That's My World Tuesday

Last week I was driving down my road, Bluegrass Drive, to return mail to its rightful owner. I saw a sight that I knew I just had to post for Lori at the Skoog Farm. (I'll get to that later).

I remembered the meme That's My World Tuesday and thought a limited tour of Bluegrass Drive would be fun. I say limited because if you know anything about Alaska and Alaskans you know most of them are here for their privacy. And they carry guns. And not all of us are stable. (Did I just say I was stable. Maybe not entirely). Any whooo...I already felt a bit of shame photographing what I did so here is a shortened version of the three-odd miles of Bluegrass Drive.

It all starts here at the corner of Isberg (said Iceberg) and Bluegrass Drive. That's my house.

You go past my crazy neighbor and a couple of houses and you'll come to this....
Yes, out here in the middle of nowhere, is a light pole turned into a TV antennae. Where does a guy get one of these?

Past a few house and around a corner you will find a typical Alaskan home. Plywood sheeting covered with Tyvek (mostly) and inhabited. We tend to get 'em livable, move in and the progress stops. My home is the perfect example of that otherwise I would not be typing this from my living room/garage.


Here is the photo from my original drive to return misplaced mail that got me thinking of Lori. These birds stand at the side of the road year-round in their rubber dresses. They were never political until this year. (Don't you love the snow Mohawk?)

Ooops, sneaking in a shot of the moon!

Down around another corner is this cool hippie type sign in front of a less-than hippie kind of home.

Further yet you come to this very expensive home...I think it went for $325,000. The owners of the (one and only) local Wendy's restaurant live here.

This is the house across the street.

Nick joined me to get the last few photos and took this (blurry and bumpy) shot of the road less travelled. I didn't realize they hadn't plowed since we got all that snow, and the entire way I thought we were going to get stuck.

Does anyone else see the irony here? Unfinished home half covered with Tyvec with TWO satellite dishes.

Looking closer...."Go inside and watch the tank". Is that a note to a house sitter or to himself? Many people haul water in tanks in the back of the truck. You can see the pipe at the bottom of the building he connects to to dump the water to a holding tank inside.

Look even closer and we have a little political statement. And is that Santa in the window?

I am smack in the middle of Democrat Heaven. No kidding. The Ester-Cripple Creek community is very political, very outspoken and very Democrat. I am not political and a Republican (or maybe it is I'm just less-Democrat), but I'm still outspoken! :)

This house is round.

Doesn't every home have a punching bag at the end of their driveway?

There is a tiny little home not much bigger than an outhouse (and yes, there was an outhouse or two on the journey, but we didn't get a shot.... 2009 and people still use outhouses??!!). This was the house at the other end of Bluegrass Drive.

Take a right on Cripple Creek and you'll head back to the other end of Bluegrass where I live.

I tried to post a google map, but couldn't figure out how to do it. If you look at the roads in this area they weave back and forth for no real reason. I think the operator was drunk.

Hope you enjoyed a tour of my world!