'Alaska' Category
Mike Weber Photography
All those random nature and wildlife photos that pop up on this blog are Mike’s. As a professional photographer, he’s spent hours, even days, waiting for perfect shots. We’ve both hiked miles of rugged terrain, schlepping gear that weighs as much as WWF wrestlers. We’ve tiptoed barefoot over crusty snow (shhh!), crawled on our bellies […]
White Killer Whale
Speaking of whales…an almost all white one was spotted along the Aleutian Islands. Check it out. It’s got some brownish, yellowish color, so it’s probably not an albino, but it’s certainly unique. You know how I like unique things.
And, lest you think I can’t tie this to needlework, how about an orca LET THERE BE […]Humpback Bubble Netting
Shelly alerted me to bubble netting videos on YouTube. For obvious reasons, we only see the surface results of the act, but that’s cool in and of itself. I want to see the underwater action, too, though, I’m afraid. I want to see a bunch of whales swimming in circles, blowing bubbles. And I want […]
On the Fence Between Summer and Winter
By most counts, summer is over. All the lettuce from the garden is gone, and we’ve transitioned to cooked greens.
But don’t tell the tomatoes. They don’t seem to notice the freezing temperature outside, and they continue to ripen. One is almost ready. Any bets on whether it’s any good or not?First Snow 2007 (unless you count Jan, Feb, Mar, and April)
Okay, First Snow of the Season. Will that do?
Look how dark it is. I’ve been dressing by feel in the morning for some time now. My favorite time to write is the quiet dark of the early morning.
The driveway.
October 5th and here it is. It’s a toss-up as to whether this […]
Tomatoes!
We knew from word “go” that growing tomatoes in Alaska takes some effort. Even the late start back in June couldn’t discourage us. We planted 5 starts in 4 buckets before we had actual beds. When we finally had beds, we decided to leave the tomatoes in the buckets so that we […]
The Magic of a Polarizer
Wonder of wonders. I was bemoaning the way some of our Kluane pictures came out–bad lighting, glare–so Mike disappeared for 7.5 seconds and returned with a polarizer for the digital camera. I’ve had that camera for 5 years and never knew it had a polarizer. Yeesh!
Now that’s more like it!
Okay, conditions are […]Harvest
The garden has done well in spite of the late start and less-than-ideal conditions.
We’re eating lots of lettuce, chard, spinach, and radishes, some zucchini, beets, and peas. We’re blanching and freezing spinach, chard, collards, and kale for winter use. Yum!
We’re also smoking salmon. Double-yum!
And this delightful critter is content to […]
Blueberries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Six gallons! Woo-hoo!~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But Mike says, “If we have 6-and-a-half gallons, that’s a quart for every 2 weeks.” So I’ll go out again tomorrow.Our Epic Journey
On Friday, Mike and I took a mini-holiday and tramped up the mountains behind our property. That’s been on our To-Do list since we built our house and moved in 3 years ago. It occurred to us that summer is almost over and we have done no recreating in our beautiful state. […]
