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Tag: Moose

  • Anti-aging AI Inhibitors

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    This past weekend my wife, son and I visited longtime friends who live and run a 5* resort  (denalilakeviewinn.com) on Otto Lake at Denali National Park’s spectacular doorstep. Unfortunately overcast, drizzly conditions excluded us from Denali’s (some call it Mt. McKinnley) 30 % Club … only 30% of Park visitors actually get to see a…

  • Beauty for Ashes

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    In 2019 the Swan Lake fire devastated over 170,000 acres of Kenai Peninsula pristine forest. This past weekend my wife and I drove through that area on our way to visit friends … Nature’s restorative power amazed us! What was a barren landscape of charred, skeletal trees and smoldering ashes just seven years ago, now…

  • Labor Day Guests

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    Fred D
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    An overcast, drizzly Labor Day was brightened by a visit from some feral friends …a single mom and her youngun’. Fortunately, we didn’t have to prepare a large meal … strict vegetarians, they insisted on trimming the shrubbery 😊 “All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The…

  • Who’s Roaming Your Digs?

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    Urbanites utilize doorbell camera security 😎 to record whoever may be roaming their premises. Here in the Last Frontier we rely on game cameras 😊 Here’s a couple recent vid clips of wanderers in our backyard. Fortunately, Mr. Grizz didn’t decide to visit at the same time as Mama and Bullwinkle Jr. came by 😧…

  • Sanity is Ageless 😊

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    Fred D
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    As my previous Happy 4th blog post proclaimed, “It’s OK to be a little nuts”. To substantiate that statement, below are a couple gamecam vid clips of both a young and an old Alaskan bull from two different species … one completely normal … one totally nutso! … Smile … I’m aware I need some…

  • Afternoon Art and Neighbors

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    Fred D
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    Bright sunshine and balmy 72 degrees lured Ellie and I to take a short drive around our neighborhood. Our game-cam revealed Mr. Bullwinkle was also out strolling through our backyard.  Don’t know Mrs. and young Jr. were roaming. Here’s a few pics of some of the scenes of our Master’s artwork that held us ole…

  • Moose Camp

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    Fred D
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    The refrain of the contemporary hymn His Goodness echos in my thoughts testifying that, despite myself,  “His Goodness continues to run after me” . . . what an amazing omnipotent, all loving, all forgiving God is ours!  This past weekend I was blessed to spend some long overdue catch-up time with my special friend Daryl…

  • Bullwinkle Wins

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    This past month countless nimrods have been roaming the Last Frontier’s vast wilderness stretches searching for trophy antlers to to adorn the wall of their dens and stock their freezers full of Bullwinkle burgers and steaks. ]Moose season ended today. With a feral flair of arrogant defiance, looked who strolled across our front yard today…

  • Growth Spurts and Pumpkin Patches

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    Fred D
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    This pic of Dale Marshall and his 2023 Alaska State Fair winning 2,023  lb. pumpkin didn’t ‘squash’ his record 2,147 lb. behemoth of last year, but he appears somewhat satisfied. This backyard video clip of Mama Bullwinkle and her 400 lb. calf, which weighed in around 25 lbs. at birth just 4 months ago, also…

  • Single Moms with Kids

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    Fred D
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    In the Last Frontier all the Alces families consists of single moms and kids while all the dads are off somewhere in a rut . . . Smile ☺️ and . . . Keep Looking Up^ . . . His Best is Yet to Come!