One spring Kären and I enjoyed a pleasant afternoon wandering around the margins of Mitkof Island's most popular feature, Blind Slough. For us, it's a favorite time of year -- last years grasses are matted down by last winter snows while this years crop has yet to emerge. Meanwhile the alders (no, they're not birches) along this shoreline, before the leaves pop, come alive with their lichen "coats" glowing in the afternoon sun. I had to put one of the photos on canvas.
One spring Kären and I enjoyed a pleasant afternoon wandering around the margins of Mitkof Island's most popular feature, Blind Slough. For us, it's a favorite time of year -- last years grasses are matted down by last winter snows while this years crop has yet to emerge. Meanwhile the alders (no, they're not birches) along this shoreline, before the leaves pop, come alive with their lichen "coats" glowing in the afternoon sun. I had to put one of the photos on canvas.