Kick'n Murphy to the curb now!
well...the marathon computer troubleshooting started last night with Faith's computer.
She has been having trouble for about 6 weeks now and last night it crashed...
stopped connecting to the internet.
Many hours last night and all day today finally, a new modem,
tweaking and into the bio's to get rid of a nasty bugger of a virus/worm
that got by her anti-virus we are back in business!
I do have my laptop but did not want to hardwire into her modem until
I knew what was wrong with her system.
So now photo's from yesterday...
no I have not even had time to look at the CF card with the 100's of photo's
to see if I can fix it to retrieve the photo's.
Faith and Owen's property in Homer....what a gorgeous oasis...
truly a "secret garden" parcel of land
walked up the road to look at the 1 acre piece that could be bought
abuts Faith/Owen's property
walking on Homer Beach area...heavy overcast and drizzling
just had to take pictures of the textures patterns made by the receeding tide
something about walking on the ocean is so good for the soul
this noisy couple was not happy that I was in their space
the driftwood is fabulous here in Alaska
this is looking back at the mainland area of Homer from the Spit
the unopened buds of this flower are really really neat to see
all scrunched up...the photo's are a bit hazy as it was misting rain
and ground fog
looking across Cook Inlet to the mountains
Homer Spit from the beach
more shots of across Cook Inlet with Lupine flowers
the first row of boardwalk store/restaurants on the Spit
the next shot is better but I just had to get a shot of the old
antique truck! looks to be a Model A
the glacier across Cook Inlet
more of the Spit
The Salty Dog ...nope didn't go in...not to many people around even though
there was a cruise ship in....but it was getting time to get back to the car
and retrieve my cell phone to call dear hubby
Poor hubby is stuck back in MA in an unbearable heat wave
the Seafarer's monument on the Spit in rememberance
of all who have been lost at sea
last year I photographed this eagles nest located right next to the road
on the corner of Lake Rd as you turn to go down to the Spit
doesn't seem to bother the eagles that they are right on the edge of town and
next to a busy intersection
I had been waiting patiently with the camera to my eye for such a long time
waiting for momma eagle to come an feed the fledgling
an of course....this couple started to ask me if there were actually eagles in
the nest....I took my eye away from the camera and sure enough
momma landed in the nest!
damn missed that shot
momma feeding one of the fledglings...click on the photo and enlarge it
you will see there is a second fledglings head just under momma's
chin/neck area
baby is not happy that momma has left
foiled again...
I still jump when an eagle takes flight!
so none of my shots are clear of the flight out of the nest onto the branch
for cleaning of her beak...even though I am using a monopod
that might be part of the problem as it is not as easy to track an
eagle in flight with the monopod
beak cleaning time
I have watched many time this ritual...the eagle cleans it's beak then flies off
into the nearby tree that the male sits in
and yes once again the taking flight startled me and
movement of the camera on the monopod didn't allow for an
easy tracking shot
darn I wish this shot had come out clear...
will have to go back an try again....
pretty much know the feeding time...that is if it stops
this drizzling rainy weather
momma and poppa eagle squawking up a storm after feeding the babies
of course they were probably protesting the amount of people who had by now gathered
to take photo's of them
today I did go an looking at a couple of properties/houses that are sale
the first house...yikes....$137000 is the asking price and oh my gosh
when the realtor said it was a fixer upper she wasn't kidding.
but she didn't even realized how bad a shape the house is in as it is not
her or her companies listing.
It is a complete tear down...the owners let the corners rot so the house has
shifted so bad that all the picture windows on that end of the house are
pressure fractured... large cracks where the ceiling a roof meet, mold in
and on the walls....the views are spectacular!
Not a project that hubby and I want to get into unless they sold the property for
like $45000. I say so low as the yard is a junk yard of old vehicles, just plain
junk everywhere and not maintained...the electric is still a power cord run from
the temporary hook up to the house that has been run over by a lawnmower
and electrical taped in places, the septic is probably a crib holding area.
Then off to see the next place....again beautiful property with potential..
one top log though has hollowed out and rotted back into the log about
a foot or so...cute TINY cabin but aside from the hole in the top log...well maintained
almost 2 acres and the place to build would be just above this cabin on the back
part of the land as a house would look right over the top of the cabin.
Road is already in for building up there.
asking $147000.....steep price for what it is.
Our plan of building what we have for floorplans is looking like a better option still.
well hopefully I will get out an take photo's again tomorrow...still waiting on a phone call so I can go back
up to Nikiski to winterize and tarp the motorhome.
then I can be on my way for exploring up around Anchorage and above areas.
Hope you all enjoy the photo's and that this adventure is not too boring to read...
Later folks
