Aurora Borealis

Had to stay up until midnight to get these shots, but it was worth it.  Fantastic display or aurora from our deck last night.

Earthquake: M 4.4 - Southern Alaska

Magnitude: 4.4
Location: Southern Alaska
Time: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 6:32:22 AKDT
Latitude: 61° 31' 57" N (61.5327°)
Longitude: 151° 52' 54" W (-151.8819°)
Depth: 9.7 mi

Felt this little rumbler just enough to wake me up early on a Saturday morning.

Sunny day in the neighborhood

With the great success of our new flower garden this year, we are curious to see how well all of our perennials come back next Spring. Check back with us in June to find out.

I can see for miles and miles

The skies opened up after a week of rain.

Rainbow

Lilies in our garden

Robin's vacation

It was great to show my sister around Alaska for the first time. She loved it, of course.

Flower Bed

Our garden

Our flower garden is coming along nice this year. We've keep adding little things to it to fill it in.

BBQ with Friends

What a great Alaska summer evening we had at this bbq for our friend Al who came up to escape the Florida heat for a few weeks.

Alaska Railroad

Over 470 miles of tracks stretch throughout Alaska carrying both freight and passengers.

Big Dog

Celebrating gay pride day in downtown Anchorage on the parkstrip - this huge friendly husky is bigger than Kirt!

Dahlia

Went to a friends for a 4th of July BBQ and their dahlias were in full bloom.

Rock-n-Rolla!!

Magnitude: 5.2
Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Time: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 11:06:04 AM AKDT
GMT: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 19:06:04 GMT

Latitude: 60° 44' 31" N  (60.7420°)
Longitude: 151° 0' 28" W  (-151.0080°)
Depth: 30.4 mi

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=M%205.2%20-%20Kenai%20Peninsula%2C%20Alaska@60.742001,-151.007996&z=6

More Information (while available): http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00lmwd24.php

Sandhill Cranes

The Sandhill Crane has one of the longest fossil histories of any current existing bird. The oldest Sandhill Crane fossil is 2.5 million years old, over one and a half times older than the earliest remains of most living species of birds.

Tree Swallow

This little guy wan't afraid of me at all.  I was able to walk right up to him and snap this highly detailed image.

Red Necked Grebe

This Red Necked Grebe is showing his beautiful mating colors.  During winter his entire body will go back to his natural dusky-grey color.

Anchorage Bike to Work Day

Just a bit windy on the ride in this morning, but otherwise nice biking conditions.

Trip time: 00:39:11
Trip distance: 7.8 mi
Trip calories: 484 kcal
Average speed: 12.0 mph
Maximum speed: 19.5 mph
Climbed altitude: 194 ft

Arctic Terns

The arctic terns have arrived from Antarctica.  That's right, each year these amazing birds migrate 12,000 miles from Antarctica to breed here in Alaska.

Out of Hibernation

Time for the bears to start coming out of hibernation.  Haven't seen one yet, we took this photo a few years back down on the Kenai peninsula.