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The trees in our boreal forest are so heavy with hoar frost, it is a wonder they are still standing upright. The weaker willows are bending under the weight of the frost, some touching the ground. This is a photo of the trail that leads from our cabin into the wilderness. It is also the trail our pesky moose likes to traverse.
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Photo posted for Smile on Saturday group theme: "Frosty Flora"
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The Alaskan Wilderness on a very chilly morning. HSS!
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The season of "autumn" is barely underway when ice begins forming on Alaska's waterways. I captured this photo of Slana Slough on a sunny windless day. Quite a beautiful sight - but definitely not ready for ice skating.
As the pond thaws, the ducks and swans have more open water to play on.
Posted for "Smile on Saturday" Group. Theme this week is; "Water". (Steam, ice, or liquid.) HSoS!
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains.” – John Muir
This morning's sunlight bathed our backyard in so many beautiful colors. I captured this image, as the sun crested over the eastern horizon.
Twelve degrees above zero, and days are lengthening. This was our view just twenty-four minutes past noon, as we travelled back to our cabin, along the Glenn Highway.
Day length today: 6h 1m 9s (Jan 13, 2022)
4 minutes, 12 seconds longer than yesterday (Jan 12, 2022)
54 minutes, 52 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2021)
**Thanks to all of you wonderful Flickr friends, for your views, faves, and kind comments. I truly appreciate every one.
View from our driveway on a very cold winters night. Our sun set at 3:15 this afternoon, with a temperature of minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the distance you see the Wrangell Mountains to the east of our cabin - as the sun sets to the south.
Since the sun doesn't peek over the southern horizon until 10:00 am - Doc must work in the dark if he starts clearing snow any earlier. HSS!
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Ten o'clock am, and it's four plus degrees outside with clear skies. It promises to be a beautiful day in my little corner of the boreal forest. Jack Frost was busy overnight, painting every inch of the wilderness with his magic brush - so we awoke to a winter wonderland this morning.
Winter doesn't officially begin for another 35 days, but that doesn't mean a thing when you live in Alaska. Winter can, (and has) begun in early September where I live.
I wish that autumn was six months long, and winter only one month in length.
(Playing in my archives while the temperature hovers around zero degrees this morning. I am enjoying the warm up, even if it is only for a couple of days.)
Our road crews do a herculean job each winter keeping our roads cleared. I shot this right between two massive snowstorms to hit our area, that dropped 30 inches of total accumulation in less than five days.
Enlarge photo to hop aboard our truck. Enjoy the ride!
With black spruce trees leaning in all directions - our boreal forest looks like it has had one too many drinks.
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I’m such an autumn person. Give me a quiet cozy spot, with a view of the changing trees on a crisp September day, a warm drink, and a good book, and I will be in all my glory.
Doc and I love autumn. We love the changing colors - we love; apple cider and fresh doughnuts - we love the first juicy bite of a crisp Macintosh apple - and we love the silence that settles over the forest as the days shorten. If only autumn would linger a little longer than two or three weeks.
The sun hovered over the southern horizon at eleven thirty this morning, when I snapped this photo beside a small wilderness lake.
*(The colors are exactly as they appeared to the naked eye. In other words - this shot is SOOC.)
It was one o'clock in the afternoon and Doc and I were headed home, when I spotted the "sundog" beaming down on the Glenn Highway.
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This little willow/aspen tree, must have heard about the maple trees in the northeast area of the lower forty eight that turn red in autumn, and decided she would try to do the same. I think she truly stands out from the millions of trees that surround her - and she certainly brightens the roadside.
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The outside temperature hovers around zero, and the humidity is high. When that happens, ice fog moves over the land creating hoar frost on everything from road surfaces, to the tiniest spruce needle. It may look pretty to see the trees so heavily flocked by mother nature - but it can also be dangerous when traveling.
Day length today: 6h 33m 36s (Jan 20, 2022)
4 minutes, 54 seconds longer than yesterday (Jan 19, 2022)
1 hour, 27 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2021)
13 hours, 14 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2021)
The plows have been busy pushing snow up anywhere they can find a spot that doesn't hinder traffic. When we leave our driveways, or places of business - we have to slowly edge out and peek around the mounds of snow that tower over our vehicles on each side. In this photo you see the beginning of another man-made mountain.
