First of all, a picture in my apartment with my dog Perry in his favorite place. He had just discovered that he could nestle behind my back, as you see here, and look out the window on the courtyard. I look less than pleased because when he does this he pushes me out of my comfortable spot.
Next, a picture of Perry as a puppy:
Now, a few pictures from summer and fall in Anchorage:
Beautiful fall colors--the building to the right is the elementary building of my school, and the building straight ahead is the high school building:
Fireworks on July 4 at 12:30 a.m. Anchorage has to do them late so they're even this visible. Technically, the sun is down; practically, it never really gets dark for about a month surrounding midsummer. We're looking out my bedroom window towards the high school building. I should have mentioned that I live on campus.
Anchorage has 20 miles or so of walking (summer)/ skiing (winter) trails. Below you can see Westchester Lagoon from one of the trails. This is 2 miles or so from my apartment/ school, and less than 1/4 mile from Cook Inlet.
A picture from my 6th-grade classroom looking east. It must be fall, not only because of the color of the trees, but since you can see the termination dust creeping down the mountains. Compare this picture to the winter picture that follows.
Virtually the same view, but this time in January or February. If you look closely, you can see a moose standing on the snow hill!
A better view of a moose, this time in our parking lot. This shot, too, is from my bedroom window. Moose are a common sight around Anchorage, especially in the winter when their food gets scarce.
Again a scene pictured before--this was taken to show our record snowfall this winter.
I will miss the beautiful setting of Anchorage (the nature, not the town--Anchorage leaves a lot to be desired architecturally), but especially the mountains! I can only hope St. Michael has a natural beauty of its own.
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