Found art – rusting pipe and fittings
I was walking downtown by the Big I Pub earlier today. There is a large pile of rusting cast iron pipe, fittings and machine parts behind the building and the early morning sun was...
Tagged: Alaska
Chena River lagoon in Hamilton Acres – 9-6-14
This is a gorgeous “Indian Summer’ weekend in Fairbanks–sunny with daytime temperature up around 60 degrees. I took this photo at the end of Hamilton Avenue in Fairbanks.
Snowy Eagle Summit on August 30th, 2014
Drove up the Steese Highway to Central this morning. The heavy frost I thought I saw on the heights of Eagle Summit turned out to be fresh snow! Snow was all melted by the...
Fairbanks Exploration Company’s pump house –a watering hole of a different sort
Pump House Restaurant in Fall 2013 The Pump House Restaurant is one of the premiere dining establishments in the Fairbanks area, but more than 80 years ago it began its life as a different...
Old farm tractors at Chena Hot Springs
We were up at Chena Hot Springs Resort yesterday and I took photos of the old equipment there. Here are three farm tractors on display. Ford Model T tractor conversion Ford Ferguson Allis Chalmers...
Misty morning at Birch Hill Cemetery – strawberry and rose leaves
I walked up to Birch Hill Cemetery this morning. It was misting and water drops were collecting on everything. Here are two photos I took.
Native cemetery at Circle – Summer 2014
I took this is a photo on a recent trip to Circle. It is a small Native cemetery beside the Steese Highway just outside of town. Circle began in 1894 as a supply...
Blueberry picking trip – 7-27-2014
Betsy and I tromped to our secret blueberry place yesterday. With all the recent rain I expected to find multitudes of berries, but there were no more than usual, perhaps ever a bit fewer....
Larkspur-leaf monkshood in my front yard
For several years I have thought there were a few larkspur plants lurking among my high-bush cranberries. Those plants actually bloomed this year and I discovered that instead of wild delphinium among my cranberries,...
Birch Hill Cemetery established to honor a wife’s last wish
Minnie Slater’s grave at Birch Hill Cemetery Antone “Tony” Zimmerman was a well-known miner in early Fairbanks. He is perhaps best-known, however, for developing and donating Birch Hill Cemetery to the Fairbanks community in...
