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Melanie Gould Photo Album
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Page 1 - Racing
Page 2 - Dogs
Page 3 - Melanie and Jerome
Page 4 - The "Dogstead"
Page 5 - Movies
Page 6 - 2005 Iditarod
Page 7 - 2006 Iditarod (new!)

Melanie and Jerome's Life on the "Dogstead"

Looking at the shed, dog yard, and house from the driveway	The dog handler's log cabin	The dog yard in November, 2004
This giant cottonwood towers above the dog yard	Chickadees on the feeder in November	"Dancing" in front of the outhouse
Northern Lights display	Getting food for the dogs after a good run	An old dog sled on the porch of the handler's cabin
Icicles in November	Jerome inside the main house	A photo collage of Jerome's first Iditarod memories sits on the kitchen counter
Propane lights were the best light source till electricity came to the neighborhood in fall of 2004	The hand-pump is still useful for providing water in the handler's cabin	Melanie and Jerome take outdoor showers - all year long!
In the handler's cabin, Melanie opens the door to a small sauna heated by a woodstove	The wood stove in the sauna, with rocks on top, ready to create steam when water is thrown on them	The truck patiently awaits it's chance to transport the LongAgo Kennel dogs to their first race of the season
Dried herbs from the garden hang from a burl-ornamented log beam	Building the greenhouse	The greenhouse in winter
Inside the greenhouse in summer	Inside the greenhouse in winter	The winter greenhouse becomes the storage area for some very expensive dog food
The products of gardening, salmon fishing, and even clamming on the coast line the shelves in Mel and Jerome's house	Flowers in the bathtub	Fireweed, the classic Alaskan summer flower, grows all around the homestead