Failed to find anything Calvin & Hobbes-ish.

Also, may switch back to my Canon point-and-shoot from Michael’s Nikon point-and-shoot. Maybe me, but it seems my pics are extra blurry. Boo!

something that makes you think of Calvin & Hobbes

grass

fungi

summer fruit

lazy

Why YES, I did just get a new lens for my DSLR! 50mm portrait lens. You like it? And he was especially lazy today. Didn’t even greet me when I got home from work. I come up upstairs and he gives me a look of, “Oh. You again.”

Okay slackers! Are you ready for this weeks scavenger hunt?

(crickets)

Well. Fine then. I’ll do it without you all if that’s how you’re going to be!

Today’s items:

grass
fungi
summer fruit
lazy
something that makes you think of Calvin & Hobbes

Got it?

Post links to your pictures in the comments!

We did noting particularly picturesque following the visit to Seward. We went to visit Jim, and went out for beers with Redrummy but then Tania headed back home because the next day our cruise started.

Although you fly into Anchorage, for the cruise you leave from Whittier. Whittier is an isolated, deep water port that was once a secret Naval base. How secret? First, the place is usually covered in fog. Second, until 2000, the only ground transportation was via train, through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.

So, did they build a new road into Whittier? Nope. They just modified the existing train tunnel so cars can also drive through it. And by also, I mean that the tunnel is one lane, so everyone–cards and trains–take turns waiting to get through the tunnel. The schedule is posted (and strictly adhered to) so you can time your arrival so you don’t have to wait too long, but still, you are driving through an unfinished train tunnel.

It was fascinating.

Whittier?

Well, despite the fact that the day was sunny when we left Anchorage, and even when we entered the tunnel, things were foggy and grey when we exited the tunnel.

The building in the background is an abandoned military complex.

So, at Whittier we boarded the cruise ship, had dinner, settled in, and the next day was really when the cruise portion of our vacation started.

The first full day at sea we were cruising Yakutat Bay.

One of the things I really liked about the cruise, was that there was a naturalist aboard, and when we went through these amazing areas, the naturalist spoke about what we were seeing. Additionally, at Glacier Bay National park, Park Rangers came aboard the ship, so the speakers broadcast not just the commentary of the naturalist, but also of rangers who work at the park, and were delighted to answer all questions about the glaciers and the park.

And I believe that I’ll pick up with Glacier Bay next Monday.

This list wasn’t horrible, except for the clashing clothing. I think 90% of the people I saw today were wearing scrubs, and I didn’t see a single stupid chick wearing short shorts and Ugs.

Wood (that’s been worked)

Shot across the top of my desk. I only moved the keyboard a little to the right.
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Nathan graciously submitted the terms for this week.

As I’m pre-posting this, I’m going to try really hard to copy and paste without looking so I don’t get too much of a head start.

Of course, this means it’ll pour down rain Thursday…

Wood (that’s been worked)
fluorescence
Clothes that clash
Geometry
Black & White
Looks fast standing still.

Also wrong:

Here are my results. I’d like to note that I actually went up to someone and asked them if I could take their picture. HA!

I also got incredibly lucky, because it was pouring down rain right until I left work, at which point it got all sunny.

Brick
Purple flower(s)
Purple clothing
Something else purple
Still water
Chaos

Brick (taken with Canon Powershot SD1300):

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Yesterday’s waterfowl.

Note that the littler ducks were not allowed to play in the pond while the teenage ducks were swimming around.

Bad influence I suppose.

Today’s were more entertaining live–less so in photographic form. The ducklings were attempting to fly from the water. As they don’t have feathers, all they succeeded in doing was moving REALLY FAST across the water in very short bursts.

But it looked like they were having a lot of fun doing so.

Apparently, when I get off work is the time that the mother duck decides to bring out her ducklings, since I keep seeing them waddling down the stream to the pond on my way home.

And today I saw the ducklings in the lower area, which are now quite obviously much older than the other set of ducklings. I counted eight, but as these were harder to see, there may be more.

The ducklings are slightly easier to count when their in the water, so snapped a quick picture while they were swimming around.

Eleven. I counted eleven ducklings.

Then I looked over the other side, the drainage field, and saw two geese. And then I noticed things moving around in the grass near the edge of the water.

Even MORE ducklings!

There are only four really visible in this picture, but I saw lots more movement in the grass. Surprising how good their camouflage is.

Yup. I lead an exciting life.

I am still not positive as to the exact number of ducklings. I think there may be nine, but I can usually only count seven in most of my pictures.

Took this last week, but then managed to forget about it. These were some of the egg varieties at Whole Foods.

Still only boy ducks–guess the women wanted to get ’em out of their feathers for awhile, and sent ’em out to the watering hole.

INCOMING! (you’ll probably need to see the larger size, but even then it’s not that clear.)
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