Lemon Creek area meadows

The weather has been pretty dismal lately, so I haven't taken many photos. This is another one taken back in November.

Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier. Merry Christmas from Juneau, Alaska!

High bush cranberries and snow

Barrow's Goldeneye

This is a Barrow's Goldeneye. I saw a few, at a distance, in the cove at the Shrine of St. Therese

Chapel by the Lake

This is the old chapel by Auke Lake. I took this shot in November (with a few photoshop embellishments). The weather has been pretty dismal lately, so digging up older photos to post.

Evening light on Glacier

Playing with zoom and Christmas lights

Tire swing in the snow

Snowy leaf

Coves at Shrine of St. Therese

Cabin in the woods

Winter cabin at Eagle River United Methodist Camp. (sorry I haven't had a photo in several days - my computer crashed and then having trouble logging into beta blogger.)

Eagle River

Took this photo of the Eagle River when we stayed at the Methodist camp last week.

Raven

Icicles

 

Old red lantern

 

De Hart's Auke Bay Store

Live crab, ravens, and very big icicles. 

Sunrise shadows on snow

 

Old and new

White top hats are very in vogue for Juneau vehicles right now. 

Thanking God for all His blessings

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Snow cones

 

School bus goes around the corner

I love the snow on the rocky hillsides. Took this at Auke Bay as the school bus was rounding the curve. 

Old and new

This photo was taken after our first snowfall, before the old truck had 2 feet of snow on top. 

An Alaskan cottage

All the houses look so cozy and warm with the recent thick blanket of snow on them. 

Winter white

 

Evening light

Took this photo when there was only about 12-15 inches of snow on the ground, before it was 25+ inches. 

Snow on the conifers

 

Icicle lights and icicles

 

Look what blew in

We've had over 12" of snow since yesterday, and we are still under a snow storm warning. 

Couple of Ravens

Filed in birds. 

I saw the (Northern) Lights

After living here in Alaska for over a year, I finally saw the northern lights. Friday night brought a nice display of the the northern lights, mostly in shades of green (thats the only color I saw as I was freezing my toes and fingers off waiting patiently for the perfect shot). If you click on this first photo - in the enlarged version you should be able to see the Big Dipper perfectly.