MAY 19th through JUNE 16th 2016: FIVE Pages This Month FEATURING Kazuya's and my move from Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan to Fairbanks, Akaska, USA * The Toyota Tacoma we Bought * Mt. Ashland in Ashland, Oregon * A Bee Swarm * Dichelostemma congestum * Driving Oregon's North Umpqua Highway * Clintonia uniflora * Rhododendron macrophyllum * Collinsia grandiflora (Giant Blue-Eyed Mary) * Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia * Toketee Falls * Diamond Lake * Mt. Thielsen * Mt. Bailey * Viola glabella (Smooth Yellow Violet) * Viola orbiculata (Roundleaf Violet) * Anemone oregana * Trillium ovatum * Angry Orchard Hard Cider and Umpqua Chocolate Milk * Diamond Lake USFS Campground * Viola purpurea (Goosefoot Violet) * Lupinus sp. * Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint and the Crooked River along Highway 97 in Oregon * Turkey Buzzard or Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) * Columbia River * Windmills * Stuart Mountains in Washington * The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility near Ellensburg, Washington * Mt. Rainier * Weird Neon Blue Sky * Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Vantage, Washington * Mariposa Lily (Calochortus macrocarpus) * Salvia dorrii (Purple Sage) * Grayia spinosa (Hop sage) * A Petrified Douglas Fir Log * The Olmstead Place Historical State Park, Kittitas, Washington * Hiking the Umtanum Creek Recreation Area Trail * Icterus bullockii (Bullock's oriole) * Philadelphus lewisii * Penstemon speciosus (Showy Penstemon) * Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose, Bristly Rose or Wild Rose) * Ribes aureum (Golden Currant) * Ribes cereum (Wax Currant or Squaw Currant) * Collomia grandiflora (Large-Flowered Collomia) * Kazuya's 37th Birthday * Into Canada * Driving Along the Fraser River in B.C., Canada * Indian Paintbrush * Unknown Violet * Bear Tracks at our Camp-spot * Heavy Snow North of Fort Nelson, B.C., Canada * Beautiful Snowy Mountain Reflection in a Pond * The Folded Mountains * A Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Ovis canadensis (Bighorn Sheep) * Moose (Alces alces) * Muncho Lake * Mitella caulescens at Liard Hot Springs * Viola nephrophylla (Northern Bog Violet) * Ledum glandulosum (Trapper's Tea) * Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butterwort) * Viola canadensis (Canada Violet) * Bison bison (American Bison or American Buffalo) * Mountain Scenery * Ursus americanus (Black Bear) * Watson Lake, B.C., Canada Sign Post Forest * Polemonium pulcherrimum (Showy Jacob's-ladder) * Teslin, Y.T., Canada * The Tagish River * Tagish Lake * Bove Island * U.S. Customs at Skagway, Alaska * Alaska Marine Highway System M.V. Matanuska * Ferry Ride from Skagway to Haines * Mt. Ripinski in Haines * Haines Small Boat Harbor * A Stellar's Jay * The Chilkat River, Haines * Pyrola grandiflora (Arctic Wintergreen or Large-flowered Wintergreen) * Chamerion latifolium (formerly Epilobium latifolium, Dwarf Fireweed) * Rock Glacier at Dezadeash Lake * Saxifraga bronchialis (Spotted saxifrage) * Colorful Lichens on the Rocks of Rock Glacier * Kathleen Lake * Tachal Dhal (Sheep Mountain) Visitor Center at Kluane Lake * Dall Sheep * Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) * Our Home in Fairbanks, Alaska * Creamer's Field, Fairbanks * A Linnaea borealis Bouquet * Cleaning House * More     (Click on the Photo or on this text to go directly to the May and June photos)