focused attention

uria aalge

These are aviary birds. They are looked after, fed, protected. Living the good life.
A raptor flew by their enclosure.

These are Wachovia Corp stock-holders...
Their attention is focused. Come on now Wachovia, you are not Washington Mutual. You are a southern bank that did some stupid things while on vacation in California. Get a grip stockholders!


The first breeding season takes place at the age of 4-6 years. The common murre does not use nesting material, as the one egg is laid on the bare rock or soil of a steep cliff or ledge facing the sea. The egg is pyriform or pear-shaped which prevents it from rolling off of the ledge.-ADW

attack of the phone

Any RISD graduates able to date the illustration above? The intrusive hand set.

I answered my cell phone in a Church yesterday. The caller was my daughter, the service one she would have attended.
Sam Coale updates the RISD illustration with his short film, Attack of the Phone.

standing falling

in the front door. circle round. out the back. make time to talk to the people you love.

falling down

my father visited last night, called me by a nickname I had forgotten

falling down

Emory Creek, Corsica River to the right.

return

Uncle Bill died this weekend, a good man. Earth mourns, heaven celebrates.

Alaska earthquake

Following the earthquake, ground near Turnagain Arm subsided , water intruded, trees died.

The Great Alaska Earthquake began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing buildings, and tidal waves directly caused about 130 deaths.
Lasting nearly five minutes, it was the most powerful recorded earthquake in U.S. and North American history, and the third most powerful ever measured by seismograph; it had a moment magnitude of 9.2 and registered 8.4 on the Richter scale.--Wikipedia

Spencer Lake

Cook Inlet