Category Archives: Eyes Remain Open

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Clouds at our feet

Posted on Tue, 21 March 2006 by Mel Green

Clouds at our feetOriginally uploaded by yksin. We were first under clouds, then in deep fog, all the way up to our friend’s place on Rabbit Creek Road & Goldenview in south Anchorage. On other days, we look down from … Continue reading →

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Matanuska Valley farm and Pioneer Peak

Posted on Wed, 11 January 2006 by Mel Green

North of Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. 5 Apr 2003. A couple of years ago, my friend Chris & I went on a photo safari along in the Mat-Su one fine April day. What could be more cool breezier than that?

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Rocks in clear water

Posted on Mon, 9 January 2006 by Mel Green

This is how I’m feeling today: clear & clean. A cool breeze feeling (though it’s cold water in the picture). Among many things I’m reminded of by these rocks and the water over them, I am reminded of my mom, … Continue reading →

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Cut apple

Posted on Wed, 4 January 2006 by Mel Green

For our Thanksgiving apple pies. Anchorage, Alaska. 24 Nov 2005. A very tasty (& might I say very sexual) Fuji. Now that I’m watching my low vs. high glycemic index carbohydrates, these sweet beings are becoming a regular part of … Continue reading →

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Beaver dam on McDonald Creek

Posted on Wed, 23 November 2005 by Mel Green

Glacier National Park, Montana. 13 Nov 2003. Just a little over two years ago, I was in northwest Montana visiting my family, & one day took off with my brother Dave & sister-in-law Linda to Glacier Park. We didn’t go … Continue reading →

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Willow catkins & spruce

Posted on Tue, 22 November 2005 by Mel Green

St Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Arctic Boulevard, Anchorage, Alaska. 1 May 2005. In the dark of the year, it’s sometimes good to recall spring. I took this photo on a blustery Anchorage May day — on May Day … Continue reading →

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Café Felix

Posted on Mon, 21 November 2005 by Mel Green

Café Felix, next to Metro Music & Books, Anchorage, Alaska. 20 Nov 2005. Café Felix has become one of my Sunday writing venues. Great organic coffee, tea, & food — all their coffee is Fair Trade, too. Besides, it’s just … Continue reading →

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Tracks embedded in ice

Posted on Mon, 21 November 2005 by Mel Green

A sidewalk along Benson Boulevard, Anchorage, Alaska. 20 Nov 2005. In the past few days we’ve had snow, followed by freezing rain, followed by snow (lots of it!). And so our sidewalks are becoming… interesting. Sometimes impassible, at least for … Continue reading →

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Monkshood

Posted on Sun, 20 November 2005 by Mel Green

Near Glen Alps, Chugach State Park, just outside Anchorage, Alaska. 19 Jul 2003. This is Aconitum delphinifolium, a species native to Alaska. There are numerous monkshood species around the world. Also known as wolfsbane, monkshood is deadly poisonous — full … Continue reading →

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Field mint in winter

Posted on Fri, 18 November 2005 by Mel Green

Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska. 12 Feb 2005. Winter is not so spare a time of year as one may be tempted to think, when there is beauty like this to be seen. Follow this photo to the comments on it … Continue reading →

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