Crops & Clips: Alaska!

My weekly potpourri gathered from the archives features... Alaska!

CRITTERS: No lack of interesting furry, feathery and finny creatures, all seen in the wild* during various trips to Alaska:

Horned Puffin in Resurrection Bay, out of Seward (June, 2011):



Sea Otter in Ketchimak Bay, out of Homer (June, 2011):



Harbor Seals out of Ketchikan (June, 2014):



A Common Redpoll in Talkeetna (June 2011):



Black Bear eating grass, out of Ketchikan (June 2014):



Had to dig deeply in the archives to find this scanned photo of a Grizzly (Alaskan Brown Bear) in Denali National Park that I took with my little 35 mm film camera before I even knew about DSLR (August, 1996). Note that the poor bear has had an encounter with a Porcupine and its face is full of quills. I wonder whether it survived:



*OK, I lied about only including photos from the wild. This bear was in Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois (August, 2009). I had to show my picture to SOMEONE!



Linking to Misty's  CAMERA CRITTERS,

Linking to Eileen's SATURDAY'S CRITTERS,

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FENCES: Look closely-- there is a railing, it should qualify.

My photo "oil painting" of an old boat in Hoonah, June, 2014 (click on photo for enlarged images):



There just aren't many fences in wide-open Alaska, but this one is keeping our granddaughters safe, so maybe this will do (June 2014):



Linking to GOOD FENCES by Tex (Theresa). 

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SKYWATCH: Departing Ketchikan on a gray day (June 2014):



Much nicer sky view from the moving train (June 2014):



Linking to SKYWATCH FRIDAY by Yogi, Sylvia and Sandy

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REFLECTION: View from the Alaska Railroad train from Denali to Anchorage-- pardon the blur in the foreground as the train wouldn't stop for me! (June 2014)



Linking to WEEKEND REFLECTIONS by James