Mareth G

Baranof island.

Grey older bully breed dog sitting on a a dog bed on a porch. He is wrapped in a green blanket and licking his nose.

Did a short term foster for a local shelter for this lovely senior dog. His favorite thing was snoozing on the porch while wrapped in a blanket. Shelters are still really full in a lot of places; please visit your local one if you feel like there is room in your life for a critter.

The marine science geek in me is very happy.

Packed theatre tonight in the tiny fishing town of Seward Alaska - all to watch a showing of David Attenborough’s Oceans. Great documentary - and it talks about Papahanaumokuakea Natl Sanctuary and spillover effects in yellowfin tuna populations!

I don’t have the specific sorts of sources they are looking for but am reaching out to a local who might.

Hiking in Kenai Fjords National Park today. Support your parks.

The back of the head of a grey short haired dog wrapped in a blanket, and lounging on a futon.

My current foster. A senior dog who enjoys being wrapped in blankets.

listen

the world is a mess

but a judge ordered the Florida migrant prison closed, California passed their "fuck around, find out" redistricting, and James Dobson is dead

this is the best net good news day in awhile, I really do think

A distant view of Halibut Cove from a mountain about 2000 feet above it, with fireweed, a pink flower, in bloom in the foreground.

Hiked up a mountain in Kachemak bay state park. Great weekend with wonderful friends.

Massive and growing protest in Anchorage against President Trump and Putin meeting tomorrow on Ukraine without Ukraine.

Blueberries the size of BB pellets, all over a low lying, lusciously green small bush.

Every time I turn my back these bushes are popping out more blueberries. Some of these things are the size of grapes. Smoothies for days…

Any takers on whether he is going to TACO out of this?

A golden retriever with a white face is lying on her side next to a line of rocks delineating a pathway, between two blueberry bushes.

Dog sitting my cousins antique golden retriever. She took a nap in the moss while I picked blueberries. Such a good girl.

Backlit blueberry branches with berries dangling from their undersides.

The blueberries in my yard are having a wonderful summer.

Anchorage organizers estimate over 4,000 people attended the No Kings rally today.

Photos submitted by Michael Conti

Protesters fill the plaza at Juneau’s Overstreet Park for the local edition of the No Kings rally.

Protesters fill the plaza at Juneau’s Overstreet Park for the local edition of the No Kings rally.

A protest sign, decorated with a fish, says “king salmon only … oops we defunded NOAA”

Protesters fill the plaza at Juneau’s Overstreet Park for the local edition of the No Kings rally.

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people attended Juneau, Alaska’s #NoKings rally today under clear skies. That’s based on a series of clickers used by organizers. There were 6-10 silent counterprotesters on the bridge above.

A group of protesters with signs and American flags gathering near the Seward lagoon.

A man stands with a sign saying ‘Seward: an ICE free port’ with other signs and protesters in the background. Seward is one of the most northerly year-round ice-free ports in Alaska. We don’t like Immigration and Customs Enforcement either.

No Kings protest in Seward, Alaska. Over 200 people, which us a big turnout for something that doesn’t involve fishing… #nokings #flagday

8 stalks of rhubarb with their enormous leaves still attached sits on a kitchen counter next to the sink and a drying rack.

Harvesting rhubarb out of the garden.

Oh my gosh this is literally me. Thank you and happy Pride right back!

I was working down there for 2 weeks and I saw the sun for half of one day. Usually May and June are reasonably sunny in the rainforest.

This series has the most amazing food descriptions. Do I know what even half of the food is? No. Do I know I definitely want to eat it? Yes.

Nudibranchs? Or anything colorful that looks like a slug or a pile of goo! Have a lovely walk!

A Bruce Coville book where a portal under the narrators bed first eats the kids pet cat, then the kid.

Yes, and I brought this fact up to a coworker who had as a child survived a tornado that destroyed his family’s house. He did not have shoes.

A ray of sunlight emanates from patchy grey clouds. Below it is a silhouette of an island, with smooth glassy ocean in front of it.

One last sunset from Molokai.

A sandy beach viewed through the branches of a tree heliotrope. The ocean and a hiker in a blue shirt are visible in the background.

Last visit to Kaloko Honokohau National Historic Site until next winter. Winding down the season and heading north soon.

A heavy cloud layer with rays of light stretching out to illuminate the scattered buildings on the Kona Hawaii waterfront.

A beautiful sky as we were coming into Kona today. Sometimes my life feels exhausting but I feel incredibly lucky to be able to do what I do.

Ohia lehua blooming on Lana’i. Getting to the end of another week of adventures in Hawaii.

The beach at Kaloko viewed from under a tree heliotrope.

Flowers of the tree heliotrope.

Morning at Kaloko Honokohau National HistoricSite.

Lava spreading out orange across a smoky dark sky, with a pinpoint of orange light on the left which is the erupting volcano Kilauea.

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