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Emily,

You live a blessed life in such magnificent beauty. I can only wish to one day be in such a place. Enjoy it to the fullest!

Nice pictures!

what beautiful places!

I could show in the pictures just dirty streets in my town and trash bags along the streets. Sigh...

Fortunately it is enough to take a ride by bycicle to get to wonderful places (at least presently)to take a bath and lie under the sun.Ahhh....

Gorgeous...!

The best sunset-over-a-lake photo I ever took was in Jasper, Alberta a few years back (unfortunately it was not digital). There is something very special about these northern latitudes in the summer.

Emily, I love the smoke plume...keep them coming (err, photos, not smoke plumes)!!

Emily,
Your poetic writing correspond really to this miracle that also the northen part of Scandinavia just now is enjoying.
There is a great peace in this gigantic and dynamic, but of harmony
created nature.
My soul is smoothed, if that is English?
Be well!
Ariel Your photos are gorgeous, and so is your description of your feelings on this unusual day. Things are much less dramatic in the temperate zones. My parents are vacationing in Alaska right now and I just got email saying "It's nearly midnight and it's still light out." Thanks for sharing those beautiful pictures. David, save up a little time and travel money, and get on up here! With a little bug dope, a good rain coat, and a comfortably durable pair of shoes, I guarantee you'll like it.

Antonio, I admit, taking a pretty photo here is like finding something sweet in a candy shop. I challenge you today to find something beautiful right there, in the midst of where you live, and capture it.

(Nice fork technique, by the way. :) )

Barbara, thanks for the multiple posts. I do those from time to time. At a certain point, I get this urge to post forty billion posts just to say "There, how do you like that?"

Ariel, thanks for sharing your viewpoint. You and I understand each other in this respect, don't we?

Karin, where are your parents? Anywhere near here?

Hi Emily, they're in Fairbanks, but my knowledge of Alaska geography is scant so I don't know if that's near you. My mom said it was 91F there! I've never been to Fairbanks. It lies about 500 miles to the north, in the interior part of the state. Being further inland, it experiences hotter summers and colder winters than coastal towns like Soldotna.

Hope they're having fun!