November 6th:Once in a while when I bike to work I stop by a lake and take a picture, here is the collection:
Posts tagged #Evening
And then summer arrived...
Since I have been so busy lately, I haven't had time at all to update. I was updating so infrequently as it was before the summer, so yeah, the updates have been closer to zero than anything else. But summer finally did arrive, late, much later than what I have been used to. W left in June to do his PhD in Madison. So we have two cats, Olive and Tycho, but Olive is his cat, and Tycho is my cat (even though i secretly think Olive loves me more...). I had both cats for a while and then I shipped Olive to Madison in August. But I will see her soon enough :) This below is Olive:
And Tycho, Tycho was a stray cat and he lost his ears because of frostbite (like many other cats at pet-pride in Fairbanks).
This summer was so dry, almost no rain all summer, and anyone who knows Alaska knows what that mean, fire.
One of my favorite flowers, fireweed, the color is just stunning when it's all in bloom. I love seeing the color of fireweed, makes me realize summer is here for real.
They say that when the fireweed has bloomed out, summer is over.
This summer did feel extremely short and long at the same time. Short in the sense that I kept busy, and long cause I felt like I had so many things to do, and I missed W of course.
I had a nice garden this summer too, I grew potatoes, cucumber, zucchini, beets, lettuce and basil. The cucumbers did great, mostly cause this summer was so hot.
I didn't do that much hiking this summer, I guess I was too busy. I did get to travel south, to Ninilchik, close to Homer. That was a blast. Not the 12 hr car ride it involved, but the trip itself :)
The sky in the summertime is beautiful, well I guess that is true in the fall, wintertime and spring too....but the summertime is the only time you get amazing colors and shapes even though it is really late at night.
Often times I don't have my "real" camera, only my iphone, but I use it a lot more than the regular camera. And the pictures do come out pretty well there,
Hope you are having a wonderful week!
Friday Theme: When Evening comes
There is something special about evening in the summertime. Mostly cause you are able to be outside later in the (most of the time) balmy night. Darkness never really hit up here in Alaska, and it generates this specific kind of feeling about summertime. My summers at my summerhouse were similar, but different of course. Light evenings, even though it was 11pm. You can go so much further during your hikes, you don't really seem to get tired. I know I have showed you similar pictures to this one below before. But I do love the ability to be able to experience this here. And to be able to feel the calm of the nature.
Also having a campfire, being able to bbq or make smores, and just be relaxed and think about how lucky you are.
Seeing the mountains shine in the evening sun is amazing.
Or just stop and realize how beautiful the world is. How lucky I am to be able to see all this through all the different seasons.
Lakes, Mountains, Colors everything looks so beautiful in the evening light.
Even in the bitter cold winter, the evening light is really beautiful.
And of course, fall with all the majestic colors.
Hope your weekend was amazing with lots of beautiful evening feelings!