Abba's Art

Category: Alaska

  • Wilderness Chronicles

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    Fred D
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    A spruce hen and her chick perched safely above me . . . fresh imprints revealing a predator/prey pursuit . . . last fall’s bull moose antler scrapes . . . each a page in Mother Nature’s cycle of life that graced today’s wilderness wanderings. “For every creature of the forest is mine, and the…

  • All Creatures Great and Small

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    Fred D
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    Last Frontier’s wildlife portrays Mother Nature’s calm and chaos . . . strength and stamina . . . beauty and barbarity. The cow moose scars are mostly likely from a foiled grizzly attack. “All creatures great and small. The Lord God made them all”. – James Herriot Keep Looking Up . . . His best…

  • John Muir Quote

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    Fred D
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    John Muir described my Greatland front yard with 5 words . . . “Nature –  the manuscripts of God” I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!

  • Stormy Day on the Mountain

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    Fred D
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    “A stormy day on the mountain beats a sunny day at the beach” . . . a touch of  dementia?  . . . perhaps, but hold those Florida Retirement Community flyers 😊. . . enjoyed dodging raindrops hiking up Castle Mountain today. I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 Keep Looking Up…

  • Welcome Back Flowers

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    Fred D
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    Welcome Back Flowers is the sequel to Farewell Flowers posted prior to leaving the Smoky Mountains forests for the Alaskan wilderness last month. Snow-birding between these two awesome corners of creation provides ‘seasonal jet-lag’ . . . as Spring morphs into Summer in the Smokies, it’s just beginning to emerge from Winter’s grip in the…

  • Calm before the Storm

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    Fred D
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    Were that life could be a continual mountaintop experience.  Reality is most is lived in the valleys where its been said you’re either in the midst of a storm, coming out of one, or one lies ahead on your journey. But take heart . . . just as rainbows appear after the storm, each storm…

  • Contentedly Rich and Breathless

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    Fred D
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    Socrates once wrote, “He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature“. Centuries later someone penned, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”. This morning His creationscape left my soul content . . rich .…

  • Feral Friends

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    Fred D
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    Never knowing which of our Last Frontier feral neighbors may decide to wander through our backyard is always an unanticipated treat. Here’s a vid clip of a recent impromptu fur and fowl ‘Splash Party’ 😊 Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!

  • Seasons Exchange

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    Fred D
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    Snows receding from the mountains . . . Trumpeter swans nesting on the lake . . . Spring relinquishing to Summer . . . Seasons exchange in the Land of the Midnight Sun  “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” – Ecclesiastes 3:1             …

  • My Last Frontier Backyard

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    Fred D
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    People often ask, “Why do you love Alaska so much? . . . here’s a few pics taken in my backyard today . . . any further questions? 😊                         “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork“. -Psalm 19:1 I M Blessed . . . May U B 2   …