Abba's Art

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  • New Bird Feeder Guests

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    I ‘fowled’ up and shoulda’ remembered everything’s bigger in Alaska . . . gotta’ go build bigger bird feeders 😊 Smile, and . . . Keep Looking Up . . . His Best is Yet to Come!

  • Drizzly Day Wanderings

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    Fred D
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    Wild berries captured my attention on today’s woods-wander. Perhaps it was the dampening drizzle, or the fading yellow Devil’s Club with its red fruits, that cast an uncharacteristic, slightly glum mood to my ever wandering musings.  It was a pair of raindrops that fixed my gaze. Precariously clinging to high-bush cranberries . . . they…

  • Creation’s Whispers

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    Fred D
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    Of all the places I’ve been blessed to meander throughout this untamed, rugged, awesome Last Frontier corner of creation, Hatcher Pass remains among my most special. “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” . . . in today’s chaotic word, life’s ‘forest’ beauty is woefully shrouded by it’s tumultuous ‘trees’ of power, greed, bigotry,…

  • Retired Routine

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    Fred D
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    Time . . . free and unscheduled from family and career demands . . . is one of retirement’s supreme joys. However, it still requires a modicum of Demanding Responsible Routine (DRR). My ‘challenging’ morning DRR involves a 5-step procedure I’ve thankfully, somehow, managed to quickly master: 1.     Awake to daybreak’s soothing ‘alarms’ of birdsong and…

  • Drizzly Day Wander

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    Fred D
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    Drizzly days disperse sunny day shadows casting the landscape with a muted, impressionist, Monet haze.   Such was mine on a wilderness wander up Castle Mountain today. Other than an unexpected spill crossing  a swamp  . . . resulting in an ‘invigorating’ mud bath . . . it was an tranquil, color splashed antithesis to…

  • Creation Eye Candy

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    Fred D
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    Tundra’s fall color peak is an ephemeral event, lasting but a few days. This year we were blessed to catch this incredible kaleidoscopic explosion of colors at Denali National Park. If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s 7,000. They scarcely begin to define the vibrant hues of crimson and gold carpeting the vast…

  • Denali’s Fall Splendor

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    Fred D
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    “Thanks for the food Lord, and please let the sun come out.” Such was my short breakfast appeal prayed over Wendy’s sausage egg croissants and free senior coffee . . . senior coffee is a freebie at  Wendy’s for all ole duffers 😊 Ellie and I were headed north to Denali National Park to visit…

  • Shalom and the Rabbi

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    Fred D
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    The Hebrew language richly conveys feeling, intent, and emotion. Shalom, the Hebrew word for peace, is my favorite. It’s used to greet and bid farewell to people, but expresses an all-encompassing peace that is so much more. Strong’s Concordance defines Shalom as completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony,…

  • How Great Thou Art

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    Fred D
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    Sunshine, storm and nature joined forces this afternoon to transmute the lyrics of a favorite hymn into a stunning Alaskan visual concert beyond words. I am richly blessed . . . may you be as well. How Great Thou Art O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands…

  • Peace on the Edge

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    Fred D
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    The sign belies the peaceful stability of silent solitude that was mine watching eagles soar high above the Matanuska River Valley . . . a treasured “Be still and know I am God” moment. “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run…