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Time Out Bar in Anchorage for Monday Night Football and buds.

The Look

Slow down, anticipate and watch out for wildlife.

Window Sunset

We topped out at a warm plus 8 degrees today. Beautiful day breaking out of the cold. Clouds made for a colorful sunset looking west towards Pt. MacKenzie.

Wasilla Wonder Woman

One-shot wonder This is a good hunting story. Congratulations Lisa on your clean kill.

Hands across the water

Hands across the sea.

A Tribute to Veterans

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=205649&page=1

Froggy Lake

Wasilla Lake this afternoon was covered in fog. (Not frogs)

We all woke up to a blanket of snow today! Yeah! About 5 inches and twas beautiful to see.

How to get a drift boat out of the river

Video taken May 29, 2009 on the Kasilof River by FishTaxi.

Alaska Fishing Lodge Jimmie Jack's Lodge Kenai, Alaska

Growing Boy

Is it Soup Yet?

This was a quick, easy and tasty soup I made tonight.

4 cups of water

2 Knorr Caldo de Tomate

(Tomato Bouillon)

The cubes are huge, 8 to a package. I see a lot of variations with this bouillon in the future. Made this soup with what I had on hand.

Bring cubes to a low boil to dissolve. Smelled good already and a spoonful told me I was in for a treat. I added a half a package of Buitoni Chicken & Prosciutto Tortelloni and lowered the flame to a simmer til el dente. A couple of handfuls or more of fresh spinach rounded out the soup to the bowl.

Hot and filling for a quick winter supper.

Close to Home

Anchorage Marine receives military honors

The U.S. Marine Corps performs plane-side military honors Monday for Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, as his body arrives at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Cpl. Fleury, a Service High graduate, was one of four Marines who died in a helicopter collision in Afghanistan Oct. 26.

This one hit me hard. Harder than all the rest. Semper Fi soldier. Your mother, family and friends are proud of their brave warrior. No words, actions or compromises on this day. Our world has grown smaller.

Fallen soldiers gallery

Moose Corridor

Location: Wasilla

Case number: 09-98087

Type: MVC-D

Text: On 10-31-2009, at approximately 1828 hours, Alaska State Troopers responded to the area of Plumley Road and Butte Road for a report of a motor vehicle collision. Investigation revealed that Ann F. Nelson, age53 of Palmer, was traveling eastbound on Plumley Road in her 2009 Hyundai Tuscon when she collided with a moose that ran into the roadway. No injuries were reported. Nelson was wearing her seat belt at the time of the collision. The vehicle is estimated to be a total loss.

Author: RLM1 Received Sunday, November 01, 2009 1:01 AM and posted Sunday, November 01, 2009 1:03 AM

Location: Delta Junction

Case number: 09-96072

Type: Motor Vehicle Accident-moose

Text: On 10-25-09 at approximately 0847 hrs, Troopers received a report that a calf moose was found dead along at mile 1394 Alaska Highway.

Investigation revealed that an unknown vehicle collided with the calfmoose.

The calf moose died on scene.

A charity was contacted to harvest the calf moose.

No further investigation.

Author: JGH1 Received Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:27 AM and posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:47 AM

And bears too!

Location: Wasilla

Case number: 09-97469

Type: MVC-D

Text: On 10/29/09 at approximately 2000 hours, Alaska State Troopers responded to mile 50.5 of the Parks Hwy for a report of a motor vehicle collision with a bear. Investigation revealed that Trooper Gary Cox, 48of Palmer, struck a black bear while traveling eastbound on the Parks Hwy in his 2008 Ford Crown Victoria patrol car. A 1999 Dodge Dakota traveling westbound on the Parks Hwy driven by Wayne Turner, 46 of Houston, ran over the black bear that was now lying in the roadway. Following behind the Dodge Dakota, a 2000 Subaru Forester traveling westbound on the Parks Hwy driven by Abigail S. Sheppard, 34 of Houston, ran over the black bear as it lay in the roadway. All occupants in the vehicles reported wearing their seatbelts and reported no injuries. The patrol vehicle sustained approximately $600 in damage. No damage was sustained to the other vehicles involved.

Author: RJS5 Received Friday, October 30, 2009 7:30 PM and posted Friday, October 30, 2009 7:51 PM

Data compiled from the Alaska Public Information Office.

Kiss in the Parking Lot & Icy Lips

Been having a little car trouble lately. Has something to do with the battery connections. Pulled up into Fred's parking lot and went in and got beer and trash bags. Came out and snapped this pic of two vehicles kissing in the parking lot. Then my van didn't start. I opened the hood and banged on the battery cables. No juice.

Called a friend and he said he was in Palmer and could be there in 30 minutes. I was boxed in anyway and waited for whoever was next to me to move so theres was room for a jump. When they pulled out next to me I filled the space with shopping carts to block any incoming vehicles without jumper cables.

Then some kids pulled up and moved the shopping carts. I asked them not to park there because a friend was coming to give me a jump. Being Alaskan, they had jumper cables. And gave me a jump.

I will be going to Napa tomorrow and getting new battery cables and maybe a new battery. Can't be dead in the water in the winter anywhere.

Ice on the lips of Wasilla Lake.

Toy Weapon

"Drive it like you stole it" below the back windshield. Wasilla garners a whole new catagory for cool cars, trucks and all the gear. Snapped this pic at the stoplight on the Parks Hwy & Main Street. To the right crosses the Alaska Railroad tracks onto Knik-Goose Bay Road. I will have to venture out that way sometime. Come along for the ride.

My new ride

Hairs Up in a Bun

Whipping winds causing one foot plus waves on Wasilla Lake. No wonder buns are so popular around here. Constant winds off the Matanuska Glacier whirling around. Whats a girl to do?

