My front yard is a native-species garden. Fortunately, may of the wildflowers appearing there are volunteers, sown by the wind and birds. Siberian Asters (Aster sibiricus Linnaeus) are some of the volunteers. This year...
I noticed some Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale) poking up through my common juniper bushes this summer. The bedstraw has confined itself in years past to the highbush cranberries, but it looks just as lovely...
We stopped at Lake Louise on our recent road trip. This is a panorama taken from the dock at Lake Louise Lodge (six shots stitched together–it probably covers about 150 degrees). I had to...
I believe this is dwarf or resin birch (betula glandulosa). Resin birch and dwarf arctic birch (betula nana) are similar and can occupy the same habitat and cross-pollinate, so identifying them can sometimes be...
The Bunnell House as it looked in about 2000 The Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines (now the University of Alaska Fairbanks) got off to a slow and shaky start. Established in...
Blueberries–obviously We went blueberry picking this afternoon at our favorite spot near Olnes Pond along the Elliott Highway. There are plenty of blueberries this year (as opposed to last year’s dismal pickings). We also...
One last panorama from our recent Denali Highway trip. This is taken from the viewpoint at about Milepost 6.5, looking north. Sevenmile Lake is in the foreground. Summit Lake can be barely seen...
Here are a couple of pingos we saw along the Denali Highway. I think they were at about mile 49. Pingo is an Inuit (Northern Eskimo) word meaning hill. The term was borrowed...
The Denali Highway is amazing for its wide-open vistas. Here are some panoramas from my recent Denali Highway trip. About mile 17, looking north About mile 35, looking north About mile 70, looking south...
I was taking photographs of Shrubby Cinquefoil along Brushkana Creek when a solitary Arctic Sulpher butterfly (Colias palaeno) alighted on one of the blossoms. Soon another Sulpher came along and after a little urging...
