Captain Cook State Park

Time-Lapse Homer Winter

Found on You Tube:

Break-Up

This is the pond of meltwater that has formed during the last two days at the corner of our property. The overnight temperatures have been above freezing and thawing is proceding by leaps and bounds. The culvert under the road at this point collapsed a decade ago and so the water is spilling over the road. In the picture, it covers about half of the road and is draining across into our other lot.

This is what spring look like in Alaska....

Kachemak Bay

It's been raining like it was summer since yesterday, which is making our snow cover rapidly disappear. And just like that, we have gone from late winter to break-up.

I stopped at the top of the bluff and took this picture on my way to work this afternoon.

Spring Sunset

Feeding the Birds

5 degrees, partly cloudy
About two-and-a-half feet of snow on the ground, 3-5 inches new




We started throwing seeds out a few weeks ago--mostly for the pheasants. The chickadees and nuthatches are not ground-feeders and are content with hanging feeders and the fat we put out for them. The gray jays have always found the cat food on the front porch very much to their liking.


But the last week or so has seen a huge influx of finches to our yard. Siskins and redpolls are crawling over the snow like so many ants, squabbling and fluttering and seemingly burning up more calories with their dust-ups than they gain from the seeds. They are, however, great fun to watch and the cats are much entertained.

A few juncos and even the long-absent grosbeaks have shown up as well. Despite their size, the grosbeaks seem shy and are easily frightened off by the smaller finches. They are beautiful to look at and to listen to. I wish I could keep birds but I suspect the ones I would like to keep aren't ones that do well in captivity.

August in June

Our wet, warm weather continues...

The sun peeked out a bit this morning, so I put Beebs and Twitch outside early on. Then--before I went to work--I spent a half-hour out in the yard and greenhouse, working with my flowers and herbs.