My walk to work this morning

Anchorage was windy last night. I didn't deviate much from my regular path to work in order to get these photos. Later, Stormo told me the flag pole on the Parkstrip went down. What a site that must have been!

Slade366 Ping Pong Master!

NEW KID!


This kid has decided that he wants to hang out with us at Alaska Teen Media Institute. Very cool. :D

Insure this man!

When I woke up this morning and read Julia O'Malley's "Alfredo's last drive" in the Anchorage Daily News, I got a little spritz of inspiration. I need to write more!

This story is one your mom would want to smack you for writing if Alfredo was your neighbor. Probably because you should mind your own business or some nonsense.

I've fallen in love with Alfredo in the last ten minutes. No wonder his lady, Pacita, has been with him for 52 years.

Julia, thank you for this honest story.

Alaska Glacial Mud Co.

SLIDESHOW

Alaska Glacial Mud Co. from Rosey Robards on Vimeo.

I sat down with Lauren at Orca Bookstore in Cordova, AK and she told me about her lil' mud company. Inspiring!

Free time in Tatitlek Part II

Emily, 10, was visiting Tatitlek for Cultural Heritage Week. She and her friends were catching bullheads down at the beach, it's what they like to do for fun in the summer.

Free time in Tatitlek

Alaska Geographic sent me to Tatitlek, Alaska in Prince William Sound last week and this is a lil' slide show that a student and I put together. These kids are true Alaskans. There are no leaves on the trees yet but they are jumping into the ocean.

Let me get a word in

KENDAL TAKES THE MIC (Chevak, Alaska)

ehem...

I wouldn't typically recommend going to the Woodshed in Anchorage. In fact, I don't think I am right now. BUT The Moon Knights are back in Anchorage and they happen to be playing a show there this weekend. I've gone out to see them two weekends in a row at Bernies and it has been a good time. :)

And for you twitter junkies.

THE MOON KNIGHTS

Snowmen on the strip

natural light love
Photo by Brian Adams

Alaska photographer and friend Brian Adams posted a few shots he got on his way home the other day. Lucky guy to catch these snowmen in such a nice light. Check out his blog for more of his work!

The Old Believers

Two kids from Kenai, Alaska, Nelson Kempf and Keeley Boyle, make up The Old Believers, a duo that is getting some attention from Portland, their new homebase. NPR did a lil write up.

Photo By Mozzchops

The Ave is poppin'

So, there is this guy, Ziggy. He has a video camera outside his shop, which happens to be next to the Avenue Bar in Anchorage. He catches people peeing and puking on his doorstep and then posts the videos to his YouTube channel. But the post I like best is this one. He has condensed three hours of traffic outside the bar into two minutes. It is testimony to how popular the Avenue has become. Conan, an Avenue bartender, once said, "Rosey, you remember when there would be three people in here?" Now look.

ZIGGYVISION - 06/22/08

COLD

We are all ready for it to be over. Fifteen degrees would be brilliant. As it is, while I'm outside, all I can concentrate on is getting from one warm place to the other. From my cozy kitchen to the heated car. Then, from the car to my desk at work with a cup of tea. There is hardly a minute to look around. But when I do look around, I realize there is a beauty in 15 below. Luckily, there are people like Marc Lester at the Anchorage Daily News who have the strength and supply of hand warmers to document it for us. His audio slide show says everything that needs to be said about this cold time in Anchorage.

COLD SNAP EXCURSION by Marc Lester

Duck and cover!

So, I went to go drop off my summer tires at my mom's house this morning and was greeted by a very vocal duck. Shouldn't all the ducks have hit the road by now? It came right up to me and poked by feet with its beak. I think it was trying to eat my toes.

DUCK


I called the bird treatment center and they said I should catch it in a towel, put it in a box and bring it to them. Well, this is what it looked like when I tried to do that.

ANGRY DUCK

So, I kind of gave up on the idea.

Oh, sweet summer in Denali.

So, it is snowing. I'm dreading the line to get my snow tires put on and dreaming of the warm sun on my back. Then I remembered this slide show the kids at work put together after our trip to Denali National Park in July. I don't think I ever shared it.

DENALI SLIDESHOW

Power Animal farewell to Mindy Kim Graham

Sketch by Lee Post

As all you who love Mindy know, she is leaving soon for Baltimore to become a scientist. We are having one last Power Animal bash over at the apartment for her on Friday Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. Wear your Power Animal shirt and with our forces combined we will wish her a safe journey!

POWER ANIMALS!

Beau Bodnar the 'moose whisperer'

Photo by Terri Semmler

Oh my goodness, did you guys see this! I can't believe no one called to inform me.

According to a Daily News article today, Beau Bodnar of JEB is a "freaking crazy" moose whisperer.

"We just can't leave a moose like that running amok in the neighborhood." -Rick Sinnott

More like, we can't have a Beau Bodnar like that running amok in the neighborhood.

Moose hunting!

ABBEY ROAD II


Cory Branan and his first moose sighting in Anchorage. We went out yesterday and found this one out past the airport.

ABBEY ROAD