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Sketching small wonders of everyday life ✏️ Nature, quiet skies, and kind souls 🏞️🫎✨ #Alaskasky
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Solar flares cause spectacular aurora borealis in Alaska skies, writes Claire Stremple for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/12/s...
Solar flares cause spectacular aurora borealis in Alaska skies | Alaska Beacon
A series of solar flares, essentially explosions on the surface of the sun, caused unusually bright and colorful displays of aurora borealis in Alaska and other northern latitudes on Tuesday night. Un...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Solar flares cause spectacular aurora borealis in Alaska skies, writes Claire Stremple for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/12/s...
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Gorgeous red auroras tonight over the Goldstream Valley in Fairbanks, Alaska. A rare show, strong enough for the red emission to be clearly visible to the eye.
More in my Recent Photos Gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Recent-Photos
#fairbanks #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights
More in my Recent Photos Gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Recent-Photos
#fairbanks #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Gorgeous red auroras tonight over the Goldstream Valley in Fairbanks, Alaska. A rare show, strong enough for the red emission to be clearly visible to the eye.
More in my Recent Photos Gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Recent-Photos
#fairbanks #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights
More in my Recent Photos Gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Recent-Photos
#fairbanks #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights
Cold weather comfort — we made hearty beef stew in this beautiful casserole pot by @peterbrondzpottery 🔥. Perfect for a snowy evening in Alaska ❄️🍲
#AlaskaWinter #ComfortFood #BirdCreekPottery #HandmadeCeramics #HomeCooking
#AlaskaWinter #ComfortFood #BirdCreekPottery #HandmadeCeramics #HomeCooking
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Cold weather comfort — we made hearty beef stew in this beautiful casserole pot by @peterbrondzpottery 🔥. Perfect for a snowy evening in Alaska ❄️🍲
#AlaskaWinter #ComfortFood #BirdCreekPottery #HandmadeCeramics #HomeCooking
#AlaskaWinter #ComfortFood #BirdCreekPottery #HandmadeCeramics #HomeCooking
A young golden eagle visited our backyard—majestic wings nearly 2m wide. Magpies weren’t pleased! 🦅❄️ #EagleRiver #AlaskaWinter #Eagle
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A young golden eagle visited our backyard—majestic wings nearly 2m wide. Magpies weren’t pleased! 🦅❄️ #EagleRiver #AlaskaWinter #Eagle
Morning walk ❄️
Eagle River & Chugach State Park — winter magic ✨
#Alaska #EagleRiver #ChugachStatePark #WinterLight #SnowDay
Eagle River & Chugach State Park — winter magic ✨
#Alaska #EagleRiver #ChugachStatePark #WinterLight #SnowDay
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Morning walk ❄️
Eagle River & Chugach State Park — winter magic ✨
#Alaska #EagleRiver #ChugachStatePark #WinterLight #SnowDay
Eagle River & Chugach State Park — winter magic ✨
#Alaska #EagleRiver #ChugachStatePark #WinterLight #SnowDay
Twenty years in a different country. Seasons blurred, time flew by.
Tonight’s illuminated full moon reminds me—
language lives in kindness, not in accent.🌕
#Language #Kindness #Reflection #AlaskaLife
Tonight’s illuminated full moon reminds me—
language lives in kindness, not in accent.🌕
#Language #Kindness #Reflection #AlaskaLife
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Twenty years in a different country. Seasons blurred, time flew by.
Tonight’s illuminated full moon reminds me—
language lives in kindness, not in accent.🌕
#Language #Kindness #Reflection #AlaskaLife
Tonight’s illuminated full moon reminds me—
language lives in kindness, not in accent.🌕
#Language #Kindness #Reflection #AlaskaLife
As winter deepens in Alaska,
the days grow shorter and the body slows down. Today I took a quiet day to rest—and my husband surprised me with these roses. Their warmth brightened my heart. Thank you for this gentle light. 🌹❄️💗
#AlaskaLife #WinterRoses #GratefulHeart #LoveAndLight #RestAndBloom
the days grow shorter and the body slows down. Today I took a quiet day to rest—and my husband surprised me with these roses. Their warmth brightened my heart. Thank you for this gentle light. 🌹❄️💗
#AlaskaLife #WinterRoses #GratefulHeart #LoveAndLight #RestAndBloom
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
As winter deepens in Alaska,
the days grow shorter and the body slows down. Today I took a quiet day to rest—and my husband surprised me with these roses. Their warmth brightened my heart. Thank you for this gentle light. 🌹❄️💗
#AlaskaLife #WinterRoses #GratefulHeart #LoveAndLight #RestAndBloom
the days grow shorter and the body slows down. Today I took a quiet day to rest—and my husband surprised me with these roses. Their warmth brightened my heart. Thank you for this gentle light. 🌹❄️💗
#AlaskaLife #WinterRoses #GratefulHeart #LoveAndLight #RestAndBloom
We kept it simple this year but still made it festive for Halloween 🎃—great team-building and lots of laughter! #HalloweenFun #TeamBuilding #OfficeVibes #FestiveMood
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We kept it simple this year but still made it festive for Halloween 🎃—great team-building and lots of laughter! #HalloweenFun #TeamBuilding #OfficeVibes #FestiveMood
I finally found a new friend — a Norfolk Island Pine for our home! Picked it up from a lovely neighborhood plant shop filled with lemon and lime trees at Anchorage & Eagle River’s premiere greenhouse. I almost forgot — this is Alaska! 🍋🌲 #NorfolkIslandPine #IndoorPlants #AlaskaLife #EagleRiver
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I finally found a new friend — a Norfolk Island Pine for our home! Picked it up from a lovely neighborhood plant shop filled with lemon and lime trees at Anchorage & Eagle River’s premiere greenhouse. I almost forgot — this is Alaska! 🍋🌲 #NorfolkIslandPine #IndoorPlants #AlaskaLife #EagleRiver
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No Kings gathering in Girdwood Alaska #StandUpToTrump
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
No Kings gathering in Girdwood Alaska #StandUpToTrump
Training for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has begun.
