Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
We are being overrun with snowshoe hares this summer. We've had as many as seven in the yard at one time, including lots of babies. I expect the lynx population is going to explode starting next year, so we should have lots of sightings for the next couple of years.
Cuteness overload.
It's been very rainy and cloudy here in Anchorage for the past several weeks, so we haven't had one of our glorious sunsets in quite a while. Last night was beautiful, but I was shocked at how far south of Sleeping Lady (Mt. Susitna) the sun is setting already. Granted, there's still light in the sky at 11pm, but the city lights are back and it's a reminder of things to come.
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Mama Moose and baby were back in the front yard last night having a late snack. We see this pair all the time, but I'm worried about Mama--she was limping and didn't want to put any weight on her back leg. Hopefully not a very serious injury so she can get strong for the coming winter.
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I've been going to Denali National Park on and off for more than 30 years. This week we got to witness an incredibly rare sight these days--a pack of wolves with what looked like 6 pups. If you're at all aware of the wolf controversy in Denali Park, you know the packs have been decimated the past few years by trappers just outside the Park boundary. Several breeding alpha females and males from a couple of different packs have been killed and researchers inside the Park are concerned that the surviving pack members would break up, or not survive at all. Being able to see an apparently very healthy pack could be a once in a lifetime experience. I've never seen more than one wolf at a time before this. And yes, I was really wishing I had a monster lens when we saw them!
Devany's brother and nephew were visiting Alaska for the very first time, and we're having a hard time explaining just how incredibly lucky they were to see the wolves--not to mention the fact that Denali was out in all her glory after weeks of rain. Beginners luck I guess ;) Come along for a couple of magical days. Click on the photos for full screen and then swipe your cursor over the picture to see the captions below that tell the story. Hope you like it.
Drove down to Homer for a long weekend of hanging out at the Spit, long walks and runs with Xena on the beach at low tide, watching the kite boarders and seeing whales spouting in Kachemak Bay.
