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Sculpture on Downtown Building

This sculpture is seen on the Alaska Court System building in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.  It was created by Keith Appel with Doug Morris & Nelson Gingrich in 2001.

It's called Arctic Sonata

and it changes color with the ambient lighting conditions.

Rain

It rained today. All day. A lot.

The dreary weather didn't seem to bother the tourists who were out in full force inbetween the downpours. There were three turtles on the beach today. The tourists were happy.

Even with the adverse weather, the beach was beautiful. Even though I was huddled under an umbrella, getting sprayed with the blowing rain, it was great being at the beach--hearing the waves break, watching the surfers, seeing the turtles romp in the surf, once again teasing the few tourists who braved the less than perfect conditions.

The ocean has a strong pull.

Posted at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Abandoned Building and Such

While driving along the North Shore, a little farther than I normally do, we came upon this abandoned building, which was originally a Convalescent Home. Apparently there had been a fire.

Driving back, we saw this sight. The surf was exceptionally high today, and it was fun watching these waves soar into the air.

Back in Haleiwa, we passed this shop that sells glass figures, and the glass blower just happened to be "doing his thing".

Some of the items for sale in the shop.

Posted at 6:45 on Friday, March 13, 2009

Some Random Scenes

This is not today's real post. I made these images yesterday, but didn't have the time to post them yesterday. I wanted to share some with you. The first two images are from Sunset Beach. I went there because I heard the waves were supposed to be pretty good, and therefore there would be a lot of surfers. Well, take my word for it, my surfing images leave A LOT to be desired. So you get, instead, a couple of beach shots.

After leaving Sunset Beach, I stopped at Shark's Cove. When Leah came to Hawaii for grad school, we stopped here one day and did some snorkeling. It was beautiful. Even without snorkeling, it's beautiful.

On my way home, I had to make one more stop at Laniakea Beach, where I turtle-sit occasionally. There were three turtles on the beach and no monk seals. I stayed just a short while and then headed home for dinner.

My Friday post will come later, as it's only 9:30 am here.