Alaska has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the U.S., and the role of advocating for the legal rights and best interests of abused or neglected children is deeply important.
#CASA #Alaska #ChildAdvocacy #Volunteer
Alaska has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the U.S., and the role of advocating for the legal rights and best interests of abused or neglected children is deeply important.
#CASA #Alaska #ChildAdvocacy #Volunteer
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Training for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has begun.
Alaska has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the U.S., and the role of advocating for the legal rights and best interests of abused or neglected children is deeply important.
#CASA #Alaska #ChildAdvocacy #Volunteer
Alaska has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the U.S., and the role of advocating for the legal rights and best interests of abused or neglected children is deeply important.
#CASA #Alaska #ChildAdvocacy #Volunteer
Did you see the termination dust on the mountains this morning? ❄️
It’s an Alaskan phrase for the first snow that signals the end of summer — like “the first frost of fall.”
#EagleRiver #Alaska #TerminationDust
It’s an Alaskan phrase for the first snow that signals the end of summer — like “the first frost of fall.”
#EagleRiver #Alaska #TerminationDust
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Did you see the termination dust on the mountains this morning? ❄️
It’s an Alaskan phrase for the first snow that signals the end of summer — like “the first frost of fall.”
#EagleRiver #Alaska #TerminationDust
It’s an Alaskan phrase for the first snow that signals the end of summer — like “the first frost of fall.”
#EagleRiver #Alaska #TerminationDust
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Excited to see it, my friend Georgie from Fort Yukon has been showing off pictures of the beautiful skin-sewing she did for the costumes!
If there was ever a time that we need Indigenous stories told in our own language & imbued with our values - that time is NOW. It is with great honor & humility that we will premiere our short #TwoOldWomen film at #HIFF45 w/ our Kanaka relatives. 🙏🏽 Mahsi’choo to author #VelmaWallis for her support!
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Excited to see it, my friend Georgie from Fort Yukon has been showing off pictures of the beautiful skin-sewing she did for the costumes!
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Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️
I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.
Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday
I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.
Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️
I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.
Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday
I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.
Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday
A surprise visitor in our neighborhood today 🫎
He’s a “juvenile buck,” maybe around 2 years old — calm yet so powerful.
Learning new things about Alaska wildlife every day!
#AlaskaMoments #EagleRiver #MooseSighting
He’s a “juvenile buck,” maybe around 2 years old — calm yet so powerful.
Learning new things about Alaska wildlife every day!
#AlaskaMoments #EagleRiver #MooseSighting
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A surprise visitor in our neighborhood today 🫎
He’s a “juvenile buck,” maybe around 2 years old — calm yet so powerful.
Learning new things about Alaska wildlife every day!
#AlaskaMoments #EagleRiver #MooseSighting
He’s a “juvenile buck,” maybe around 2 years old — calm yet so powerful.
Learning new things about Alaska wildlife every day!
#AlaskaMoments #EagleRiver #MooseSighting
Morning primitive walk in Chugach State Park, with a trail leading into the Greenbelt. The glacier-fed water shines bright blue. 💙 #ChugachStatePark #EagleRiver #AlaskaLife #MorningWalk #NatureLovers #GlacierWater #TrailLife #ExploreAlaska #BlueWater
October 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Morning primitive walk in Chugach State Park, with a trail leading into the Greenbelt. The glacier-fed water shines bright blue. 💙 #ChugachStatePark #EagleRiver #AlaskaLife #MorningWalk #NatureLovers #GlacierWater #TrailLife #ExploreAlaska #BlueWater
A faint crackle—no wind, no rain, not the trees. Locals nodded, “yep, that’s the aurora.”
Still debated by science, but I believe it now.
🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4
Still debated by science, but I believe it now.
🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4
There’s Something Weird Going On With the Northern Lights
YouTube video by PBS Terra
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A faint crackle—no wind, no rain, not the trees. Locals nodded, “yep, that’s the aurora.”
Still debated by science, but I believe it now.
🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4
Still debated by science, but I believe it now.
🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4
Aurora in Alaska tonight 🌌💚
Not only breathtakingly beautiful to watch, but I even heard the mysterious crackling sound of the northern lights. ✨
It felt like the sky was alive!
#Aurora #Alaska #NorthernLights #オーロラ
Not only breathtakingly beautiful to watch, but I even heard the mysterious crackling sound of the northern lights. ✨
It felt like the sky was alive!
#Aurora #Alaska #NorthernLights #オーロラ
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Aurora in Alaska tonight 🌌💚
Not only breathtakingly beautiful to watch, but I even heard the mysterious crackling sound of the northern lights. ✨
It felt like the sky was alive!
#Aurora #Alaska #NorthernLights #オーロラ
Not only breathtakingly beautiful to watch, but I even heard the mysterious crackling sound of the northern lights. ✨
It felt like the sky was alive!
#Aurora #Alaska #NorthernLights #オーロラ
Detectives report: Skeletal remains uncovered in a suburban Halloween yard… 🎃💀🕵️♂️ Trick or Treat or True Crime? #SpookyCrimeScene #HalloweenDecor #CSIStyle
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Detectives report: Skeletal remains uncovered in a suburban Halloween yard… 🎃💀🕵️♂️ Trick or Treat or True Crime? #SpookyCrimeScene #HalloweenDecor #CSIStyle
Driving home,
I caught a glimpse of Alaska’s brief yet beautiful autumn sky.
The mountains glowed golden in the sunset—
it felt like something straight out of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ✨🍂
#Alaska #AutumnSky #Sunset #Nausicaa
I caught a glimpse of Alaska’s brief yet beautiful autumn sky.
The mountains glowed golden in the sunset—
it felt like something straight out of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ✨🍂
#Alaska #AutumnSky #Sunset #Nausicaa
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Driving home,
I caught a glimpse of Alaska’s brief yet beautiful autumn sky.
The mountains glowed golden in the sunset—
it felt like something straight out of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ✨🍂
#Alaska #AutumnSky #Sunset #Nausicaa
I caught a glimpse of Alaska’s brief yet beautiful autumn sky.
The mountains glowed golden in the sunset—
it felt like something straight out of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ✨🍂
#Alaska #AutumnSky #Sunset #Nausicaa
A furniture store with taxidermy, a giant chair, and even a mysterious fishing 🎣 corner—this Alaska sale had it all! #Alaska #FurnitureSale #GiantChair #Taxidermy #FishingDecor
September 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A furniture store with taxidermy, a giant chair, and even a mysterious fishing 🎣 corner—this Alaska sale had it all! #Alaska #FurnitureSale #GiantChair #Taxidermy #FishingDecor
Early morning walk in the fog and came across a moose family right in our neighborhood🫎
Alaska really does feel like the Twilight Zone sometimes.
#AlaskaLife #MorningFog #MooseMomAndCalves #WildlifeInTown #OnlyInAlaska #TwilightZoneVibes
Alaska really does feel like the Twilight Zone sometimes.
#AlaskaLife #MorningFog #MooseMomAndCalves #WildlifeInTown #OnlyInAlaska #TwilightZoneVibes
September 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Early morning walk in the fog and came across a moose family right in our neighborhood🫎
Alaska really does feel like the Twilight Zone sometimes.
#AlaskaLife #MorningFog #MooseMomAndCalves #WildlifeInTown #OnlyInAlaska #TwilightZoneVibes
Alaska really does feel like the Twilight Zone sometimes.
#AlaskaLife #MorningFog #MooseMomAndCalves #WildlifeInTown #OnlyInAlaska #TwilightZoneVibes
Even though summer has ended, tasting this homemade Alaska smoked salmon brought back the rich, delicious feeling of an Alaskan summer 🌲🐟☀️ Thank you Jessica! 💕 #AlaskaLife #SmokedSalmon #AlaskaSummer
September 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Even though summer has ended, tasting this homemade Alaska smoked salmon brought back the rich, delicious feeling of an Alaskan summer 🌲🐟☀️ Thank you Jessica! 💕 #AlaskaLife #SmokedSalmon #AlaskaSummer
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Thrilled to add this stunning handcrafted casserole dish by Peter M. Brondz (Brondz Studio, Alaska) to my kitchen. Functional art that brings warmth to everyday life.✨ #BrondzStudio #AlaskaPottery #HandmadeCeramics #LocalArt
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thrilled to add this stunning handcrafted casserole dish by Peter M. Brondz (Brondz Studio, Alaska) to my kitchen. Functional art that brings warmth to everyday life.✨ #BrondzStudio #AlaskaPottery #HandmadeCeramics #LocalArt