Posts tagged #2013

Friday Theme - Six Month Checkup

Since me and W went to Chicago last Friday I completely forgot about the Friday theme. Some of the themes this year have been hard for me, and others I just haven't had time to sit down and write them. But one theme I do love is the six month checkup. Because you go through six months of your life, and present some pictures that you feel represent the different months and what you were doing then.

July:

July came and we finally had a real summer, with temperatures around 30 C frequently. It got that hot already in June too, which is pretty rare. Of course everyone were worried about the forest fires. But this year wasn't as bad as one would have thought. Although we did have a fire close to Fairbanks....but that one was caused by the military who had an artillery training during red flag...(no comments...)... so yeah that fire continued during the whole summer, along with a few others of course. The weather was hot, the mosquitos and black flies were really bad, and the smoke was pretty bad from time to time.

I always take pictures of the cats, this one on the left side is one of my favorites of Olive. The light was really special because of the smoke from the fire. And Tycho of course, above.

I also had a wonderful garden and made jam and pickles throughout the summer :)

I had long field days, early morning and late evenings

August:

In August it started to rain, and by the end of august a naked Fall had arrived. In early August i went down to Ninilchik to see Trampled by Turtles and Brandi Carlile. It was a typical Alaskan festival, with rain, Extra Tufs, and a little bit of sunshine.

As the leaves were turning colors temperature were starting to drop and the last leaves of the fireweed flowers were soon gone too. I shipped Olive to Madison and Tycho was wondering what happened to her. And then I got a full load of wood for the winter that was approaching.

September:

September came, and I went to Missoula and saw one of the most beautiful weddings ever! Such a beautiful location to have a wedding. I really want to move to Montana!!

In Fairbanks the temperatures had already dropped significantly [gallery type="slideshow" ids="1135,1390"]

October:

October arrived with Aurora of course

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November:

November arrived with snow, finally!! And colorful sunsets, and sunrises.

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December:

December came with freezing temperatures, but beautiful sunsets and sunrises, and Aurora again.

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And then I got to Madison and me and W adventured out to Chicago for some real spring weather, around 50 F!!

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Happy New year to you! Hope your year was as awesome as mine!

"Bite your Tongue, don't make a Scene Dear"

"Beautiful War"

I am on christmas holiday in Madison, WI, far far away from any mountain on the horizon. How I feel? Completely naked. You know as a photographer you are suppose to find the beauty in anything and everything, and I know that a lot of people love the pictures I take. I often tell my mom that anyone could take a picture like that, if they just had the opportunity. I think that is true. I have been here in Madison for more than a week now, and my camera still sits on the table at W's apartment. Untouched. Why? because I don't know what to take a picture of. The town? The lake? The cloudy sky? I realize how extremely lucky I am to be living in Alaska. While flying in over the midwest and Madison my stomach crunched. I looked down and wondered how it would go, how a mountain girl could possibly like this flat part of the world. There are beautiful sunsets here too, but the buildings get in the way, and W's apartment is far away from the lake, or just far enough. And W has been working and I have been at his work with him, all day, for more than a week now. So, I guess I haven't really created any photo opportunity. But I think it can grow on me, the city. I am from a city, a large city, so it shouldn't be too hard to get used to it again. And we haven't explored Wisconsin yet, and I am sure there are beautiful places. We just haven't had time to go there yet. We have until the beginning of January, when I go back to Alaska. We got a lot of things planned until then.

But, since I haven't taken any pictures yet, I will show you some pictures from Alaska. Also because I may or may not miss my Alaska.... Enjoy.

And of course, a couple of iphone pictures.. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="1653,1652,1654,1655,1656,1657,1658,1659"]

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Nature, Photography, Wisconsin and tagged Alaska Fun Happiness Madison Outdoors Photography Photography with Iphone Ski Skiing Sun Winter 2013 Sunrise Sunset Snow Nature Mountains.

Aurora again

I spent thanksgiving down south in Wasilla at my friends place. It usually doesn't get that cold down there but it got down to -10 F. We originally had plans to go out and get a christmas tree but decide to skip that because of the weather. The whole weekend was pretty relaxed and I really enjoyed just being able to hang out and not really do anything specific. My friends husbands family has an awesome house with a spectacular view. Truly mind blowing, and we went over there the other day and I took some pictures from their "yard". And of course if you know me, I love mountains so yeah, that is what I take pictures off, right of their porch basically:

Beautiful sunset:

When I got back to Fairbanks the temperature was around -29F, and I happened to see that the Northern lights were out again. So of course I had to take some pictures. Here is the cabin I live at with the Aurora, I have to admit it does look like a christmas tale, or what do you think?

Home sweet home: