http://mimsmissives.com This blog contains my thoughts and perspectives about life, or written and visual descriptions of the world around me as I travel. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:01:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The view of Mt. Robert's from the Flume Trail in Juneau. http://mimsmissives.com/2010/02/26/mt-roberts-from-flume-trail/ Our orchid plant has been producing these lovely blooms that last only 24 hours. They smell heavenly. Anyone have a name for this plant? http://mimsmissives.com/2010/02/26/orchid-blossoms/ These images were taken in Feb. and March 2009. http://mimsmissives.com/2009/08/21/views-from-japonski-island/ [caption id="attachment_766" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Fiddle Grind 2009"][/caption] http://mimsmissives.com/2009/08/17/misc-sitka-photos-2/ This trip south to Seattle and Willapa Bay area in Washington State was made in February, 2009. YouTube videos: Cape Disappointment Groovin' in Seattle [caption id="attachment_743" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Pike Place Market"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_748" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Cape Disappointment"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_750" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="harvesting razor clams"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_756" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="signs of the dying oyster fishery in Willapa Bay"][/caption] [caption ... http://mimsmissives.com/2009/08/17/seattle-and-willapa-bay-wa/ [caption id="attachment_739" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Great Blue Heron"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_740" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Great Blue Heron"][/caption] http://mimsmissives.com/2009/08/17/great-blue-heron/ This is a collection of photos since January 6. [caption id="attachment_711" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Anchored sailboat"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_712" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="The Annual Fiddle Grind"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_713" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="harbor day"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_714" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Mt. Edgecumbe from Sandy Beach"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_715" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Mt. Edgecumbe from Starrigaven"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_716" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Mt. Edgecumbe from the Turnaround"][/caption] [caption ... http://mimsmissives.com/2009/02/21/misc-sitka-photos/ We went on a ride on the M/V Nepenthe with Captain Mike Nurco and saw some beautiful sites on New Year's Day. [caption id="attachment_695" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Sitka Sound Seafood and ANB Harbor"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_696" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Part of Sitka\'s Indian Village"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_697" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="ANB with Robinsons\' old troller, Yankee"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_698" align="aligncenter" ... http://mimsmissives.com/2009/02/21/new-years-day-on-the-water/ I have two birds shown below. Thanks to the Sitka Bird List, I now know that the first two photos of the same bird (it was moving in and out of the sunlight) are of a Pelagic Cormorant, probably immature. The bottom one with the yellow bill is an immature ... http://mimsmissives.com/2009/01/18/bird-id-needed/ Walking down the dock the other very cold day I came across these two brave souls doing something I know I would, and will never, do. They were preparing to dive into the waters of Eliason Harbor to bang growth off of the aluminum anodes attached to the bases of ... http://mimsmissives.com/2009/01/09/winter-diving-in-southeast-alaska/