I had forgotten

--->  I had forgotten how much I enjoy making these little guys.

Here they are cured but still naked.

I will be painting them over the next couple of days.

--->  I had forgotten how yummy an afternoon bloody mary can be.

--->  I had forgotten that there is always a trade off

 for clear skies in the winter.

Last night's moon.

Our clear skies last night gave way to a 10° morning.

Brrrrrrr! 

 And we haven't even really gotten started yet...

"The Tlingit People dried hooligans (a small, oily fish),

inserted a twisted spruce bark wick and used them as candles."

"A halibut has both eyes on the same side if its head."

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