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2024 Photo Pages








2023 Photo Pages

2023 Annual Newsletter and Photos: ONE Page - The 2023 Annual Newsletter * Plus Larger Size Versions of All 42 Photos That Are Included in it



July & August 2023 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits for the 4th of July * Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis asiatica) * A Scud Cloud * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Alaska Springbeauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) * Arctic Forget-Me-Not (Eritrichium nanum) * A Moss * In The Clouds at Eagle Summit * Yellow Flowers Beside Steele Creek Road * The Best Photos from our 2023 Vacation * Smoke in the Sky * Gerstle River * Kazuya at the US/Canada Border * Congdon Creek Campground - Destruction Bay Kluane Lake * Sheep Mountain Area - Yukon Territory * Kathleen Lake - Yukon Territory * Scenery Along the Haines Highway * Million Dollar Falls - Yukon Territory * Three Guardsmen Lake and Mountain * Chilkat River and Mountains Near Haines, Alaska * Chilkat State Park, Haines - Lutak Inlet * Haines Fairgrounds - Farmers Market * Driving North on the Haines Highway * Kathleen Lake (again) * Descending Into Haines Junction, Y.T. * Fox Lake Campground - Klondike Highway * Klondike Highway, Carmacks, Y.T. * Five Finger Rapids - Yukon River - Klondike Highway * Pelly Crossing Area - Klondike Highway * Dempster Highway Junction on the Klondike Highway * Dempster Highway - Tombstone Territorial Park * Tombstone Park - Hiking Map * Scenery Shots Along Dempster Highway in Tombstone Territorial Park * Dempster Highway - Tombstone Range Viewpoint * A Single Caribou * Dawson City Y.T. Viewpoint * Dawson City Farmers Market * Dawson City Free Yukon River Ferry Crossing * Driving The Top of the World Highway * More







2022 Photo Pages





June 2022 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * The Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus) * A Visit to "The Peat Ponds" on the West Side of Fairbanks * Bog Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) * Roundleaf Orchid (Galearis rotundifolia) * Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) * A Thunderstorm at Gettinger's Field * Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) * American Robin (Turdus migratorius) and a Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) Staring Each Other Down * Another trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Wolf Scat and Caribou Remains * Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) and Caribou Remains * Twice-hairy Butterweed (Tephroseris lindstroemii) * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Yukon Grounsel (Tephroseris yukonensis) * Eagle Summit Wayside - Smoky Skies * Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis) * Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) * Purple Bittercress (Cardamine purpurea) * Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) * Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) * Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Forest Fire Smoke near Chatanika * More





2021 Photo Pages






July 2021 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the tenth time) - A July 6, 7 trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium) * Arctic Harebell (Campanula uniflora) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum) * Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor) * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Yukon Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Marsh Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Black-tipped Groundsel (Senecio lugens) * Northern Marsh Violet (Viola biflora) * Twelvemile and Eagle Summits Scenery * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * More

Our Driving and Hiking Vacation around the State of Alaska * Fairbanks to Delta Junction - The Tanana River * Delta Junction to Tok - The Gerstle River * Yellow Mountain-Avens (Dryas drummondii) * A Mirage * The Taylor Highway to Chicken - Sand Dunes * Mount Fairplay Panorama * Mount Fairplay Wayside * Alpine Knotweed (Polygonum alpinum) * Windmill Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis detonsa) * Chicken, Alaska * Northern Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium passerinum) * Foxtail Grass (Hordeum jubatum) * Taylor Highway Scenery * Top Of The World Highway - Alaska/Canada Border * A Short Hike * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Tok Cutoff Highway - Slana River Area * An Immature Eagle * The Richardson Highway - Glennallen Area * Copper River * Thompson Pass * Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) * Thompson Pass - White Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala) * Fireleaf Leptarrhena (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia) * Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis) * Pixie Eye Primrose (Primula cuneifolia ssp. saxifragifolia) * Inky (Pale) Gentian (Gentiana glauca) * Langsdorf's lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorfii) * Aleutian Mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica) * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Wandering Fleabane (Erigeron peregrinus) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Capitate Lousewort (Pedicularis capitata) * Alaska Violet (Viola langsdorffii) * Valdez - Valdez Glacier Campground * Valdez Glacier Lake and Icebergs * Common Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris) * Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) * Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora) * Valdez Small Boat Harbor * Keystone Canyon * Thompson Pass Again - Amazing Glacier Scenery * Ponds and Lakes * White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata) * Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) * Worthington Glacier * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) and Three Cygnets * Glenn Highway - Glennallen to Palmer * Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains * Thompson Pass Area - Craigie Creek Area * Star Gentian (Swertia perennis) * Broad-petaled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala) * Whorled Lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) * Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) * Scenery * Climb To A Pond in the Hatcher Pass Area * Coming Home From Vacation - a Night at Moon Lake Campground * More

