Surpise~ Hallelujah Chorus ~ Extra Post

Hallelujah Chorus Quinhagak, Alaska

Click on the words (link) above. 

A must watch!  This video really shows a good picture of village life in Alaska.

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Happy New Year

We wish you and yours 

a happy new year!

Check back starting January 5th for new posts! 

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Lunar Eclipse Photos

 

 

Lunar eclipse photos that I took on the evening of December 20th.  This was the first time I photographed a lunar eclipse and the first time using my new camera at night.

Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

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Warmest of Chirstmas Greetings

May Christmas shine bright in your life!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

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Mid-Winter Sun

Mid-winter sunny day.

Photo credit goes to the oldest son.

Thanks!

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Words

In the day when words meant more than moving pictures, words could warm; they comfort and console the spirit.  Words could carry with them joy or be filled with languished love.  Beating all the heart can utter.  Words could bring with them the bitter tears of sadness and grief breathing the last breath of air we take.

Words that lament and weep, words filled with delight and bliss.

Words in the morning fill my day with sunshine and close my day in clarity and wisdom.

May your heart be filled with cheer and joy.  Share the words of love.

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Lunar Eclipse ~ Timetables

Alaska Standard Time

Central Standard Time

Eastern Standard Time

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Warm Winter Wishes

Time for a long winter nap snuggled deep in the covers while the dark cold world outside drifts along.  Time to dream of warm sandy beaches surrounded by salty waves.

May good company, good food and 

laughter fill your days with joy.

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High Noon

 

High noon out and about running errands this past Sunday.

-25 degrees F

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Current Weather in PAFA

METAR text: PAFA 152053Z 00000KT 10SM FEW200 M38/ A3042 RMK AO2 SLP327 T1383 51016

Conditions at: PAFA (FAIRBANKS, AK, US) observed 2053 UTC 15 December 2010

Temperature: -38.3°C (-37°F)

Dewpoint: missing

Pressure (altimeter): 30.42 inches Hg (1030.2 mb) [Sea-level pressure: 1032.7 mb]

Winds: calm

Visibility: 10 or more miles (16+ km)

Ceiling: at least 12,000 feet AGL

Clouds: few clouds at 20000 feet AGL

Weather: no significant weather observed at this time

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Parking Lot Feast

 

Ravens hang out in the parking lots and scavenge for food in discarded containers.

Average sight for us, these birds are fun to watch.

Photos taken with my small camera next time I will carry the big guns and get some better shots.

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Raven

Stogy or pretzel ?

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Lemon-Lime Goodness

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Friday Quiz

Can you find x?

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Lunar Eclipse ~ Heads Up

~ Changed photo to reflect Alaska Standard Time ~

I have just been informed by a dear friend of mine that there is going to be a lunar eclipse on December 21st.  It's a two-fer ~ a lunar eclipse and winter solstice!

Check out the following web links for more information:

NASA Eclipse Web site http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html

MrEclipse.com

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2010 University Physics Competition ~ Results

Do you remember the post for 2010 University Physics Competition that the oldest participated in, well his team placed and earning themselves and UAF a bronze medal.

Cornerstone December 6th issue ~ scroll down to the grants and awards section:

Marc Kirschner, Levi Overbeck and Andrew Winkelman, all physics undergraduate students, earned a bronze medal in the 2010 University Physics Competition for their work to solve the problem of atmospheric braking of a satellite entering the atmosphere of Neptune. The students worked for 48 straight hours to reach their solution.

Way to go kid!

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AIES

To everyone at AIES,
Have fun at the Chicago convention!

That's my Pops driving the Zurn 150 plot combine!

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Cold December

Cold December

By Matt Costa

I loved trains ~ then I discovered airplanes!

Enjoy

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Sun Dogs and Clear Cold Skys

The cold weather has moved in and life in Fairbanks is back to a normal winter, which it can be comforting to have normalcy albeit the below zero weather does makes my toes cold just thinking about having to go outside.  The midday sunshine has been great and my office is bright making up for the fact that the sun sets at 3:00 p.m.

Enjoy the beginning of the holiday season, may your heart be filled with love &  joy.

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Reason

Can a higher calling or stronger purpose in the dark be found?  Can we see something other than the infinite darkness in the abyss when we look out our windows?  Is the light of the waning moon enough to guide our way?

Don't let the cold that seeps into the window reach your heart.  Winter can chill our world but don't let it discourage your heart.  The darkness will lift and your raison d'etre will be renewed.

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raison d'etre (ray-zon det-tra) ~ reason or justification for existence

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Yucca ~ Look Hunny a Yucca

 

Girl In The War

by Josh Ritter

Gotta love the yucca and this song!

Enjoy!

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Take Me Away

Sneak in and take me away for I have lived long enough in this place of lonely long shadows. Where my days are spent in restless slumber drifting from one dream to the next without a thought or the will to care.

Open quietly the door to the new.  A new place filled with sunshine, summer breezes and bees that buzz from one clover flower to the next.

Sneak in and render my heart a new.  Carry me away.  Warm my heart with your rays and light my days with your love.

Sneak in and take me away.

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