Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
Blue Moon
There was supposed to be a partial lunar eclipse of this morning's Blue Moon. I was watching to see if the eclipse happened before the moon slipped behind the Talkeetna Mountains.
Nope.
This shot was just before 10 am. About 30 minutes before sunrise.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Annual Winter Weather Reports
I just can't help myself...
It was -16 at my house this morning,
-20 at my brother's house next to the
Little Susitna River.
It was -16 at my house this morning,
-20 at my brother's house next to the
Little Susitna River.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Starlings
Memories of the 101st Airborne
In 1973 I was a Medic in the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky. Out by the airfield on the post were fields that looked just like the ones in this video. The fields were populated with flocks of Starlings that as I recall numbered in the millions. At the time there was an on going war to eradicate them because obviously they were a hazard to aircraft operations. I ran across this video that brought back the memories. This flock is estimated to be 300,000. The flocks that I remember were twice or three times the size. If you were standing on the edge of the field when the took off the blocked out the sun.
Click on the picture to see the video.
In 1973 I was a Medic in the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky. Out by the airfield on the post were fields that looked just like the ones in this video. The fields were populated with flocks of Starlings that as I recall numbered in the millions. At the time there was an on going war to eradicate them because obviously they were a hazard to aircraft operations. I ran across this video that brought back the memories. This flock is estimated to be 300,000. The flocks that I remember were twice or three times the size. If you were standing on the edge of the field when the took off the blocked out the sun.
Click on the picture to see the video.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Just because I like it...
Bumper sticker...
'To err is human. To forgive is divine.
Neither is official USMC policy. Semper Fi.'
'To err is human. To forgive is divine.
Neither is official USMC policy. Semper Fi.'
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Smart Dog
Old Dog, New Trick
Every evening after work I take my old dogs for a walk. Our routine goes something like this. They meet me at the door, tails wagging, overjoyed to see me, the source of all good things to eat. I give them each a dog treat while I put away things I'm carrying and glance at the mail. Then I go upstairs to my loft bedroom to change from work clothes to blue jeans. My malamute follows me upstairs talking to me constantly. The older dog, Kiska, stays downstairs in the kitchen, she doesn't do stairs anymore. After I change we return to the kitchen, I put on a hat and coat and out the kitchen door we excitedly explode to go for our walk.
Last night I was delayed in the kitchen by some mail that I took the time to read. The malamute, Shadow, was dancing around talking to me but I was ignoring him. Suddenly he stopped harrassing me and bolded for the stairs. He ran up the stairs and waited about 20 seconds. Then he ran back down the stairs, bounced into the kitchen talking excitedly and poking me with his nose. With his toenails clicking loudly on the laminate floor, he scrambled around and headed back up the stairs, waited a few seconds and then came looking for me again. The third time it finally sunk into my distracted brain what he was doing. So while praising him for being so smart and being a "good boy" the fourth time I let him lead me upstairs where I changed clothes as fast as humanly possible and raced him downstairs and out the kitchen door for thier walk.
Every evening after work I take my old dogs for a walk. Our routine goes something like this. They meet me at the door, tails wagging, overjoyed to see me, the source of all good things to eat. I give them each a dog treat while I put away things I'm carrying and glance at the mail. Then I go upstairs to my loft bedroom to change from work clothes to blue jeans. My malamute follows me upstairs talking to me constantly. The older dog, Kiska, stays downstairs in the kitchen, she doesn't do stairs anymore. After I change we return to the kitchen, I put on a hat and coat and out the kitchen door we excitedly explode to go for our walk.
Last night I was delayed in the kitchen by some mail that I took the time to read. The malamute, Shadow, was dancing around talking to me but I was ignoring him. Suddenly he stopped harrassing me and bolded for the stairs. He ran up the stairs and waited about 20 seconds. Then he ran back down the stairs, bounced into the kitchen talking excitedly and poking me with his nose. With his toenails clicking loudly on the laminate floor, he scrambled around and headed back up the stairs, waited a few seconds and then came looking for me again. The third time it finally sunk into my distracted brain what he was doing. So while praising him for being so smart and being a "good boy" the fourth time I let him lead me upstairs where I changed clothes as fast as humanly possible and raced him downstairs and out the kitchen door for thier walk.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Camouflauge
"Follow the white rabbit."
It was a balmy 29 degrees this morning when I took the dogs for a walk. Sticking out like a sore thumb about 30 feet from my driveway was a Snowshoe hare all huddled down secure in the belief that his natural camouflage would protect him from being seen by me and the dogs. The dogs couldn't see him over the driveway berm and the undergrowth. Since we have no snow yet, his white winter coat wasn't doing a very good job of concealing him.
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