Eagle bold and proud
Surveying all from lofty high
Token of freedom
Spotted this bald eagle atop a boat’s mast while returning home from ladies retreat in Homer last Sunday. Perfect for Friday Haiku with Lou.
Category Archive:WOW!
October 11th, 2012 / Categories: Alaska, haiku, inspiration, Moose Nuggets, poetry, words, WOW! /
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Drips and drops add up
Rising creeks kiss banks goodbye
Rain obliterates
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Alaska’s SouthCentral region has been deluged with rain this week. We are okay here in PM land, but other places are not so lucky. Look at what is going on in Seward and tell me if YOU want to be that CAT driver? Yeah, me neither.
This Friday Haiku came pretty naturally as a result.
August 30th, 2012 / Categories: Alaska, haiku, I wanna go home!, inspiration, words, WOW! /
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Road trip! That’s what she
Said and we buckled up quick
Driving with Mama
Time for Friday Haiku with Lou. Join us, won’t you? Another challenge this week is Road Trip so it was on my mind. That one will come in time, too. Daughter, Lessa, and I love to road trip.
At summer’s end the house had been razed. The girls chatted.
“Janey, what will you say you did this summer?â€
“Just that I am so glad to be friends with you, especially now.â€
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Our weekend challenge from those novel trifecta editors was to finish what we started with the July 27th challenge. I had started a young adult mystery. As you can (I hope) imagine, LOTS must have gone on in between those 33 opening words and the above 33 closers.
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A favorite lunch time spot is on the Bluff overlooking the mouth of the Kenai River where it flows into Cook Inlet. On sunny days it is pleasant despite the ever present wind coming across the water.
We have an added benefit right now with the subsistence fishery taking place. For a short time people are allowed to go to the beaches with 6 foot dip nets. They can scoop up a number of Kenai Red Salmon to feed their families for the winter. It is a resident only fishery. Resident meaning Alaska resident – so we are inundated with Anchorage this time each year the fishery is open.
I love sitting on the bluff watching the seagulls wheel and harangue the bald eagles. (not sure why the eagles allow it – they are much bigger.) An added benefit this time of the year is listening to the tourists asking questions about the fishery, the area, etc. And, listening to “locals” as they answer. It can be quite entertaining.
Some pictures from yesterday. Hubbymoose and one of the granddaughters (known to the family as The Pup) brought lunch to share with me. They had been working in our overgrown back yard and needed a break. I took advantage of the time to get away from my stuffy office for a bit of fresh air and Vitamin D.
Yeah, she’s 13 – all gangly arms and legs (and taller than her “shorty” Gramma). This is how she acts whenever the camera looks like it is pointing at her – quickly she goes into motion and then ducks – repeatedly.
Sometimes, however . . . .
I get ONE grand shot of her. A bit blurry, but you see above what I was contending with in order to get it.
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And, this is what we saw from our lofty perch:
See why I love living here?