Last year I saw ladybugs on occasion but did not pay attention to them very much. This spring I noticed that they were one of the first insects to ...
Utqiaġvik Alaska
On June 28th I flew to Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow) Alaska. The purpose of my visit was to chaperone a youth I work with while the visited ...
Castner Glacier & the road there and back
Last year a friend of mine posted some amazing pictures from a day trip she had made to Castner glacier. She shared photos of exploring an ...
Raven Collages
Last winter I was lucky enough to watch the ravens frolic in the wind as it swirled around one of our large local buildings on several occasions. ...
Ravens, A woodpecker, Chickadees, and the Fox that got away
I went on a short walk today. I headed over to the area by the community gardens with the express purpose of photographing the ravens that hang out ...
Ice crystals & blue skis at -35 F
It was a cold day, but after a morning sitting in my office for the first time in several weeks I needed to get out. I bundled up and after ...
Post-Apocalyptic Ice formations
A little over a week ago I was walking on the frozen river when I felt my feet crunching through a thin layer of ice down to the solid ice below. The ...
The Four Crystal Types
The weather the past week has been more typical of this time of year with temperatures hovering between +10 and -10 F. These are very good ...
Sun, Birds, & Ice
Today was the first sunny day we've had in a while. The sun did not rise till close to 11 am and set again at just before 3 pm so although the sun ...
-20 F Lunchtime walk
The skies started clearing yesterday and the temperature plummeted. I'd been thinking earlier this week how much I'd been missing the sun. We had an ...