Munching Moose

I spent the day cleaning an army of angry dust bunnies from behind the
fridge and under the stove and vacuumed the dead bugs out of all the lights
and then Brady says " Hey Mom, there's a little moose out in the front
yard." So I grabbed my camera and big lens and went out on the front porch
thinking he was back in the trees a bit and I took most of these pictures with the
moose being about 20 ft. away and as close as about 8 ft. I was on the
porch and he just started right for me walking real slow and not bothered at
all that I was out there. Talk about being at one with nature, totally
staring into this little guys eyes was amazing!! He never once showed any
aggressive behavior and I could have jumped inside at anytime but choose to
stay and take his picture as long as he would stay. He was way to close for
my big lens. I almost needed a different one on my camera but I had no clue he was going to stroll on over so close. The squirrels were out running around today too but
they were too ADHD to take their picture, just wouldn't hold still!!

Happy New Year and T-200

We have rolled right into the new year and I didn't even post anything so here is my New Year post......Happy New Year and bring on 2010!! January brings a new year and usually very cold temperatures. This year it is cold but we have avoided "very" cold I think? January also brings dog mushers and their canine athletes to the Kenai Peninsula for the T-200 race or the Tustumena 200. The kids have had the opportunity to help at the race since moving to Alaska with their Boy Scout troop. So Gregg and I have always tried to attend the start on race day. It has always been memorably COLD!! In 2007 I think the temps at the start was -17. I was going through some old photos from past races we attended and thought I would post a few for old times. I think I will enjoy being inside my warm home on race day this year or not. We'll have to see. Not all canines enjoy the cold and I think driving in general has gone to the dogs or at least some of them. Go T-200 racers and furry friends!!