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Fireweed, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Let me say thanks for all the nice comments on my last post.  Even though most of the comments and my responses are now gone, I was able to read them and really appreciate it.  I had a problem with an update to my blog and had to revert to a backup that was a day or two old so unfortunately I lost a lot of the comments.

By the way, this is another photo from this past week out in the amazing Chugach National Forest.  Unfortunately I didn’t get the light I did in the last photo, but I still thought it was a pretty scene.

So, as if it wasn’t hard enough keeping up with the blog, Facebook and Twitter, there now is another contender in the online social world, Google +.  I started playing around with Google + earlier this week, if you are already there let me know so that I can add you to my circle.  If you aren’t there, but are interested, let me know and I can send you an invite.  Here is my Google + page.

Looks like I may be on the road for a few days – hopefully I will have some new stuff once I return.

Chugach National Forest near Seward, Alaska.

I looked out the window at 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning and conditions were looking pretty good for a colorful sunrise as there was a gap near the horizon to the North.  At 4:30 a.m., my lack of sleep paid off as I was rewarded with this beautiful morning!

Because the mountains extend so far to the Northwest and Northeast, we rarely see colorful sunrises or sunsets around here in the summer – the rising / setting sun just doesn’t have the needed gap to illuminate the underside of the clouds.  Our best skies usually happen in the winter when the sun is rising and setting to the South over the ocean.  What a treat!

Black bear sow in a tree, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

So why was this black bear sow up in a tree last week?  Because she had three cute little spring cubs further up the tree above her – below is one of the three, they were sure cute!

Black bear cub, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Cynthia and Susan in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Here is a quick snap from my phone of a couple of members from the film crew I worked with last week, and will be working with some more over the summer – we had a really great time!  We spent time in Seward, Cooper Landing, Portage and Girdwood, hiking trails and photographing landscapes and wildlife.

Field of lupine, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Well I’m off for the next week to work with a video crew for a production on a place a know well – the Chugach National Forest.  This morning at 4:00 a.m. I am beginning by taking them at this field for sunrise – could be beautiful!  So, if you don’t hear from me in a week or so, you will know why.