Victims' Rights Week

Monday was the Annual Tree Ceremony on the Park Strip down town- part of the National Crime Victims' Rights Week. The ceremony involves people tying ribbons on a tree to represent themselves or others who are victims of violent crimes. There are different colored ribbons to represent different crimes: red for drunk driving, green for robbery, mint green for child abuse, white for hate crimes, orange for assault, teal for sexual assault, purple for domestic violence, yellow for kidnapping and hostage, black for homicide, red white & blue for crimes against those who serve in uniform. I try to go every year and tie ribbons in remembrance of my cousins. I took a couple photos while I was down there this year




This event is put together by Victims for Justice a nonprofit organization that helps victims of violent crimes and the survivors of victims of homocide.

The Sugar Spoon

I went to the Sugar Spoon on Sunday for the first meeting of a book club that my mother-in-law started (We are reading "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver). The Sugar Spoon is a cute new little shop in Spenard that only serves desserts and coffee. The desserts we ordered were so pretty I had to take some pictures:




I think the pictures speak for themselves- you should definitely check out the Sugar Spoon if you are having a sweets craving.

The Beach

After the pool on Friday we drove down to Seward so Audrey could spend a long weekend with her Grandma. The sun was shining and the drive was gorgeous (of course I forgot my camera and my sunglasses at home). After watching all that beautiful scenery I was dying to get outside for a while, so once I got back to town I stopped by my house to pick up my camera and galoshes and headed for Kincaid park.

The trail was still frozen, but I headed down to the beach anyway. Saw a little munching moose about 100 ft. off the trail.

She was was not concerned with anything but what she was eating and didn't have any friends with her so I continued towards the beach.
The view was gorgeous,

the beach was deserted,

and the melting ice chunks on the beach made it sound like I was inside a can of soda.

Not a bad way to spend an evening, in my opinion =)