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The big melt has finally begun, and I feel confident that summer is just a few days away. Doc had to wade through water just to feed the birds this morning - but we're not complaining.
Welcome, mud, bugs, and wildflowers.
Welcome summer!
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I think I see spring peeking over the Chugach Mountains to our south! I am excited. HSS!
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Not only are we treated to colorful sunrises and sunsets in winter - but we also see the snow take on the color of the skies. What a treat!
A photo to help cool off my family and friends on this first official day of summer. Many of whom live in the lower 48 states and have already had temperatures reaching into the high eighties!
(We are predicted to reach a high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit today. Much more to my liking.)
Wishing everyone a happy solstice.
November sunsets in Alaska are so beautiful, that they make up for the shorter hours of daylight. This is the view from our south facing cabin windows.
A typical landscape one enjoys along Alaska's Richardson Highway south of Fairbanks. Love these lush glacial ecosystems.
Thanks for taking a look, always appreciated!
This is where the Richardson and the Glenn Highways meet in Glennallen Alaska. "The Hub" gas station is busy year around - and just jampacked with tourists every summer. You must pass through this corner if you are heading for Valdez to the south, or Anchorage to the west.
I have mentioned this area a few times - but have never posted a photo. Now you can see for yourself.
Hoar frost coats everything and continues to build each day. We are fully immersed in a winter wonderland, complete with the below zero temperatures that plaque us twenty-four hours a day. It is beautiful to view from the cozy interior of our cabin - but venturing out is a very chilly experience.
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This image was taken along the Old Richardson Highway, as Doc and I approached the Alaska Pipeline that crosses under the roadbed. We were fortunate to live up here in the wild and wooly pre-pipeline days. What fun we had.
The road crews have done a fantastic job scraping the snow off of our roads and cutting the sides back. Alaskans always view this as a sign that spring may be just around the corner. Fingers crossed.
I shot this view yesterday, of the Wrangle Mountains from the Glenn Highway, looking east. The prominent mountain in the distance is "Mount Drum".
Days are pretty short now. The sun peeked over the mountains at 10:01 this morning, and will set at 3:12 PM this afternoon. It was exactly 1:15 PM today that I captured this image from my backyard.
We are now enjoying the pastel colored skies of winter - as well as the beautiful blue's that spread across the Alaskan landscape.
Only six more days until the shortest day of the year - and then the sun will begin it's long trek back to the "Land of the Mid-night Sun".
The birds mystify me . . . they seem to have a built in watch mechanism that tells them it's time to eat as much as possible, before heading to their homes for the night.
I find it fascinating.
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I really enjoy the way the snow and frost reflect the colors of the sky in winter. I shot this backyard scene at sunrise - which is around ten o'clock these days. All of the tracks in the snow have been made by a cow moose and her calf.
It's unusual to see moose in what one would call a "herd". But on this particular day in early spring - there they were, looking very much like they were socializing.
This cabin sits along the shoreline of a tiny lake, not too many miles from our own cabin. If only it could talk and tell me how it came to be built so many decades ago, and by whom. I'm sure that every remote dwelling has a unique story.
I see snow machine tracks mingled with animal tracks in the snow surrounding the cabin. Snowshoe hares always take refuge under a cabin during the winter, and you can clearly see their paths. While inside - I am sure the squirrels and shrews have made cozy little nests for themselves.
In as little as 3-1/2 months, we can expect to see the return of snow to our backyard. While it is beautiful - I am hoping it holds off until at least October 1st this year.
Many times when traveling in Alaska - you will see road side mailboxes and wonder where the homes are. Truth is: that most rural Alaskan's are very protective of their privacy, and have located their cabins well off of the road system - preferring to drive to their boxes to collect their mail.
Doc doesn't need a gym membership to get a "workout" - he just needs to put on about six pounds of outerwear and get behind his snowblower. Every day, another six inches of snow slowly sifts over our landscape and needs to be removed. There is no way that we can wade through it - and swimming doesn't work either. LOL
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Hoar frost in my backyard is made beautiful by the rising sun, and a little enhancement from Topaz Studio. HSS!
A favorite fishing spot Doc and I enjoyed while living in Juneau Alaska.
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