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 ...
Insects and spiders in the cold
I've been making a last ditch effort to document as many insects and spiders as I can before the snow buries them. I feel I'm trying to make up ...
Bugs on a snowy day
I went for a walk at lunch down to a small park along the river a few blocks from my office. It was a beautiful day, the sun was out and while there ...
Jays love squash
It was the first snowy day we've had since spring. Things were very slick and we chose to stay home today. We did make an attempt to go to Quaker ...
Bugs in the rain
As I sit here listening to the rain fall on our metal roof this early October day I think of climate change. Today has reminded me a lot of the ...
Tanana Lakes Walk
I don't think the temperature ever got above 40 F today. It was about 38 F when I left work at lunch and drove down to the Tanana lakes recreation ...
Not getting the shot
It rained today. I still went for a walk. I feel like weather is just something to dress for. Some of my coworkers were complaining about the ...
Ducks, spiders & winter musings
It is no longer light enough before work to get out and take photographs. It's such a contrast from several months ago when the midnight sun provided ...
Tiny, shiny, fast & hard to photograph
For the last couple days I've been trying to get a good shot of a type of very tiny spider I found at the Fairbanks Community gardens in our plot. ...