More frost

More frost, originally uploaded by aimos325.

Today's posts were brought to you by THREE different cameras (a first?). "It's my life, but it's boring."

frost

frost, originally uploaded by aimos325.

my car was coated in frost this morning but by the time I got to work
my sunroof had melted into this.

lines

lines, originally uploaded by aimos325.

when I took this pic I thought "I wish I could get out of these power
lines!" but now that I look at it I kinda like it-- there's so many!
You can make it mean whatever you want. I'd say it's a symbol of the
CITY being between you and the beautifulness, but I've got no beef
with being in the city. I like it here. A lot.

Widgeon!

Widgeon!, originally uploaded by aimos325.

When I saw this plane I thought "that looks like a Widgeon" AND IT IS.
(I even looked up the N number to confirm)

It's a Grumman Widgeon (it's smaller than a Goose). Instead of
landing on floats, the bottom of the plane makes a hull and it's like
a boat with wings! It's way cool. I don't remember seeing this plane
before but I don't always pay attention. It circled Merrill Field a
few times this afternoon so I had a few chances for pictures.

more break up pics

more break up pics, originally uploaded by aimos325.

Lovely, eh? Every morning this week, someone from the building
responsible for that big pile has spread some out on the pavement to
melt faster. And across Fireweed, the bank has melted enough to
finally expose a little sidewalk...

mail

mail, originally uploaded by aimos325.

this is where I get my mail. I still think it's really weird though a
lot of places around town do this too. (I walk behind the big box in
the middle and there are a bunch of mailboxes doors on that side)

Chaffee

Chaffee, originally uploaded by aimos325.

looking down my street... walkin to the mail box

slush

slush, originally uploaded by aimos325.

puddles and slush

wiper fluid

wiper fluid, originally uploaded by aimos325.

I go through a lot of wiper fluid during break up!

break up

break up, originally uploaded by aimos325.

It's getting warmer up here... and before we can have a "spring" full
of flowers and leaves and baby animals we have BREAK UP. This is when
everything melts (except the storm sewers) and all the crap that ended
up in snow piles is magically exposed again. This is what my parking
lot at work looks like. Yep, that's a solid layer of pea gravel.

Weird Sky

Weird Sky, originally uploaded by aimos325.

Hatcher Pass

The view from the lookout on the way to Hatcher Pass. Of course the pass is closed in the winter (and most of the summer) but I love this view. In the summer those ridges on the mountain look like soft, green pillows. This weekend was the equinox, which is the point where we start having longer days than the lower 48! It's a wonderful time here in AK-- not quite spring (I'm expecting a little more snow) but everything's melting, the sun is out, I saw some geese flying north and heard more birds than usual this morning! Life is good!

glorious

Not sure I have words for this. I love the texture. And the sun.

ice

I loved watching the water under the ice. Every once and a while the water would lap at the bottom of the ice-- looked like a dark circle moving along the ice. Very pretty. This is the Little Susitna River and in the summer/fall it's a milky-blue from the glacial flour.

distant glacier

I believe that's Knik Glacier, but I'm not sure. Only my camera picked it up (new lens, wahoo!). On the map it'd be really far away but it's in the right direction and it's not like there are a ton of glaciers in that area...

heh.

I tried to study all day again this weekend but I just couldn't do it!

Egg-in-a-hole

Egg-in-a-hole, originally uploaded by aimos325.

new fender!

new fender!, originally uploaded by aimos325.

Spent some time on my car and on my bike tonight. I wasn't able to find
which light is out on the car (it's telling me one is out but I can't find
it-- it's pretty hard to do by yourself) but I did get the bike computer
working, adjusted the brakes, greased the chain and installed a new milk jug
fender. I'm a big fan of the milk jug fender. First of all, it's
effective. Second, it's durable. My last milk jug fender lasted almost a
year and through a Fairbanks winter (tested to -50, though there's not a big
need for fenders at that temp). The store-bought fender broke-- I couldn't
get it tight enough so it wouldn't bounce onto my wheel. Third, it only
costs a gallon (or half) of milk. And you get to drink the milk! I'm ready
for breakup!!!

block

block, originally uploaded by aimos325.

this is a block I made tonight for a secret project... I did it with
paper piecing, which is kind of fun because you get these intricate
designs without having to measure and cut and line things up but also
very frustrating. I ripped a lot of seams tonight!

my house

my house, originally uploaded by aimos325.

such a pretty day today! I even got to take a run in the sunshine!

jumped the gun

jumped the gun, originally uploaded by aimos325.

I think they kinda jumped the gun... but I'm not complaining!

ICE

ICE, originally uploaded by aimos325.

ice on my deck...

morning

morning, originally uploaded by aimos325.

This is a shot from my drive to work last week. The days are getting
longer, you can feel the warmth of the sun on your skin... it felt
like spring last week but today we woke up to a bunch of new snow and
lots of wind-- not spring yet!

Ramen Surprise

Ramen Surprise, originally uploaded by aimos325.

Ramen + whatever is in my fridge. Tonight it was an egg, corn and cheese (which happen to be my favorite ramen surprise ingredients ever). Also I have been enjoying Red Hook's Mud Slinger. It's their seasonal beer-- a nut brown. Always have to try the beers with bikes on the label and this one doesn't disappoint! Almost makes up for Red Hook discontinuing their blonde (though this is NOT a blonde!).

Awesome new swim cap!

Awesome new swim cap!, originally uploaded by aimos325.