Morning moose in a neighbor's yard. It had been eating her
Bergenia by the front steps, when she tapped on the window and let it know that it wasn't welcome. We think this is a yearling; booted out by mom who is probably pregnant and about to deliver this year's calf.
More signs of spring -- road work. For some reason, they have decided to tear up all of the curb insets for disabled people and cyclists that were installed a year or two ago, and re-do them. Corners all over downtown are surrounded with orange netting and safety cones while the work proceeds.
Concrete trucks, to assist in all of the construction going on.
Another sign of spring -- the evergreens shedding their cones.
In our neighborhood, the sidewalks often extend past only a couple of houses, but they are still useful as chalkboards.
First of the birch catkins, against a stormy sky -- a few drops of rain today, nothing for the record books.
A neighbor eager to get busy with gardening. Usually Anchorageites wait until Memorial Day weekend to plant things in the ground -- it's too cold for before that. This being only April 27, the gardeners have a full month to wait.
Snow melting from the mountains.
Walking along the Old Seward Highway today to pick up our car from the mechanics' place on International Airport Road. It's still dusty and brown for the most part, with little to enliven the views. "Alaska's Concealment Headquarters" did catch our eyes though.
A low shrub with small brilliant red leaves.
Along the fence at the edge of Cuddy Park the grass is littered with feathers.
Every open mouth on a gull represents a drawn-out screech.
You can practically see this one's tonsils. There were many more gulls and geese today than a couple of days ago, and fewer mallards.
This explains in part, perhaps, why there were more birds -- someone feeding them.
Looking east with storm clouds in the northeast, and the mountains showing due east.
Jim keeping an eye on the rain possibilities.
Brilliant red branches -- they've been this color all winter, but seem even brighter now against the gray water.
This looks like a herring gull -- red spot on the lower part of its bill, flesh-colored legs, black wing tip feathers with white spots on them.
Pansies and violas at Fred Meyers.
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