We said goodbye to Marais this week. It was sad to say goodbye but she
wasn't herself anymore and we know we made the right choice. This picture
was taken after Walt and I took her cross-country skiing-- she could grow
quite an ice beard! We're left with lots of pictures (this is one of our
faves!) and even more memories of all the adventures we shared together in
the last 15.5 years!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Marais
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
unphotographable
there's a website I found years ago called "unphotographable" where
you can write in and describe the picture/feelings you just couldn't
capture with a camera. I had my own moment tonight, contorted on the
floor in front of my back door, peering over my peaceful, snowy
backyard at the moon... It was all blue and white, except for the
moon.
lunar eclipse
snapped a few shots from my dining room tonight. Not quite perfect
conditions (including my lack of proper tripod, cold weather, the
orange lights of the elementary school behind my house and the angle--
straight up!) but not a bad shot anyway. About 10 minutes before the
"peak" some clouds rolled in and that was it...
Saturday, December 18, 2010
tinsel tree + sun
Mom sent me a package of Christmas goodies including this glass
nativity set. It goes PERFECT under my tinsel tree! I usually post
pictures of it with the lights on (love the pink lights!) but it's on
a timer and the sun was hitting it just right today... I love how the
tinsel looks a little tarnished (though a lot of this glow is the
orange-y winter sun).
Finally decided on a light fixture!
Finally decided on a light fixture!, originally uploaded by aimos325.
And installed it today! I took down the old one almost a year ago... whoops! It looks awesome with my smooth ceiling and I even splurged on dimmable, instant-on CFL's.
Thursday, December 09, 2010
reflected sunset
A few times a year the sun is at the perfect angle to reflect the
sunset off the Chevron Building right into my office! This was taken
at 3:30 and it was dark by 4.
beautiful sunrise
The sunrises have been beautiful lately... It's been crystal clear
(and cold!). This was taken at 10:30 am.
Monday, December 06, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
winter wonderland
cannot get enough of this snow! It's so gorgeous around here! This
is why I love Alaska in the winter! The warm glow of the low sun, the
winter skies, the snow lightly settled in the trees... I'm heading
outside!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
frosty walk
It's been so gorgeously frosty around here! Today I went for a walk
down to Lake Hood with Jeremiah-- it was so pretty!
sun dog
Took this picture of a sun dog at work. I like how the sun perfectly
blocks the sun. I heard you could see the other side of the sun dog
from the other windows but I didn't go look.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
brrr!
getting cold around these parts! (PS that "door ajar" light is a side
effect of my car's electrical issue...)
Monday, November 08, 2010
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Election Day
Usually the top of this building has moving, colored lights meant to
look like the Northern Lights. I think it's a really cool building and
I can even see it from my street! Anyway, was driving home from
swimming last night when I saw they had changed it to red, white and
blue for yesterday. How cool!
Monday, November 01, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Independence Mine
I detoured towards Hatcher Pass on my way home. I was tired and
feeling lazy but I was so close (15 miles or so) so I went anyway.
The sun was low enough that the light was great and perfect for
pictures! So I'm glad I went after all...
Termination dust
Satuday I took a hike to the other side of the lake and was rewarded
with this view! That's termination dust-- it gradually moves lower
and lower down the mountain. It's been melting a little but then it
just snows more... Winter is coming!
fall scene
we missed the peak colors-- perhaps it was that really windy day we
had a few weeks ago? Still found some pretty fall scenes!
view from Meier Lake
this was our view from the main meeting hall where I attended the
Alaska United Methodist Women Annual Meeting. We sang A LOT, learned
a few new things and I met some really cool women. I love this
picture for the colors in the mountain-- so many interesting
pastels... Then a thin stripe of bright while snow against the dark
clouds (you know I always love that!).
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
grandma's quilt!
Mom and I worked so hard this weekend! 10 or 15 years ago, Mom asked
her brothers and sisters to make quilt blocks for their mom. She got
the blocks back but didn't know where to start... so after Christmas
I brought the blocks home with me and trimmed, fixed and added
borders. I also made all the 9-patch border blocks. So when Mom came
up we decided to tackle it! It went together easily, we found a
gorgeous backing fabric and machine quilted between the blocks and all
the 9 patch blocks. We sewed on the binding late last night so Mom
could take it home with her. I heard she finished the binding on the
plane! She's going to do the hand quilting in all the heart blocks
and then it's done!!! I think it turned out great! I can't wait for
Grandma to get it!!!
mirror
such a pretty drive to and from the pool! This was taken a few weeks
ago-- I saw snow up there today!
sunrise
gorgeous sunrise over the mountains last week. We're losing daylight
fast now! Our days are shorter than the lower 48 now that we've
passed the equinox and we lose 6-7 minutes a day.
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