Monthly Archives: December 2008

One of Bonnie’s people (my grandson) got a toy dog. It’s actually a hand puppet, and my daughter was showing it off to Bonnie. Pretty realistic eh Bonnie? She seems to key in on motion! Unwrapped presents mean string, and … Continue reading →

Christmas Eve I took two photo drives, one at sunrise and another at sunset. Since sunrise was at 11:38am by the time it cleared the mountains, and it set at 3:42pm, this was my day, outdoors wise.   Early light … Continue reading →

Saturday December 13 a bunch of us photographers went south about 60 miles to a place called Portage. hoping to catch the full moon and it’s light.   Here is one of my early shots of the Big Dipper, as … Continue reading →

The Dall Sheep (originally Dall’s Sheep, sometimes called Thinhorn Sheep), is a wild sheep of the mountainous regions of northwest North America. There are 2 subspecies of Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli dalli), the sheep in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territory and northern … Continue reading →

Iliamna volcano sporting some lenticular clouds (steam?) and a flash at the base from the setting sun. One of several Strato Volcanoes visible from the Anchorage area, Iliamna is about 130 miles from Anchorage, South and West, observed here from … Continue reading →

Sometimes I am sure I got just the right photo at the right time, but I like to post more than that and get feedback from the reader/viewer. This is a series of three from Friday night; one is my … Continue reading →

December has been a series of storm fronts coming off the North Pacific, bring a variety of clouds, fog, rain and snow. The last sunset I got that had some brightness to it was December 2, here shown as a … Continue reading →

Looking through some of the stuff my mother gave me,This was a card, front and back, roughly 3" x 6" my Dad brought back.I don’t have the full history, but Dad wasn’t in this bomber squadron, he was in the … Continue reading →

Not too much color up here nowdays. Many days and nights of cloud cover from the Pacific fronts.   Still some opportunity for a photo scenes do arise, if I am up for seeing it, this scene is along the inlet, … Continue reading →

When the snows of November come And we have lost the summer sun When the dark night creeps into our day When the bears are snuggled up in their dens And the last jack-o-lantern pumpkin has been munched by the … Continue reading →