouds and sky here in Unalakleet have been so unique.

After all the rain...maybe it means less rain, i'm pretty sure there is a lake outside the clinic that is about to flood...

Gorgeous sunset tonight, I love all the clouds!

Same sunset tonight.

Last outing on the tundra in Brevig

The only street sign in Brevig- this was about what the roads looked like too.

On the tundra- figuring out the best place to cross without getting soaked or stuck.

Brevig Mission- Beach

I am almost done with Brevig. This was the beach the 1st evening I was in town. I loved the dogs. Their eyes look like they could kill. So blue. One of the Health Aides at the clinic said that the blue'r the eyes the better sled dog they are.

One of my favorite picture.

ugh- how do I stop them from getting so distorted.

it's a dog sled upside down.

seriously this distortion is getting really annoying. :/

salmon hanging up to dry.