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Category Archives: Weekly 2
Alaska 5 – Out of the belly of the earth
If I had to choose one word besides “awesome” to describe Alaska, it would be the word “vast.” Alaska is over one-third the size of the lower 48, and a great deal of it is unreachable by either the road … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Black Bear Prints r, Kennecott Mine, Kennicott Glacier, McCarthy Road, Stacy Boorn, Trumperter Swans, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
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Alaska Reflection 4 – Mother I feel you under my feet.
I can’t forget an exhibit I saw on my first journey to Alaska in 2008. It was produced by the Calista Elders Council and the Anchorage Museum, and it included items that represented the traditional ways of life and technology … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaskan Pipeline, Alasla, Arctic Circle, Atigusn Pass, Dalton Highway, Native Alaskans, permafrost, Stacy Boorn, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Yup'ik
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Alaska 3 – Let’s fly with the birds!
Within moments of stepping outside our doors we hear and see birds, and it’s true anywhere in the world, in city or country, in deserts or jungles. For me, birds represent a spirit of freedom and joy that lifts my … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Cook Inlet, Duck Island, Horned Puffin, Puffin, Stacy Boorn, Tuft Puffin
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Alaska 2 – Mother Nature has her favorites: Valdez
It is said that Mother Nature has her favorites and Valdez is near the top of the list. Even the drive into Valdez is spectacular. Proclaimed as one of “America’s Most Scenic Roads†and known to Alaskans as the “Adventure … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridal Veil Falls Alaska, Columbia Glacier, Fred Rodolf, icebergs, Lulu Belle, Pink Salmon, Prince William Sound, Sea otters, Stacy Boorn, Stellar Sea Lion, Valdez
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Alaska Reflection 1 – Bear Wisdom: Protect, Nurture, Empower
With a handful of other photographers, I stood on the banks of the Silver Salmon River at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, tracking a grizzly sow and her two cubs through my camera’s viewfinder. The cubs, with relentless, whining … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Bear Cubs, Bear Photography, Bear Totem, Bear wisdom, Brenda Tharp, Brenda Tharp Photography, Brown Bears, Grizzly Bears, Lake Clark National Park, Silver Salmon River, Stacy Boorn
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July Post 1 – Change and transformation makes us beautiful.
   A love for butterflies leads many people to invest in the beautiful Pipevine plant. This plant with its large heart-shaped leaves serves as a host to California Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies in all their life stages. Most Caterpillars rely on … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly symbolism, Caterpillars, Golden Gate Park, Pipevine Plant, Pipevine Swaollowtail Butterfly, Stacy Boorn
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June Post 2 – Rust and the ERA, uncovering signs of hope!
I love walking among rusting trains and weathered warehouses. Each detail reveals images that evoke mystical landscapes and the heartbeat of human experiences.  Decades of layered paint begin bubbling, bursting and chipping to create miniature mountain ranges or angelic teardrops. … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract images, abstract photography, Abstracts, ERA, finding hope, Ms. Magazine, old trains, pealing paint, rust, Se. Pat Spearman, warehouses
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June Week 1 – Protea: the joy of spirit gone wild!
I was first introduced to a native of South Africa in California arboretums. The flower is known as Leucospermum in the scientific world. It is part of the Proteaceae plant family. For me, this blossom, commonly known as a Pincushion … Continue reading
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Tagged joy, Mary Magdelene, Pentecost, Pincushion Protea, Protea, spirit, Stacy Boorn
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May Post 4 – She is Tall, She is Old, She is Awesome!
Last week I drove 300 miles to buy a bookmark, one I had seen at the ranger station gift shop in Prairie Creek State Park. I could probably have purchased it in the National Park store here in the city, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bald Mt, Croning, Lupine, Prarie Creek State Park, Redwoods, Redwwod Forest, Roosevelt Elk, She Prersisted, Stacy Boorn
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May Post 2 – ‘her oceans are wombs, wombs oceans”
Walking along San Francisco’s Ocean Beach at minus tide I was able to see Ochre Sea Stars clinging to the mussel, anemone, and kelp-covered bases of “Seal Rocks.â€Â These rock islands jut out of the water like two-story pointed turban … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Walker, Ocean Beach, Oceans, Sandpipers, sea stars, Seal Rocks, shorebirds, Turnstones, We Have a Beautiful Mother, Yemaya
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