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May 23, 2011: DAY 5: Our 2011 Spring King Salmon Derby Days in Juneau, Alaska...

May 23, 2011:

Our fifth day fishing the Spring king Salmon Derby the month of May in Juneau, Alaska from our skiff (Great fishing and viewing wildlife on a beautiful day)...

Early morning bite was on, and I was the first to land this nice King Salmon...

And, our luck continued - Max landed another shortly thereafter...

Max posing with his catch of the morning...

The herring were in abundance during most of the derby days in Tee Harbor, although not as much as we saw today...they were flipping everywere, so the Pigeon Guillemots (not a duck, but an alcid - seabird related to puffins) that breed on coasts and islands from southern Alaska were prevalent everywhere today...

These Pigeon Guillemots are so graceful...

An action shot of a Pigeon Guillemot taking flight...

The sunrise is just beginning...

This quaint cabin simply evokes serenity...

The sunrise from inside Tee Harbor on this beautiful morning...

I was lucky to capture such a close-up of a herring jumping out of the water inside Tee Harbor (you can actually see its eye ;)...

A stunning and beautiful morning...

Killer Whales approaching - there goes the fishing, and instead, bring on the whale watching...

Killer Whales feeding on schools of herring...

The Killer Whales were really thrashing about...

This huge Whale was attempting to get away from the Killer Whales, so it entered Tee Harbor and ended coming up just a few feet in front of our skiff...

Numerous Killer Whales having a feeding frenzy on herring...

Last sighting of Killer Whales and a Whale, so we're on our way to the beach at Tee Harbor to start the drive home...

We happened upon a young Black Bear along the roadside (it's still shedding its winter coat)...

The Black Bear decided to head back into the brush...

It decided to give us one last look...further on we saw two deer as well (nice huge bucks), although the photographs turned out too blurry due to many other vehicles passing by while attempting to capture pics of them...

January 9, 2010: MY FATHER IN LAW IS TALENTED...VIEW A COUPLE OF HIS "BEAR BREAD" ARTWORK PIECES BELOW...

January 9, 2011:

My husband Max found this "Bear Bread" under the damp, fall canopy of Southeast Alaska's rainforest where the fungi proliferate during his last hunting trip in Southeast Alaska. This spectacular-looking fungus, after it was harvested was heavy with moisture, so we dried it out until it was very light in weight, and then his father Ralph painted this exquisite scene...what talent!

Backside...

Front side...

(Ralph Mielke's bear bread paintings, and prints of his original oil paintings

can be viewed and purchased at this local establishment in Juneau, Alaska: http://www.homespunmercantile.com/)

This is the finished painting by my father in law on the
bear bread once it sufficiently -
what talent he has...

This is another specimen of "Bear Bread"
that is is a work-in-progress
by Ralph who let me in his studio
to snap a photograph ~
I just love the feelings these paintings evoke -
notice the cabin off to the right...

Winter 2010: Locally, the latest successful deer hunt in Southeast Alaska by the Hubs and his Son...

November 2010:

My husband Max went hunting with his Son Matt for the day the last weekend this month at their secret spot in Southeast Alaska ~ They didn't kill a huge monster buck, although this one will definately do. Max says, "Meat on the table" and "The big ones always get away"...

I found that this photograph was featured on 8-23-11 at: http://www.huntinghunters.net/blog/?wpmp_switcher=mobile

Summer 2010: What beauty we are so blessed to witness when viewing wildlife while living in Southeast Alaska...

Graceful and elegant creatures are the deer here in Juneau, Alaska,
and it appears that this particular one is seemingly comfortable,
albeit a bit curious with its surroundings
during last summer in 2009...