Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Gardening from an Attic Apartment
10th Avenue, Anchorage
This one's for Mum.
The plants are struggling to stay alive and retain their plant-dignity. Brendan constructed a kind of greenhouse at one corner of the deck to protect them from the wind and the cool nights. I have enough tomato plants to feed all the neighbours, should they fruit.
This one's for Mum.
The plants are struggling to stay alive and retain their plant-dignity. Brendan constructed a kind of greenhouse at one corner of the deck to protect them from the wind and the cool nights. I have enough tomato plants to feed all the neighbours, should they fruit.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Mother's Day Trip
The Mountain House, Ruth Glacier on the Denali Range
Brendan and I walk down the main street of Talkeetna as we wait for our plane ride out of town. We had to wait 24 hours for skys to clear. We carry the CMCs - Clean Mountain Cans - what a mountaineer poops in on the side of a mountain. The Roadhouse is to our right, a Talkeetna breakfast institution.
Brendan controls nausea on the plane ride in. Ellen, his mum, sits beside him, in seeming comfort and enjoying the view.
The Great Gorge from the beaver (small plane)
Lunch after arrival and set up in the Mountain House. Looking towards Denali (Mt McKinley) that is currently shrouded in cloud as the weather socks in.
After a night of snow storm and winds, we woke up to a bluebird day and a foot and a half of fresh powder snow
I'm on clear-the-path-to-the-dunny-duty. It took me about 20 minutes in the thick new snow.
Skinning up to climb up the hill again for another run. What fun.
Our ski tracks from the cream-cheese snow
One helleva sunny day to be here. We're ecstatic.
Brendan and I walk down the main street of Talkeetna as we wait for our plane ride out of town. We had to wait 24 hours for skys to clear. We carry the CMCs - Clean Mountain Cans - what a mountaineer poops in on the side of a mountain. The Roadhouse is to our right, a Talkeetna breakfast institution.
Brendan controls nausea on the plane ride in. Ellen, his mum, sits beside him, in seeming comfort and enjoying the view.
The Great Gorge from the beaver (small plane)
Lunch after arrival and set up in the Mountain House. Looking towards Denali (Mt McKinley) that is currently shrouded in cloud as the weather socks in.
After a night of snow storm and winds, we woke up to a bluebird day and a foot and a half of fresh powder snow
I'm on clear-the-path-to-the-dunny-duty. It took me about 20 minutes in the thick new snow.
Skinning up to climb up the hill again for another run. What fun.
Our ski tracks from the cream-cheese snow
One helleva sunny day to be here. We're ecstatic.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Pow Pow Day
Tin Can, Turnagain Pass, about 1.5 hours south of Anchorage
More photos of this gorgeous day were taken by my friend Teeny, who captured some action shots of us skiing. They're shown at http://picasaweb.google.com/teenyray/SaturdayTinCan
More photos of this gorgeous day were taken by my friend Teeny, who captured some action shots of us skiing. They're shown at http://picasaweb.google.com/teenyray/SaturdayTinCan
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Wintergrass 2007
Seattle, Washington, The Lower 48
Tim Obrien mandolin workshop. I couldn't get enough of Tim Obrien. I went to every set he had.
Tim Obrien mandolin workshop. I couldn't get enough of Tim Obrien. I went to every set he had.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
The sun does shine
Telemark skiing for the first time (hence the scowl), Alyeska Ski Resort, Girdwood
