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Copper has my heart.
Seven pound raw copper nugget sitting on a green woven placemat.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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GCI is up the pole in my backyard. I asked him if he had a spotter(no). I’m keeping an eye on him as it’s a lot darker here than what the picture shows.
A neon green jacked GCI worker up the power pole in the dusk on a fiberglass/aluminum ladder in order to change a box out. In the background is the neighbors house. Several leafless trees and power lines crisscross the dark sky.
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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A friend, the wind and I on a short jaunt.
Up on the Mountain with the blue sky above, the tundra has finished its fall colors and is now turning shades of brown and tans. My black and white friend decked out in her pink regalia decided that this would be the perfect spot to showcase her sporting wear.
October 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Breakfast.
The last little vegetable harvest of the season.
The sugar snaps lasted long enough for the pic.
Might have to slice that little tomato in half sprinkle with pepper and begone with her before the oral surgery today 🤔
Probably not a good idea after.
On a purple towel lays my last vegetables of the season. One red tomato and four green Sugar Snap Peas in pods.
September 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Found an older photo from my 35mm film camera. Took a digital (phone) picture of it. Definitely need to scan the negatives. What I did doesn't do it justice.
Taken from the cliffs above Turnagain Arm as it's running into Cook Inlet. The orange and yellow sun reflecting in the waters as the sun is setting on the west side of the Inlet behind the Alaska Range. On the right side is the black silhouetted hill with trees on it that has to be scrambled over to get home. On the left, the silhouette of the backside of the mountain that runs down to Point Possession. At the top is the grey sky arcing over the last of the sun for the day.
September 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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A sign, black print on a white background. Cleaning the Kitchen but saw the laundry so i watered a plant and now I'm making a doctors appointment.
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Pretty tasty
A now empty silver can with a white, yellow and black painted label. At the yellow bottom, written in green is Pineapple Express Ale 12fl oz 5% alcohol by vol. above that are black palm trees that graduate up to white etched mountains. On the front of the picture is the companies' logo, a black circle with white fill. From the middle down in the circle in black print is Matanuska Brewing Company, Palmer Alaska with a tiny little pic of Alaska in between. On the top of the circular logo are three yellow mountains with snow capped peaks.
September 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Dad started taking us hiking up there next to it when it was still functioning. They had dogs running between the fences that would just go bonkers barking at us.
This is the antenna I always wanted to take home. Thought it had a sculptured quality and would be great for hanging flower baskets.
In the foreground is an orange steel antenna, spikes radiating horizontally in a circle from the center pole. at the ends of the horizontal spikes are vertical ones and flat discs on the top and bottom of them. There's an orange light in the center with a narrow white antenna rising from it. All that is sitting on a post with climbing like spikes coming out of the sides of it. In the background are the tops of the green mountains on the left. On the right behind the antenna is the slightly green lowlands of the city of Anchorage. Right above that in the haze is Cook Inlet with the dark line of the Alaska Range. The top two thirds of the background is the hazy blue sky.
September 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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These folks would probably know. They're over on FB.
Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program - facebook page - A group of Beluga Whale spotters standing on a dried grassy bluff looking for Beluga's swimming in Cook Inlet under a blue sky . The logo in the lower right of the picture in the white circle is a graphic white Beluga, grey/white inlet above it topped with a black and white mountain. "Alaska Beluga (in blue) Monitoring Program is stamped on top. They have 7.1k followers, following 16. The Details of the page state it is an Environmental Conservation Organization.
August 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Since it looks and seems to act just like my Hoya carnosa (wax plant) I give mine cut branches to climb on otherwise she'll grab onto anything to complete her mission.
A a 55+ year old Hoya Carnosa (wax plant) on a shelf in front of a wood paneling wall with a white ceiling separated by a grow light. Her tendrils seem to be reaching out towards the light coming thru the windows.
July 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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It was when I was a kid then at some point a glaciologist told us all they were real.