Finger Lake

Finger Lake is off of Bogard Road in Wassila. Stopped by there today on my way back from a job to reminess the time years ago I fell into Finger Lake. It was early spring and there was still ice floating around. I was on a little blow up raft that had a big leak and there was water on the bottom so I sat on the edge to not get my butt wet. I was tied off to some friends in a canoe and we were heading to the island in the middle of the lake to bbq. A little wave and a little wind tipped me over backwards into the cold lake. Luckily, a friend in the canoe, held the raft upright when I came shooting up out of the water and I knew how to swim to shore. So much for not getting my butt wet at Finger Lake.

Winter Wheat & Acorn Squash

I made Acorn Squash tonight the way my mom likes to make it. Baked with sausage in the middle. A good meal in itself.

My roommate's son made himself a Dagwood sandwich instead. If you haven't tried Oroweats Winter Wheat bread it is really good. Small sized loaf so the "soon to be a Marine" made his a triple decker. With Wasabi Horseradish. He's tough.

Twisted

My analyst told me

That I was right out of my head

The way he described it

He said Id be better off dead than alive

I didnt listen to his jive

I knew all along

That he was all wrong

And I knew that he thought

I was crazy but Im not

Oh no

My analyst told me

That I was right out of my head

He said Id need treatment

But Im not that easily led

He said I was the type

That was most inclined

When out of his sight

To be out of my mind

And he thought I was nuts

No more ifs or ands or buts

They say as a child

I appeared a little bit wild

With all my crazy ideas

But I knew what was happening

I knew I was a genius...

Whats so strange when you know

That youre a wizard at three

I knew that this was meant to be

Now I heard little children

Were supposed to sleep tight

Thats why I got drank a fifth of vodka one night

My parents got frantic

Didnt know what to do

But I saw some crazy scenes

Before I came to

Now do you think I was crazy

I may have been only three

But I was swinging

They all laugh at angry young men

They all laugh at edison

And also at einstein

So why should I feel sorry

If they just couldnt understand

The idiomatic logic

That went on in my head

I had a brain

It was insane

Oh they used to laugh at me

When I refused to ride

On all those double decker buses

All because there was no driver on the top

My analyst told me

That I was right out of my head

But I said dear doctor

I think that its you instead

Because I have got a thing

Thats unique and new

To prove it

Ill have

The last laugh on you

cause instead of one head...

I got two

And you know two heads are better than one.

~Joni Mitchell "Twisted"

Early Jack O' Lanterns

These nice folks allowed me to take this picture. They carved these pumpkins around the first of October. After the warm fall we had the poor Jack O' Lanterns went droopy fast.

Man on Morgan

This Wasilla cowboy can roll his cigarette with one hand while riding a horse.

Goodbye Beer Stein

Going to miss you. Hope I can find as nice of stein as you were. Five years was long enough I guess. Once you started leaking you had to go.

Captain Tanner and my beer stein in its better days. Here is a close up at Sunrise at Lake Louise .

RIP beer stein.

Carter Park

On Lake Lucille today.

Nice weather for the mallards to stop and enjoy the sunshine on their way south.

Patrick Dean & Janssen Barnes

Scammed me good. The studio apartment I rented from them turned out to be the apartment they were renting and were behind on their rent. Patrick Dean took my first months rent and deposit, gave me the key and skipped out. Janssen Barnes stood by meekly while her con artist boyfriend took on the persona of the actual owner. Who was out of town helping a friend put on a roof. I realized I'd been scammed a couple hours after I'd cleaned the place and was moving in when my first visitor arrived. Another gal ready to move in. Turns out Patrick Dean and Janssen Barnes scammed 2 other people besides me and the owner.

Just putting this out there so nobody else gets scammed by these two scumbags.

Sud Ball

I've heard about these things. Rumor has it they fall out of the sky from over flying jet waste.

Not too far from this "sud ball " was a rose hip almost ready to seed.

Clean Clean Clean!

Swim Swim Swim! Jumped into the Wasilla pool today and the Pool Rules!!!

I am not available for work during lap swim time. So to do that and still make a living I'm cleaning houses.

"Have Bucket Will Travel"

Ocean Taxi

belindaschneider.wordpress.com/.../ocean-taxi/

Alaska Potpourri

Alaska Skies

Fall colors

Reader submitted photos to the Anchorage Daily News

Me and my gun

On a Clear Day

Wasilla Lake today makes a good new logo photo. Fate has it's way once again and I'm now living in the semi-big city of Wasilla.

The boy is looking to net small fish that hang around the edge of the Lake.

The Great One

Denali today, the tallest mountain on the north american continent.

Willow Bound

The cards are in my favor once again. Found a cute little studio in Willow and getting the hell out of Angerscreech. Like I said when I left Seattle 30 years ago "the city will always be here".

Fish Passage

Fish Creek on Big Lake

The grass is still green in Alaska. Savoring every last color on the landscape.

Alaska Bodybuilding

Amy Vinson. Congratulations on all your hard work! Soldotna lifters reign

Photos: Bodybuilding contest

Alaska Bodybuilding Fitness and Figure hosted the 21st Annual Anchorage Pro-Am Natural Championships, Oct. 3.

Creative Alaskan Cooks

Fresh Halibut with Spaghetti. Don't knock it til you try it.

Backyard Wildlife

Nobody was listening to me. The young big bull moose or Cooper the barking lab.

Equestrian Moose

October Moon

Beautiful warm fall day. Perfect night for a barbeque. Found these ribs on sale at Fred Meyers.

Coleslaw and beans on the side. Looks like they pair ribs up with french frys in St. Louis. They were good ribs and cheap!