At 8:12 this morning we had a big one. It wasn't as bad as the 2018 earthquake, and I am thankful for that. 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

President Trump lavished praise on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as the two met for the first time in the Oval Office after a history of trading political insults.

A great day for a hike. The winter sun was at a low angle and the temps were approaching ,the upper 20s. #alaska #hike

Here are some bear pictures from the driveway this fall.

Here are a few pictures of a porcupine in my driveway. They are super chill and have a great waffle when they walk.

Here are a few wildlife pictures from my driveway. Last week, the Lynx showed up and he is a big one.

Watching the Mariners vs watching the Seahawks

This bad boy was trying to limbo under the wire. The weather was misty and it was one of those mornings where it is best to stay inside. There is no honey but plenty of honeybee larvae. A true learning experience. They bent a fencepost. #alaskasky #alaskawildlife #alaskabear #alaskahoney

Here is a video clip of young bears playing on my archery target adjacent to the bee yard.

Here is a clip of the momma and baby moose feeding in the driveway at the house on 9/22/25.

My wife and I cooked town crab apples. Then I made apple sauce. Some we keep as apple sauce. Fruit leather was the big product this year along with jelly. First is one of the bags of crab apples. 2nd and 3rd pictures are fruit leather and the last one is the jelly.

Another day, another Lynx!

Now it's time for Lynx! These are from my driveway.

Here is another bull moose. He has the skinniest palms ever! His antlers look more like a deer than a moose!

Lots of folks like to see moose. Same park as the bears. Still in Anchorage, Alaska.

Momma bear visiting the house while the cubs are doing laps around my bee yard.

These bears visited the house and my bee yard. The electric fence paid for itself once again. That's another story. These jokers were playing King of the Hill on my archery target after they knocked it down.

Here is a brown bear with her cubs. This is in the Anchorage city limits in a public park.

Here is a black bear that has fattened up for winter. The bear was unimpressed with my camera set up and gave it a good spin!

Here are a momma moose and her calf. My son and I heard crunching while doing an oil change.on 9/22/25.

Since the news isn't so good, I will post up a picture of wildlife that I captured on a trail cam here in my town, Anchorage, Alaska. This is a brown bear sow and her 2 cubs about 10 days ago. Yes, we get regularly bears and more at the house.

Friday, Sunday, Monday...visitors strolling through.

Took a break from catching swarms and went fishing. The fish are in, the weather was great and here is the result of fishing with Marty Weiser and Kenai Fishing Adventures. #kenaifishingadventures Tomorrow will be salmon stir fry at my house.

I received another call for a swarm on 7/9/25 in the afternoon. This one was smaller than the first swarm and about the size of a package of bees, around 3 to 4 pounds. This is my 11th swarm for the year. Bee butts in the air release pheromones to attract other bees.

Helping out a fellow bee keeper by catching a swarm on the morning of 7/9/25 in Anchorage Alaska.

Usurpation. Bees moved in and displaced a weak colony. Another twist to bee keeping during our short season in Alaska.

Today the bee swarms popped. I had one swarm mostly under control and got another call for a different swarm about 2 miles away. Started on that one and got a call for a third swarm in Eagle River, about 15 miles from Anchorage. I turned that one down. Went back and finished them both.

Received a call for another swarm in Anchorage. This one was about 15' up in a spruce tree. The bees are fanning a pheromone from their Nasonov gland to let the other bees know this is where the queen is and home. They are now safe in the bee yard making a new hive their home.

Got a call out of the blue from SBS lumber yard. This is swarm #4. Appreciate them trying to capture and relocate versus killing.

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Watching the scramble to downplay, deny and deflect by professional liars, DUI hires and incompetents. And Mike Johnson calls them patriots.

During a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner described the actions of the nation's top intelligence officials as "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior."

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The Sunday puzzle got the better of me. Monday's puzzle was much better. Wordle 1,374 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections Puzzle #650 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 This was a fun one from the New York Times. Hope your Saturday was a great one!

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Spelling Bee success is a matter of not giving up.

Sen. Sullivan supports Trump, downplays federal budget chaos, in speech to Alaska Legislature, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/20/s... #akleg

When are the black bears out in Anchorage? This morning.

bsky.app/profile/npr.... This is not about making peace more affordable or efficient.

Wordle 1,368 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My brain buster for Tuesday.

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It doesn't look as pretty as it was. Western Alaska, snow was falling like someone shook the snow globe!

Well, I made genius but not Queen Bee.

I take the plow off the truck and sure enough the universe gives me a preview... it ain't over.

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A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.