Beauty in Anchorage

As long as we're within 4.9 inches of having a record snowfall for the winter, we decided to enjoy the beauty around us. Here are some photos for you to enjoy. The first is the northern lights. Tuesday evening we drove to Point Woronzoff to see the northern lights. The recent solar flare increased aurora borealis activity and the sky was ablaze like I haven't seen for years. We didn't take these two photos-but we definitely saw the lights dancing across the sky. The first photo is of northern lights over Anchorage; the second is over Flattop mountain. I included this because some of you have hiked Flattop and can appreciate how much sky is visible from that vantage point.


Here's a snow snake resting in our back yard.

And two bald eagles standing sentry over the neighborhood.

Icicles hanging on evergreen trees. The heavy snowfall followed by sun created these icicles-I don't think I've ever seen these before. Several trees in our neighborhood were sporting icicles this week.

And, one more photo of the snow as seen in front of our house.

Here's to 128 inches of snow and counting!