Back in the ‘60’s I wouldn’t doubt if most of us kids up here had one of these tourist shop ice worms. My little dude has to be about 60 yrs old and has lost 1 eye (they slide in and out)
An orangish-red with white etched marble sized tchotchke. It’s missing one eye and the remaining one slides in and out. This a 1960’s Alaskan tourist shop keychain item. Supposed to be a depiction of our ever elusive ice worms. In the background is a planter saying ”Grow your own way”.
July 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Mama raised me right 🙃
Pie diagram test results for my food tastes. https://www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/test.php Yellow- lower class Purple - lower middle class Green - middle class Aqua - upper middle class Blue - upper class
June 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Help your local porcupines 😃🦟
A few pictures of an oh so cute porcupine from the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center with the following request. Hey locals! We’re on the lookout for mosquito-repelling plants to help keep our #porcupines more comfortable this summer. If you have any extra basil, rosemary, catnip, lemon balm, lemongrass, mint, geraniums, marigolds, or similar plants—we’d love to take them off your hands! Whether it’s seeds, seedlings, or full-grown plants, every little bit helps, and our prickly friends would be very grateful. 🌿🦔 We’ve also added some seeds to our Amazon wishlist (linked below) if you’d like to check that out and support us from afar! Thank you for helping us care for the critters! https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2TM8AVLC1J988
June 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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A drawing of a “Gilder with Bat's Wings by Leonardo da Vinci”. Inset picture shows how a human would ride da Vinci’s ‘hang glider’ “For much of his life, Leonardo was fascinated by the phenomenon of flight, producing many studies of the flight of birds, including his c. 1505 Codex on the Flight of Birds, as well as plans for several flying machines, including a helicopter and a light hang glider. Most were impractical, like his aerial screw helicopter design that could not provide lift. However, the hang glider has been successfully constructed and demonstrated.“
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Those cosmic vibes...been there done that 😁 ✌️
1960's long haired Hippy chic walking in a field of yellow flowers holding a small bouquet of white flowers. She's wearing blue jeans, a tie-dyed t-shirt topped with a brown leather fringe vest. A bandana wrapped around the head, round sunglasses and a guitar strapped to her back.
May 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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They came recommended on my Bsky feed.
They were having a sale.
I think I'm good to go in the spice department for a little bit.
Spice delivery from Penzey's spices. (L-R, Top-Bottom) 4 suggestion cards that came in my "I got woke now I'm hungry" gift box. It also had 4 jars of spices in it. Now have oodles of spice mixes: Sandwich Sprinkle, Cayenne Pepper, Szechuan Peppercorns, California Seasoned Pepper, Justice mix, Bouquet Garni, Singapore Seasoning, French Four Spice, Powdered Lemon Peel, Allspice, Vietnamese Cinnamon, Florida Seasoned Pepper, (more) Justice Spice mix, Outrage of Love mix, Vanilla Sugar, Krakow Nights Polish Style Seasoning mix, Roasted Garlic, BBQ 3000, Arrowroot Starch, Lemon Pepper Seasoning, Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle, Cedarburg Seasoning, Resist Keep America Alive mix.
May 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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And that's that. missed it so waiting for an official time.
Nenana Ice Classic tripod down and out in the river.
April 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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How I arrived on BlueSky:
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April 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Juanito is 60 yrs old. When I was a little one they thought I was allergic to something in my stuffed toys. One night I woke and found mom in the process of sneaking them all out of the house. I stood there and had a meltdown. Juanito was my favorite and he got to stay.
A picture of a very, very well loved 60 year old stuffed grey donkey with a red ribbon around his neck, red and grey on his floppy ears and a black stripe from his nose to the top of his ears. The eyes are now silver buttons. His name is Juanito and he’s laying on a blue background.
March 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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It’s poofing outside ❄️😁
In the background, my neighbors greenhouse with my Spruce tree in front, a Mt Ash in front of the Spruce and a little old log cache at the bottom with a few inches of crusty snow covering the ground. All Giving contrast to the poofy snowflakes gently falling.
