Redoubt

Well, we finally got some ash from the volcano that has been harassing South central Alaska since last Thanksgiving. Sunday night around 10PM a very light ash started falling. Looking out the window into the yard light I thought it was just snowing again but when I went to get the dog pads off the deck I realized it was ash and not snow. It fell for about a half hour to a depth of just less then a dime. When we lived in Eagle River we had ash fall a few times and it was much stinkier. I had a strong sulfur smell even when the ash wasn't actually hitting the ground. This ash fall had a slight sulfur smell but it smelled more like dust then anything. Hopefully this will be all over by this summer when Mary's family comes over from Finland. If Redoubt is still belching this summer it could limit our travel to the Kenai Peninsula because they tend to get hit the most. Ash fall is really hard on cars and having to wear dust masks makes breathing a real chore if you want to go hiking or anything like that.
The back room that I have been fixing up for my media room is almost done. I painted the walls and ceiling and fixed the base board and trim. Installed new light fixture and wall outlets so the only thing left to do is put the TV and sofa in there. Mary kind of teased me along by promising a new recliner chair and flat screen TV if I finished it by this summer so I got it done. I went out the other day and shopped for a recliner and found a really nice love seat size sofa that is a glider and a recliner and has a console in the middle for the remotes. I almost had a new TV too, but when I went to check out my debit card wouldn't work so I had to leave it at the store.
It is still winter in the land of the north. Overnight temps still get down to the single digits and it is snowing outside right now. I measured the snow on the ground this morning and it is down to 26 inches which is down from 39 inches about a month ago. With the coating of ash the snow does seem to be melting faster but I would be surprised if we have snow free ground by May 1.
I started a new website on willowhealth.net and have been working quite a bit on getting it up to speed. Interest in Willow Health Org seems to go up and down quite a bit depending on what is going on. We have our health fair coming this month and hopefully we will be starting a local market place next month.
Time to go. More later.