tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78283692009-07-10T22:12:43.089-04:00otiliusnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1488125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-86577483451249111872009-07-10T03:56:00.005-04:002009-07-10T04:04:34.832-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3705948353/" title="4Y265 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3705948353_66f1d7ed1d_o.jpg" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y265" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here's a peek through some trees at part of the State Office Building in Juneau, Alaska. It's the yellowish one.<br /><br />As I walked along taking photos, I had part of the Springsteen song going through my head:<br /><br /><center>Son take a good look around, this is your hometown<br />This is your hometown</center><br /><br />[all apologies to Bruce Springsteen, MY HOMETOWN]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-8657748345124911187?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-19365277080688168022009-07-07T10:01:00.006-04:002009-07-07T10:17:33.234-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3698142040/" title="4Y263 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3698142040_48b6b04f99_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y263" /></a><br /><br /><br />Plane mobile in a window at Ward Air, Juneau, Alaska...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3698142044/" title="4Y264 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3698142044_ca91c3b4c4_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y264" /></a><br /><br /><br />A fellow classmate and friend from High School, Ed Kiesel, owns Ward Air and took a bunch of us on an Ice Cap Tour in a float plane. Of course, having lived here for so long, I had never done it before. It was great!<br /><br />In the above photo, you see us flying over the famous Mendenhall Glacier. That's another classmate, Frank Cox, on the right.<br /><br />Next time you're in Juneau, do yourself a favor and book a tour with Ward Air. Ed and the rest of his pilots will make you glad you did.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-1936527708068816802?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-53198498910620107202009-07-04T14:48:00.002-04:002009-07-04T14:50:59.169-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3688040358/" title="4Y262 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3688040358_9506bdc51b_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y262" /></a><br /><br /><br />These shadows reminded me of Joan Miro. I hope you enjoy them, all the way from our rain forest up here in Southeast Alaska.<br /><br />"Freedom is a road seldom travelled by the multitude."<br />Happy Birthday, USA!! Please, enjoy your 4th of July, where ever you are.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-5319849891062010720?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-88286504047646032432009-07-03T15:58:00.006-04:002009-07-03T16:29:26.809-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3684626155/" title="4Y261 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3537/3684626155_ff0d708bf9_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="U.S. Senator Mark Begich (D, Alaska) speaks at the ANB Hall in Juneau, Alaska" /></a><br /><br /><br />Senator Mark Begich (D, Alaska) speaks in Juneau, Alaska, at the ANB Hall during the Native Issues Forum, co-sponsored by ANB (Alaska Native Brotherhood) Camp #2 and Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska Central Council. Before he spoke, I got a chance to meet Senator Begich and talked with him for a few minutes. I hope he does well.<br />(and, yes, I did shake his hand a couple of times.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-8828650404764603243?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-56444505005026627822009-07-01T10:40:00.000-04:002009-07-01T10:41:08.086-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3678717478/" title="4Y260 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3678717478_d50f212bec_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="sunken boat revealed at low tide, Ketchikan, Alaska" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ward Cove, Alaska<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-5644450500502662782?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-2854316315949279132009-06-26T19:32:00.005-04:002009-07-03T16:30:15.804-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3660015005/" title="4Y258 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3660015005_00cdc722e8_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y258" /></a><br /><br /><br />I like these orange flowers but don't know their name. In the sun, they look like the above photo. When it clouded up and got a bit colder, they looked like the photo below.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3660015009/" title="4Y259 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3660015009_0c5d3a9052_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y259" /></a><br /><br />[seen around Ketchikan, Alaska]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-285431631594927913?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-68534993390584425812009-06-24T19:18:00.000-04:002009-06-24T19:19:16.461-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3657816617/" title="4Y257 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3657816617_4dfbddaff0_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y257" /></a><br /><br /><br />Tourist boy meets local dog in Ketchikan, Alaska.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-6853499339058442581?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-46880472942881636902009-06-23T16:27:00.003-04:002009-06-23T16:30:28.593-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3655200024/" title="4Y256 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/3655200024_89b25590f4_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y256" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://otilius.blogspot.com/2009/06/boat-shadow.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #0000ff;">Same harbor</a></span>, different day...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-4688047294288163690?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-84924506899837186922009-06-22T13:29:00.002-04:002009-06-22T13:29:51.843-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3650543907/" title="4Y255 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3339/3650543907_e8a5786469_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y255" /></a><br /><br /><br />Between a boat and the dock at Thomas Basin, Ketchikan, Alaska...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-8492450689983718692?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-67374916096092925122009-06-21T18:34:00.003-04:002009-06-21T18:36:27.758-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3647841217/" title="4Y254 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3647841217_75fd991d20_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y254" /></a><br /><br /><br />They were never meant to last forever...and in the rain forest, they don't. Enjoy them while they last.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://lifeamongotherthings.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogroll.html" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jqt9Vo5i4yY/RfRA_blFxZI/AAAAAAAAADI/dwDZRD2BkTg/s400/ByB3.jpg" width="320" height="77" alt="Blog Your Blessings banner" border="0" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-6737491609609292512?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-4710335199964211402009-06-20T19:40:00.003-04:002009-06-20T19:43:02.333-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3645449242/" title="4Y253 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3645449242_67471c2f2d_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y253" /></a><br /><br /><br />What's this? On the Hudson River? Nope, I'm visiting my hometown of Ketchikan, Alaska and thought I'd share some photos while I'm here. In this one, a juvenile bald eagle takes a break from flying and floats on a log in the Tongass Narrows.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-471033519996421140?