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
Raven with a sprig of choke cherries that look like googly eyes. I went on a short walk today. I headed over to the area by the community gardens ...
The Four Crystal Types
Type 4 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 ...
A climate change sorta day
I headed down to the Tanana Lakes rec area at lunch today. The last few days have been very warm. We had a warm front move in from the SE the last ...
Old Chatanika gold mines
I headed out to the Chatanika valley North of Fairbanks this morning for a long walk. It snowed yesterday and the roads were very slick. I took it ...
Ice + Plants
I went on a long walk in the middle of the day today. I didn't go far, but I took my time. I was able to do so as I'd gotten to work early and ...
The Beauty of Methane Bubbles in Ice
The temperatures dropped this past week and remained below freezing until today when it warmed up to just above. With the colder temperatures the ...
A little bit of everything
For a day that never got above 30 F I found an amazing number of small insects and spiders and even more incredible, many of them were active. Early ...
Unexplored trails
Over the last few years I've walked the banks of the Chatanika river upstream of the Elliot highway bridge all the way to the Steese highway (about ...