A Fat Old Lady Takes Up Climbing (On hiatus during a long cold, icy spell) Winter 2007 - 2008
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Unable to reach the mountain trailheads on those steep slippery roads, my dog and I continued hiking the trails in town. I enjoyed capturing the images with my camera, at least until it would freeze up. Click on any of the small photos to see a full-screen version, and don't miss the additional links below each month's thumbnails.

December '07
Click these links for more December '07 pix: Look directly into the sun, 12/1/07 A beautiful Turnagain Arm sunset View of rocky shore and distant mountains to the north Cloud formations over Kenai Mountains, with alpinglow A photographer on the beach records the scene Fire on ice: sunset over a frozen ocean inlet, 12/16/07 Kenai Mountains on the other side of a Turnagain Arm Redoubt Volcano silhouetted under a flaming orange sky Christmas Tree in a snowstorm Cranberry ornaments

January '08
More January '08 images: New Years Day sunset A freshwater overflow into the ocean, with colorful reflections, 1/1/08 Sunset the next day, along the Glenn Highway, Matanuska Valley Roadside view of Gunsight Mountain, near Eureka Summit, 1/3/08 Another very frosty scene from Eureka Summit, about twenty below zero A very close look at the thick frost Clear and cold in Anchorage too, 1/6/08 Odd-looking icicles in Campbell Creek Frosty branches overhang the late afternoon sky Cityview from West High overlook, 1/12/08 Spruce trees, all dressed up for a party Blue and White, trees against the sky Male Common Redpoll, in a spruce tree, 1/22/08 Light plays through a Chester Creek scene, 1/26/08

February '08
More February views: The tide, covered with brash ice, recedes from the rocky shore, at Beluga Point Tides out on Turnagain Arm, with Kenai Mountains in the distance Puffs of clouds rush past a windswept mountain Sun peeking through a snowy woods Creek scene with a new layer of snow

Feb 24th

More BirdRidge Scenes: GoatsBeard seedpods View of the Seward Hwy headed south The tide is draining from Turnagain Arm Looking up at blue sky, rocks, and snow

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