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-54515080348978201312009-06-14T00:44:00.003-04:002009-06-14T00:46:32.202-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3624319094/" title="4Y252 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2475/3624319094_524a396090_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="two seagulls on a lamppost, West Side Highway, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><br /><br /><br />Near the West Side Highway, Manhattan...<br /><br /><center><a href="http://lifeamongotherthings.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogroll.html" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jqt9Vo5i4yY/RfRA_blFxZI/AAAAAAAAADI/dwDZRD2BkTg/s400/ByB3.jpg" width="320" height="77" alt="Blog Your Blessings banner" border="0" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-5451508034897820131?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-81018498178193204342009-06-13T00:34:00.000-04:002009-06-13T00:34:00.909-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3620580155/" title="4Y251 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/3620580155_d1bbf09926_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="reflected light on a brick building" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-8101849817819320434?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-33068965268985562302009-06-12T14:01:00.001-04:002009-06-12T14:03:48.362-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3619380589/" title="4Y250 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3619380589_f75f230607_o.jpg" width="500" height="680" alt="4Y250" /></a><br /><br /><br /><center>This Great Lady is on our side<br />She rocks and keeps this town alive<br />She never roughs me up<br />But she always knocks me out<br />She talks the talk<br />And she walks the walk<br /><br />And she scrapes, she scrapes!<br />Oh, baby!</center><br /><br />[Photo of the Empire State Building this morning. All apologies to Ricky Martin, SHE BANGS]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-3306896526898556230?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-37261500802539074352009-06-10T16:33:00.001-04:002009-06-10T16:33:33.809-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3615011292/" title="4Y249 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/3615011292_605597b348_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="big piece of plastic in a tree" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-3726150080253907435?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-21270212595835024602009-06-08T21:31:00.000-04:002009-06-08T21:32:14.410-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3609518586/" title="4Y248 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3609518586_14a1992039_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="672" alt="a kid wears a helmet on the shore of the Hudson River" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-2127021259583502460?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-59200677745479153172009-06-07T13:33:00.002-04:002009-06-08T14:03:41.834-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3603586729/" title="4Y247 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3603586729_1498d5f85f_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="4Y247" /></a><br /><br /><br />On the Hudson River...<br /><br /><center><a href="http://lifeamongotherthings.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogroll.html" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jqt9Vo5i4yY/RfRA_blFxZI/AAAAAAAAADI/dwDZRD2BkTg/s400/ByB3.jpg" width="320" height="77" alt="Blog Your Blessings banner" border="0" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-5920067774547915317?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-47555434756586823782009-06-04T03:23:00.002-04:002009-06-04T03:25:57.041-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3594052695/" title="4Y246 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/3594052695_9dabe9316b_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="lights and a sign with speed, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><br /><br /><br />From a cab in Manhattan...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-4755543475658682378?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-82569488605006908552009-06-03T12:01:00.001-04:002009-06-03T12:04:16.800-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3591972511/" title="4Y245 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3591972511_53eaee8e0d_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="729" alt="decoration above East 4th Street, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><br /><br />Above East 4th Street, Manhattan...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-8256948860500690855?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-63434759602482285092009-06-02T01:05:00.001-04:002009-06-02T01:05:55.307-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3588335358/" title="4Y244 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3588335358_c1d1122949_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="train graffiti, New York City, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-6343475960248228509?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-86672289663226695972009-06-01T00:34:00.002-04:002009-06-01T00:34:00.389-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3583505284/" title="4Y243 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3583505284_db4d68df78_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="oranges for sale on Canal Street, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><br /><br /><br />Just off of Canal Street, Manhattan...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-8667228966322669597?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-6439022605640543942009-05-31T02:28:00.008-04:002009-05-31T03:50:09.168-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3580167495/" title="4Y242 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3580167495_764978beb8_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="cat outside a window, one floor up" /></a><br /><br /><br />Seems like the cat got out somehow and cannot get back inside. Hmmm...<br /><br />UPDATE: Ledge Cat still out there, and now it's late. The poor thing!<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4s_oNCHtwL8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4s_oNCHtwL8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://lifeamongotherthings.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogroll.html" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jqt9Vo5i4yY/RfRA_blFxZI/AAAAAAAAADI/dwDZRD2BkTg/s400/ByB3.jpg" width="320" height="77" alt="Blog Your Blessings banner" border="0" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-643902260564054394?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-43142820425637430082009-05-30T16:36:00.000-04:002009-05-30T16:41:09.626-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3578873123/" title="4Y241 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3578873123_d83a995a38_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="graffiti on TriBeCa entrance doors, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-4314282042563743008?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-50748361269500631682009-05-29T12:43:00.001-04:002009-05-29T12:44:18.547-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3575688277/" title="4Y240 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2430/3575688277_c2726fd020_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="674" alt="mural on Kenmare Street, Manhattan, NYC" /></a><br /><br /><br />Part of a mural on Kenmare Street, Manhattan...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-5074836126950063168?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828369.post-5167728005308700932009-05-28T13:37:00.000-04:002009-05-28T13:38:13.221-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78008749@N00/3573903704/" title="4Y239 by otilius, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3573903704_ce9a27acb2_o.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="667" alt="graffiti and a handle on a truck, NYC" /></a><br /><br /><br />Can you HANDLE it?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7828369-516772800530870093?l=otilius.blogspot.com'/></div>otiliusnoreply@blogger.com3