Winter Pictures

Winter Wonderland

It has been very cold and foggy the past few days but today turned out to be beautiful and sunny. It didn't take long for my fingers and toes to notice that it was only about 7 degrees even though it was sunny it was not warm. This time of year you have to make the most of a sunny day. The sun is only up for about 5 1/2 hours, got to soak up a few rays while you can.

Winter Moon and Sunrise

I haven't posted anything for a bit and finally went out to take some pictures of the moon. The moon was still very visible in the sky at almost 10 a.m. and so I was able to get pictures of the moon and of the sunrise all within about 15 minutes of each other. Face East and take pictures of the sunrise and turn around to the West and take pictures of the moon. Pretty simple right? I also got some winter pictures of Mt. Redoubt. The first pictures I have taken in awhile that haven't showed steam venting from the top of the mountain.
We had a bit of snow last week and also a day of rain. Snow and rain in the same week equals HEAVY slush and ice and during that time we had a moose come across the driveway and head up the front walk to the house. Wish he would have rang the doorbell to let us know he was there!

Something New

Make a Smilebox photobook

Simply Beautiful and Frosty

This is what I was doing when the Moose wandered into the yard and why I happened to be looking out the window. Anyone living in Alaska knows it has been quite chilly the past few days and we had started to get a frost build up on one of the windows. I was amazed at how pretty the designs in the frost were and I wanted to see if I could get some good pictures of it. So this is what I saw.....

Thought I'd Post a Little Bull........Bull Moose That Is....

I just happened to be looking out the window when this moose came strolling into the backyard. I hurried and grabbed my camera cause I figured he wouldn't be around very long, snapped a couple of pictures and then he just decides to get comfy. He spent a couple of hours napping in our backyard. It's been pretty cold, 6 degrees at the time I was taking the pictures, so I'm sure he was just trying to conserve energy by having a little snooze. He is not a monster by any means but it was fun to get a bull in the backyard. We usually only get cows and calves which is fine by me. It adds to the amazing experience our family is having living in Alaska. We left behind the big city life and drive by shootings and traded it in for wildlife in the yard, fresh clean air, glaciers, volcanoes, salmon runs and the most beautiful scenery no matter where you go. A very good trade and amazing adventure!!

Just a Bunch of "Quackers"

Brandon and I made a trip into Anchorage the end of October to turn in his Eagle Scout paperwork to the Scout office. It was a nice Fall day. We ran a few errands, got some lunch and just enjoyed the day together. I have to take advantage of time with Brandon as we are about half way through his Senior year of High School and next year he'll be off getting his feet wet in the grown up world!!
On the way home we could see a large gathering of ducks on the one remaining open spot in the ice at Potter's Marsh so we pulled over to look. The sun was beginning to go down and the colors of this group of Mallards was incredible! They were very content to soak in the rays of the last remaining daylight before dark set in. It was fun to watch them and snap a few photographs!