Date: March 6, 2010
Official Sunrise @: 7:43 Photograph Taken @: 7:51
Temperature: 25° Wind: None
Photographer: Ron Day Camera Used: Canon G9
I walked out to the bluff to take this morning’s sunrise picture but their wasn’t one. Just dull grayness where the mountains should have been.
Not pretty.
Instead I found this Chickadee(?) breakfasting on a brick of Suet I’d placed on a birch tree a while back. It didn’t seem very frightened of me, let me walk up close to photograph it while it ate, so I decided to use it for today’s picture.
His name is Smitty.
We’re supposed to have more snow today and tomorrow and it looks as if that might be true. It will be nice for the Iditarod racers and their dogs to have some real winter weather for once as they begin this year’s ”Last Great Race”.
Highs near 35° for south-central Alaska with lows near 12°. Not quite spring weather, yet.
Tomorrow’s Alaska At Sunrise post will be delayed somewhat as I leave the house early in the morning to attend the Iditarod re-start in Willow, Alaska.
Have a great Saturday, everyone.
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“I would love to just runaway….and forget about these conservative people in Alaska!”
~Facebook Comment from March 5, 2010~
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Two More Photos From Washington D.C.
Yesterday I received an e-mail from my friend Cindi containing two group photos taken in Washington D.C. last week as they attended a Chiropractic Convention there. They all looked so pretty and handsome in these pictures that I just had to post them. It’s obvious they truly enjoyed their brief stay at our nation’s Capitol.
From left: Dr. Hediger, Dawn, Cindi, Becky, Dr. Martin, Kimber, Debbie, David.
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From left: David, Debbie, George, Dawn, Becky Cindi. George, a well known Washington figure, was their impromptu tour guide, taking time out of his schedule to spend an entire afternoon showing them through the capitol building. Afterwards he used his own car to drive them to a nice restaurant where he had dinner with the Alaskan group, including Dr. Martin.
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I sell more photographs at Fine Art America
I received word this morning that two more of my photographs have sold from my gallery at Fine Art America.
Fired Up was sold as an 8″ x 12″ framed print and Laced In Apricot was sold as an10″ x 20″ framed print.
My sincere thanks goes out to the buyers of these prints.
Fired Up
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Laced In Apricot
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2010 Iditarod
The 2010 Iditarod dogsled race begins today with a ceremonial start in Anchorage , Alaska. Seventy-two mushers and their dog teams are set to race 1,150 miles through the heart of Alaska, reaching Nome and the finish line a little more than a week from today.
Tomorrow, Sunday, a re-start of the Iditarod will take place in Willow, Alaska. From there the racers will begin their real journey through Alaska and it’s sometimes cruel weather and landscape. I will be in Willow to photograph the re-start and will be posting pictures here on “Alaska At Sunrise” beginning Monday morning, possibly Sunday night if I return home early enough.
The weather looks to be quite wintry for tomorrow’s re-start, with snow and cold in the forecast. It should be great weather for photography and I hope to have some interesting “Real Alaska” type photos for you to enjoy.