March 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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😢
1/2 Avy Update - March 5, 2025 The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE in Turnagain Pass and will likely increase today as strong winds and snow will add stress to a layer of surface hoar buried 2 to 3’ deep. There were multiple human triggered avalanches yesterday and the conditions today will be more dangerous. Natural and human triggered avalanches will be more likely where touchy wind slabs are forming and in areas such as Portage and Girdwood where more snow is expected to fall. Cornices will likely fall and have the potential to trigger avalanches above you. Dangerous avalanche conditions exist today so the safest bet is to avoid traveling on or below steep and consequential terrain. The avalanche danger is HIGH in Seward and Lost Lake as a storm bears down on the peninsula which may deliver up to a foot of snow accompanied with strong winds. These could fail 2 to 3’ deep on a layer of buried surface hoar. Traveling in avalanche terrain is not recommended. The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE in Summit Lake where strong winds and snow will continue to create touchy wind slabs over 1’ deep that is also has buried surface hoar. There are a variety of dangerous conditions 2/2 not recommended. The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE in Summit Lake where strong winds and snow will continue to create touchy wind slabs over 1’ deep that is also has buried surface hoar. There are a variety of dangerous conditions today. Take the time to read the forecast for the zone you intend to recreate in. More info in today's advisory at www.ChugachAvalanche.org Photo: Remote triggered avalanche on Tuesday in Triangle Bowl in Seattle Ridge. Alaska State Trooper post on last nights avalanche in the Twenty-Mile River area: On March 4, 2025, at 5:10 pm, the Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified of an avalanche near the West Fork of 20 Mile River near Girdwood. A preliminary investigation determined three adult heliskiers were caught in a large avalanche around 3:30 pm. Guides from the commercial heliskiing operation that the group was with immediately attempted to locate the three skiers. Using avalanche beacons, the guides identified a probable area where skiers were buried between 40 feet and nearly 100 feet deep. The guides were unable to recover the three skiers due to the depth. Due to considerable avalanche risk in this area and limited daylight, no further recovery operations were conducted on March 4th. Today, Troopers plan to assess the area to determine if recovery operations can safely be conducted.
March 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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So they plan on selling the Federal Court House in Anchorage and Ketchikan 👀
“We are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations”…”The list below includes properties designated for disposal. We will update it as assessments progress.”
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Picture of the table listing federal properties (in Alaska) that the Trump administration plans on putting up for sale. -ANCHORAGE FEDERAL BUILDING US COURTHOUSE ANNEX ANCHORAGE AK (sq ft) 64,821 -ANCHORAGE FEDERAL BUILDING USCH - PARKING LOT ANCHORAGE AK (sq ft) 0 -ANCHORAGE HISTORIC FEDERAL BUILDING - GARAGE ANCHORAGE AK (sq ft) 1,600 -KETCHIKAN FEDERAL BUILDING KETCHIKAN, AK (sq ft) 33,746
March 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Lisa Murkowski’s Twitter statement on Zelenskyy’s meeting with trump yesterday. And yes she has always been a supporter of Ukraine.
Not a peep from Sullivan, up for re-election next year. 🐓
screen shot from twitter of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s statement on yesterday’s meeting between Zelenskyy and trump. “This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine. It ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the Oval Office and whispers from the White House that they may try to end all U.S. support for Ukraine. I know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now, I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world.”
March 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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I keep getting this response as I’m trying to get info from the Alaska Dept of Health. Safari will not continue past this page.
Is the internet still wonky in Juneau?
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March 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I received this from Lisa Murkowski’s peeps today🤷🏻‍♀️
I’m guessing for the phone calls and e-mails I sent.
Sen. Murkowski honored her oath to defend the Constitution in service of all Americans and voted NO on Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Call and thank her for listening to our concerns and ask that she pledge to only stand by actions that support Alaska: https://civicfeedback.com/senmurkowski?id=S31O - Building America Reply Stop to End
February 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM