Archive for the ‘Nature’
Open Thread – The Stash
The great thing about this picture is that there was no set up involved. Spouse just got back from a camping trip near Healy, in an area that had a huge burn a few years ago. So this little stump was burned out but with a rim of bark left that created a little bowl. [...]
Open Thread – Beware!
A beautiful specimen, but definitely not for an omelette. I half expected a very small elf to peek over the top.
Open Thread – Berries
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Thanksgiving! A gorgeous, about-ready-to-pop-with-tangy-juiciness cranberry!
Open Thread – Cook Inlet
A beautiful late summer day with shades of light and dark on Cook Inlet from the Chugach Range behind Anchorage. The tide line is at the right with a view of a sliver of mudflats. [Photo by HappyPlace]
Open Thread – Cranberries
In Alaska, the season of flowers is over, and the berries have taken over. The tiny tundra plants are turning impossible shades of red and orange. Soon the high slopes above tree line on the mountains will be awash with maroons, and deep reds and gold. It’s a welcome diversity of color, since the deciduous [...]
Open Thread – Almost September
It has always seemed to me that September has the most beautiful sunsets in Alaska. We’re not quite there yet, but tonight’s gorgeous colors deserved the Open Thread.
Open Thread – Have You Ever
Happy Sunday, Mudflatters!
Mystery of Orange Arctic Goo Solved! Again! Sort of.
[photo from NOAA] Those of you who have been breathlessly awaiting reports on the orange goo that washed up on the shores of the northwestern eskimo village of Kivalina, Alaska will be interested to hear the latest report, and that the mystery is closer to being solved. I deliberately didn’t say you’ll be “happy” to [...]
Open Thread – More Clouds
I was thinking today, that maybe it’s perhaps you can see so much of the sky in Alaska, or maybe it’s something else, but clouds here seem extra-magnificent, and also seem to me to be the most overlooked part of the Alaskan landscape. Understandably, the mountains and the glaciers and the rivers get most of [...]
Open Thread – Purple
More from a beautiful garden. Purple coneflowers, I think.
Open Thread – Evening Glow
Beautiful glow on the mountains tonight. This picture was taken at about 11:30pm as the sun was setting. The colors looked just as surreal as they do here.
Open Thread – The Walk Back
Happy 4th! I hope you are all enjoying yourselves in the real world, and in this virtual one. Last night we walked down the length of my driveway, enjoying some of the beautiful things to be seen. Tonight, if you’re rested up, we’ll take the trip back. It really is the peak of the season [...]
Open Thread – Nature Walk on the Driveway
Before we begin, may I be the first to wish you all a Happy Alaskan Independence Day. Yes, it was on July 3, 2009 that Sarah Palin announced she’d be stepping down from the job that she hated for the good of the state. I thought about writing something up about that, and then decided [...]
Open Thread – Islands
Most people don’t picture this when they think of “getting away to the islands,” but I do. This shot is from a trip to Prince William Sound last month.
Open Thread – Weed
One man’s weed is another man’s magic.
