Several years ago I worked as a groundskeeper at the Birch Hill Cemetery here is Fairbanks. (Under-employed artists end up working all sorts of interesting jobs.) I was removing some rotten boards around one...
While taking the photo of the yarrow calyxes several days ago, I saw this on the forest floor beneath the yarrow plant. A spider has spun a funnel-shaped web among the dead leaves and...
It seems that every year one of two old houses, silent testaments to the early years of Fairbanks, burn down, or are torn down to make way for a four-plex or office, or (shudder)...
I was out taking photographs and came across this lovely stalk of common yarrow (Achillea millefolium). What you are looking at are the calyxes (plural of calyx), left after the seeds have dispersed....
Some people say there are two seasons in Fairbanks–Winter and Construction. We are now entering construction season, and work is commencing on improvements to Illinois Avenue and the approach to the new Barnette Street...
Paper Birch Prickly Rose It’s official! In an article in today’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the National Weather Service said that this past Thursday afternoon was when “greenup” happened. Ned Rozell, a science writer for...
Olnes is pretty much just a spot on the map these days. It is about 20 miles north of Fairbanks along the Elliott Highway. A sign there (dating back to at least 1990)...
Here are some photos I took a few days ago of vintage tractors in the mining valley at Pioneer Park. Allis Chalmers HD7 Cletrac Model 15 Caterpillar Twenty-eight Caterpillar Sixty Fordson F Trackson Fordson...
The native species garden in my front yard is starting to green-up, but these larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) seed pods still stand tall in the flower bed nearest the house. The pods have opened and...
While researching on the web about colorblind artists, I came across a post in which an art student (who was partially colorblind) asked if he could be successful if he just produced black and...
