Day 123, 5/3/2011

Eager anglers line the sides of Badger Slough to fish for grayling. 

Spring couldn’t come soon enough for these folks. You’d never know it was snowing like a blizzard this morning, but it was. Of course I can’t prove it, because I took several pictures of the snowstorm before I realized there was no memory card in my camera. 

Day 124, 5/4/2011

The roads will be full of these very soon.

Day 125, 5/5/2011

A pair of bald eagles soar above our house searching for a thermal air pocket to help them climb. 

They were soon joined by two more.

Day 126, 5/6/2011

An Alaska State Trooper checks for the required credentials.

Day 127, 5/7/2011

The first backyard fire of the year.

Day 128, 5/8/2011

The Pike’s Landing brunch crowd on Mother’s Day.

A crowded line forms as patrons check in and wait to be seated, and the hostess pontificates the next lucky party.

Pike’s has been a Fairbanks favorite for many years, having been built in 1959, the same year Alaska became a state. In the summer, people arrive in cars or in boats, and in the winter, they arrive by cars or by snowmachine via the Chena River.

Day 129, 5/9/2011

Hooray! 

The first greenup in the yard is a perennial delphinium coming back to life!