Uncle James and Auntie Tamsin!

I am proud to announce that for the first time I am an Auntie! James's sister Sara gave birth to a VERY cute boy on 31st August, and here they are! Logan Taylor Jokela and his proud mum and dad!

Rain rain...

Just to prove that the UK isn't the only place to have a lot of rain, here is proof that Alaska can, once in a few decades, get SO MUCH rain that the streams turn into crazy rivers and nearly wash away cabins!
If you can imagine...up to this point in time you had to clamber up a steep back and then walk quite a good way to get to the cabin's front door. Now you can get out of the boat and practically step into the cabin! CRAZY! And this picture below is of the outhouse which now FACES the river instead of trees and other privacy-giving foliage. Needless to say it will be moved (I hope!)

James's description of the cabin now was 'you can stand in the front door and pee in the river'. It appears he wasn't wrong! Next spring will see him, his dad (who owns the cabin) and others moving the entire cabin back from the new bank. Good luck!

Thankfully the rain has stopped, for the most part. Two weeks of solid rain was NOT fun and although I miss England terribly I didn't need such a vivid and wet reminder of it!!!!