Tagged: winter

Creeping juniper in fading winter light

The Fairbanks area received three to four  inches of new snow last night and today, one of the most significant snowfalls we’ve had this winter. Here is a photo of a creeping juniper (Juniperus...

Found Art – Iron and Snow

I’m always on the look-out for the broken or forgotten implement, that by its juxtaposition in the natural world makes a statement to me. I found this whatchamacallit next to the power plant downtown....

Drawing of raven tree along College Road

There is an ancient birch tree along College Road near the fairgrounds here in Fairbanks. The top of the tree long ago broke off, and the lowest branches are missing. (The lower branch in...

Winter Chiaroscura–Fairbanks, Alaska

  I took these photos yesterday after a light dusting of snow. They show the bluff at the base of College Hill at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The bluff overlooks the Chena River...

Fairbanks life–moose in my back yard

The moose are back. Every year towards the end of winter, as the snow piles up in the hills and food sources diminish, many moose move down into the valleys and flatlands.  Some migrate...