May 10, 2013: Springtime is Slow to Arrive in Juneau, Alaska...

May 10, 2013:

The temperature actually reached a delightful 74 degrees 
in Juneau, Alaska today...

Young bald eagle soaring overhead...

March 7, 2013: Three Ravens Overlooking the Valley in Juneau, Alaska...

March 7, 2013: 

Three ravens  in the valley 

overlooking Lemon Creek 

perched in evergreen trees in Juneau, Alaska...

January 9, 2013: Pink-Hued Mountaintop through Evergreen Trees...

January 9, 2013: 

A view of a pink-hued mountaintop 

in the Lemon Creek Valley

through Evergreen Trees 

taken through my dining room window 

at 4:30 p.m. Alaska Standard Time (AST)
in Juneau, Alaska...

August 5, 2012: A Day Sport Fishing and Sightseeing with Family in Juneau, Alaska...

August 5, 2012: 

A day sport fishing and sightseeing 

with family in Juneau, Alaska...

My husband and I heading out of Tee Harbor
with my 87-year-young father in law in his boat...

We decided to jig for fresh herring and got lucky,
here are the first four...

A bright and shiny live herring...

Live herring swimming in a bucket
of fresh saltwater (we ended up with about 20)...

The sun was definitely trying to burst
through the cloud layer,
although no such luck...

My first-ever halibut
I reeled in, it was a whoppin' 20 pounder...

A striking
Quillback Rockfish...

Black Oystercatchers
flying around the boat...

The F/V Spirit
hauling quite the load...

A Pigeon Guillemot
(not a duck, but an alcid - seabird related to puffins)
that breed on coasts and islands in southern Alaska...

Whale watchers
heading out...

The whale watchers should have stayed,
as we had a great view of a couple Killer Whales
right after they passed by...

Killer Whale (Orca) surfacing while feeding on herring
and I'm sure in search of MY King Salmon...

A great day out on the water with family,
time to head back to town...

On our drive to town
we luckily came upon this beautiful doe in
the Brotherhood Park wetlands...

We stopped by to view how many
Chum were heading up Lemon Creek to spawn
and they were in abundance...

Another great day in our lovely town of
Juneau, Alaska

July 28, 2012: Sheep Creek out at Thane Road in Juneau, Alaska...

July 28, 2012: 

Views from Thane Road 

and the Sheep Creek area 

in Juneau, Alaska

(the final of three creeks we visited today)...

A commercial fishing vessel
arriving via Gastineau Channel
as viewed from a Thane Road lookout area...

Another commercial fishing vessel
just off the shoreline of Sandy Beach in South Douglas
as viewed from Thane Road...

Sheep Creek bustling
with Chum Salmon in their
attempt to make it upstream
to their spawning ground...

Viewing Sheep Creek and its waterfall
to the east
from the bridge...

What an amazing sight,
I've never seen so many spawning Chum Salmon...

The Alaska Quest heading home
via Gastineau Channel
to Juneau, Alaska...

The Carnival Spirit
cruise ship
departing Juneau via Gastineau Channel...

Watch this particular
Chum Salmon (in the next two photographs as well),
it sure has diligence...

A fun outing viewing the local sites,
and to end it by watching wild and delicate Daisies
blowing in the wind