Portage Glacier - A drive down Turnagain Arm

On Monday we took a break from our crazy life in Anchorage and drove down Turnagain Arm to Portage Glacier.

Friends were driving up from Kenai.  Plans where we would meet for a picnic lunch; catch up with life happenings and mainly enjoy the 'Breath Taking Beauty of Alaska'.

Even though the drive is only 1 1/2 hours from our house to Portage Glacier Center front doors we love stopping along Turnagain Arm to take in all the beauty of the mountains, the inlet, and especially handsome guys with their best friend.

It was windy along the arm and Miss Patches does not like wind Nor having her hair blown...she wanted back in the car!

Driving along a scenic view such as Turnagain Arm can be very distracting...one can not stop every 100 yards as I wish I could to take pictures of what caught my eye.  Glacier run off and snow runoff along the mountain side of the drive was amazing!  We must have passed at least 50 waterfalls.  Several are there all summer long - So next month's drive WE do plan on stopping to get those photos!

<----- This happens to be one of my favorite mini stopping areas

 Another car had stopped at the same time - a couple about the same ages as us - we all said "isn't it beautiful today!  And that we are the luckiest folks in the world to live in Alaska. And to be surround by sites such as this!"

As we passed Girdwood I wanted to stop at the bakery but we decided that would be best at the end of the day and drive home!

I'll be posting more pictures all week long...slow and easy just as our Day Trip!

I'm BACK

I know that it's been two months since I've posted. This year the spring and summer has been so dang beautiful I just could not stay in the house baking and testing out new recipes. Plus during this time of year is when I do all my photography. I go all around the area shooting pictures of flowers and other odd things that get my attention. I also set up a new shop for my cards, jewelry and I took a giant leap of faith and am showing/selling my artwork in the photography media. Just too cool eh! Visit my newest shops: http://www.AS2Designs.1000markets.com http://www.AS2Jewelry.1000markets.com Is of course luxe jewelry for the everyday woman. Come on over to either site and leave me a note!

I joined another venue to sell my products

I'm dapple - I admit it freely - I dapple in many crafts. It's like an addiction. I have favorites and they show. But I've always been afraid to show some of my dappling items off. Was my 'dirty little secret". I just got accepted at 1000Markets.com. shops name will be AS2designs http://www.1000markets.com/users/as2designs visit it and see what the rest of my post is about! I will be selling my cards and photos and jewelry there. Mainly to show case my photos. Not food photos but photo's of things I love to take pictures of items that interest me in ways you would not think. But back to my regular post: Many years ago my ex hubby brought me a SLR camera. I took private photography lessons from a great person who was an great photographer and their work was mind blowing. Then followed up with college courses on photography all the way thru color. Won a blue ribbon at a collage art show. Got even better, brought fancier SLR camera, equipment for making my own photos. Had a super great time with it all. Still have the photo enlarger. Loved the smell of the chemicals when I was in the dark room. Could be in there lost for hours. My passion was Black and white photography. Seeing some of my photo's of my products makes me wonder Ummmm what happen. I've gone digital. The whole world is digital. I can't even find a place here in Anchorage where I can purchase the chemicals to do my black and white developing. But this blog post is about something I did...I stepped out of my fear of letting others see some of my great photographs and the comments I have received confirm that when I do something I love - it is a totally awesome photo. So my point is Do what you love and it will come across to all that the LOVE is there and its awesome.