This is Sonny Lindner. He's done the iditarod 18 times!
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Athletes
These dogs are such amazing athletes! I believe this is Brennan
Norden's team from Kasilof. He's a rookie this year. Happened to get
a good snap of his dogs. :-) The ceremonial start in Anchorage is a
crazy, urban ride with some VERY excited and strong dogs. They have a
sled, the musher, a handler and an "iditarider" for this portion
through town. I saw one team pulling a bail of hay too-- I think they
just want to keep them weighed down so they don't go too crazy!
Chugach View
Took a quick hike to my iditarod viewing spot of choice. What a
gorgeous view!!! The race was in the trees at the bottom of the hill.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
curled up for the ride!
Bentley's been doing awesome in the car! We spent almost the whole
day doing stuff-- a walk up at Flat Top, visiting friends and making
new ones, exploring my office (shhh!)... fun stuff :-)
Flat Top
Bentley and I took a drive up to Flat Top. I foolishly left my
mittens in the car so didn't take many pictures on the windy side...
but I love this one for the texture in the snow!
scavengers
Saw a bald eagle fighting off a bunch of ravens for the french fries
or whatever they found at the park today. I see a bald eagle pretty
regularly around my neighborhood. I assume its the same one but I
don't know for sure. I see it down by Lake Hood, up to Balto Seppala
Park and between...
Saturday, February 26, 2011
no knead bread
pretty pumped-- this bread is awesome! And awesomely easy! It was
squashed a little from the lid to the casserole dish (I used a 2 qt
dish) but I don't think it affected the bread... This is the first
bread I've ever made!!! (besides banana bread)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
curtains!
Mom sent me these curtains! My grandma made them many many years ago
so it's cool that I have a use for them! I don't have many windows in
my house, and this one faces south so it's pretty much the best source
of natural light I've got. I couldn't bear to block any of the light
and I have no back neighbors so privacy isn't really an issue... I
think these are just what I was looking for and look lovely! Now to
figure out how to tie them back... especially on the door side...
dog chair
Bentley's pretty much claimed this chair as her own spot... and I
don't even mind because a) I'm a sucker for her cute face and b)
replacing the cushions is on my to do list (not the top, but on it
nonetheless). It's all wood, so as long as she's not chewing the
chair (she's not a chewer) she can have it! And doesn't she look cute
in front of that very old red white and blue quilt?! Lovely.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
starlings
I love starlings. I don't know if they're considered pests or if I'm
supposed to, but they always make me smile. If there is such a thing
as reincarnation and I come back as a bird, I'd want to be a starling.
Up here they clean off mountain ash trees-- usually the moose get the
low ones and the starlings take care of the top berries. Bentley and
I watched (and listened) to these ones from our backyard.
kong troubles
This is Bentley and her kong. If she bit it, treats would come out!
But she just licks and licks. What a weird dog.
swim meet
Also happening this weekend is the Alaska Short Course Yards State
Championship swim meet! I swam 3 events and a relay tonight-- dropped
a lot of time in my 200 back and 500 free! Felt awesome! Time for
sleep!
canstruction action shot
so, I blogged the last 2 pictures from my phone (can't do captions)
but figured I'd explain more. Each year a group of
engineers/architects get together, design and build something out of
cans. The cans are then donated to the Food Bank. This was our first
year and we made a replica of the 4th avenue theater. We also made a
recipe using some of the ingredients in the cans. It was a lot of
work (and I skipped a few hours to swim in the swim meet!) but I think
we did a great job! (they're on display at the University Center Mall
for all you locals)
Friday, February 18, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
out and about
Took a walk down to Lake Hood today and caught this plane taking off.
It's a beautiful, clear day today and the sun is blindingly bright!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Monday, February 07, 2011
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
frosty day
It's days like these that make the cold and darkness totally worth it.
We had a few days of freezing fog, leaving behind a breathtakingly
gorgeous coating of frost/rime. This was taken at 3:44 pm but the
sunrise was just as pretty (another perk of the alaskan winter-- long
sunrises and sunsets!) Today the temperature rose about 15 degrees
and the wind picked up so most of the frost is gone. Now if we could
only get some more snow...
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
crazy kitty
So much playing to do when you're a kitten! Matt watches his cute
kitty hang out on the top rungs of the stool.
Walt's Meat Market
we found Walt's Meat Market in Port Austin, MI. My cousin lives just
15 miles away!
Walt
Walt testing out his new tripod... (and red wings flag) Check out
that wiiiiiide Christmas tree!
luminaries
the luminaries were gorgeous, as usual. Perfect night for them-- no
wind, no rain (we've had a streak of bad years lately!).
It's not Christmas till...
It's not Christmas 'til Mary's lit! Ok, so it's a little
sacreligious, but so is this light up, spinning, musical Mary! (also,
did you know how hard it is to capture both the red and the green
light on at the same time?)
Christmas Eve Eve
I made it home Christmas Eve Eve... Grabbed a draught beer in the TV
room and gathered around the "dunce cap" that veils Mary until all of
the Rathbuns are around...
Saturday, January 01, 2011
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