Solstice Light web log

"Clean" Coal - Myth or Fact?

katie eberhart — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:42:22 -0800

Is a coal-fired power plant the neighbor you want? Are you a member of the Matanuska Electric Cooperative? MEA is planning a 100 MW (or maybe 200 MW) coal plant in the Matanuska Valley... Resources and links for learning what a coal-fired power plant might mean for your neighborhood, your region, your state... (April 22, 2007 - Earth Day)

After the moose! (Nov 2, 2006)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:21:44 -0800

broccoli brussel sprouts kale stumps apparently either moose don't like romaine or they didn't find the last romaine!

Moose in garden (Oct. 23, 2006)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:21:16 -0800

late fall -- moose and calf in garden

Rainbow at Sunset (8/6/2006)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:20:52 -0800

Rainbow, delphiniums and lilies at sunset.

McRoberts Valley, Chugach Mountains (8/5/06)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:20:18 -0800

McRoberts Valley, east of Palmer and east of Lazy Mountain on the day of the Matanuska Peak Challenge...

Archangel Valley, Talkeetna Mountains (7/28/06)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:20:03 -0800

Archangel Valley, near end of bad road...

Mt McKinley (July 27, 2006):

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:19:36 -0800

Mt McKinley (Denali) viewed from pull-off just outside of Talkeetna through holes in the clouds. Summit Lake just west of Hatcher Pass.

Climbing Lazy (7/23/06)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:18:50 -0800

eeling strong? If you aren't a mountain runner who thrives on long, steep climbs and bone-jarring descents, try climbing Lazy Mountain, maybe... Trail to the summit... View of Matanuska Peak and ridgeline... Matanuska River in foreground. Cook Inlet's "Knik Arm" in distance. Also visible near the river is the historic farm area along the "Springer system" (the Outer Springer Loop Rd and Inner Springer Loop Rd) and the Palmer Golf Course.

Hatch Peak Rim hike (July 22, 2006)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:17:07 -0800

Looking south from Hatch Peak Rim towards Matanuska Valley. Knik and Matanuska Rivers and Pioneer Peak in distance... Wildflowers--Saxifrage Saxifraga bronchialis, Pixie Eye primrose, Primula cuneifolia, Spring Beauty, Claytonia sarmentosa.

garden update (july 22, 2006)

katie eberhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:10:30 -0800

My flower garden borders between tame and wild, with an edge to perennials that are hardy and durable... Perennials lychnis, columbine, and delphinium, the shorter hedges are contoneaster, the taller bushy hedge that needs more radical pruning is caragana (also called Siberian Pea)... Monkshood (Aconitum), hardy and grows easily from seed. Honeysuckle... Hardy Norland apples grafted on Siberian crabapple rootstock. Chinese golden apple, grafted on Siberian crabapple rootstock...