June 2021 Photos: FOUR Pages - Several Photos of Hairy Woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) and Downy Woodpeckers (Picoides pubescens) * American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bathing * Our Garden * White Cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Arctic Bramble or Arctic Raspberry (Rubus arcticus) * Hare Bells (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Grapefruit Rocks * Small-Flower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus) * Three-Toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Narrowleaf Arnica (Arnica angustifolia) * Death Camas (Anticlea elegans) * Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) Seedheads * Common Juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa) * Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * Raven (Corvus corax) in Nest * Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis) * Elliott Highway Scenery * Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) * A Form of Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora f. viridis) * Fragrant Woodfern (Dryopteris fragrans) * A Sundog * Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) * Minto Flats * Minto Village * Arctic Wintergreen (Pyrola grandiflora) * A Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) * Manley Hot Springs * Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) * The Tanana River at Manley * The Manley Roadhouse * Water Arum (Calla palustris) * Gmelin's Buttercup (Ranunculus gmelinii) * A Trip to Murphy Dome * Langsdorf's lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorfii) * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Mountain Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Fries' Pussytoes (Antennaria friesiana) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum) * Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Longstalk Starwort (Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) * A Most Amazing Sun Halo * Grapefruit Rocks - Again * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) * Lehmann s rock-jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * The Haystack Forest Fire * A Trip to Angel Rocks * Angel Rocks Scenery * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Showy Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum) * Northern Marsh Violet (Viola biflora) * More





2020 Photo Pages






July 2020 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the ninth time) - A Trip to Wickersham Dome * Labrador Lousewort (Pedicularis labradorica) * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * Elegant Paintbrush (Castilleja elegans) * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Bearberry (Arctous alpina) * Scenery from Wickersham Dome * Reindeer Moss (Cladina stellaris) * Pale Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja caudata) * Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and Fledgling - Suet Training Day * Twelvemile Summit Area * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Northern Marsh Violet (Viola biflora) * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Mountain Valerian (Valeriana capitata) * Miniature Willow Species (Salix sp.) * Longstalk Starwort (Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes) * Yukon Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum) * Narrowleaf Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. angustifolia) * Monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium) * A Bird's Nest with Eggs * Black-tipped Groundsel (Senecio lugens) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Alaska Springbeauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia) * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Dwarf Marsh Violet (Viola epipsila ssp. repens) * Dwarf Hawksbeard (Crepis nana) * Yellow Thimbleweed (Anemone richardsonii) * Beauverd Spirea (Spiraea stevenii) * Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica) * Eagle Summit Area Sunset and Then Sunrise * Climbing Mastodon Dome * Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum) * Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor) * Dwarf Arctic Ragwort (Packera cymbalaria) * Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis) * Rain Squall Scenery * Pink Plumes (Plumosa bistorta) * Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) * Arctic Harebell (Campanula uniflora) * Vacation * South of Delta Junction * Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) * Moose and Calf * Windmill Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis detonsa) * Fourpart Dwarf Gentian (Gentianella propinqua) * Richardson Highway Rainbow Ridge * Summit Lake - Paxson Area * Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) * Glacier Scenery * Denali Highway - American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * Copper River Near Glenallen * Liberty Creek Falls - On the Road to Chitina * The Mighty Copper River at Chitina * Dip-netting for Salmon in the Copper River at Chitina * Worthington Glacier - 1975/2020 Comparison * Thompson Pass Area Hiking * Partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata) * American Alpine Speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii) * Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis) * Aleutian Mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica) * Pixie Eye Primrose (Primula cuneifolia ssp. saxifragifolia) * Alaska Bellheather (Cassiope stelleriana) * Scenery * White Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala) * Driving to Valdez * Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) * Keystone Canyon - Bridal Veil Falls & Horsetail Falls * Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) * Lady's Thimble (Campanula rotundifolia) * Sitka Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) * Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) * Keystone Canyon - Fog on the River * Valdez * Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) * Small Boat Harbor * Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) * Return to Thompson Pass * Broadleaf Arnica (Arnica latifolia) * Fireleaf Leptarrhena (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia) * Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis) * Alaska Violet (Viola langsdorffii) * White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata) * Hiking at Worthington Glacier * Driving to Palmer * Matanuska Glacier * Hatcher Pass and Hiking There * Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea) * Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum) * Hatcher Pass Scenery Photos * Craigie Creek Trail Hike * Whorled Lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) * Snowline Wintergreen (Pyrola minor) * Star Gentian (Swertia perennis) * Albino Form of Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) * Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) * Broad Petaled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala) * Alaska Iris (Iris setosa) * Craigie Creek Canyon Scenery * Independence Mine State Historical Park * Driving Home * More

June 2020 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Pair of Horned Grebes (Podiceps auritus) * Eagle Summit * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Blackish Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii) * Snowy Scenery * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) * A Nice Circle Lichen * A Male Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Collage * Narcissus-flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Kjellman's Groundsel (Tephroseris kjellmanii) * Denali National Park - Climbing the Savage Alpine Trail * Lehmann s rock-jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * An Interesting Small Fern * One-flower Cinquefoil (Potentilla uniflora) * Ciliate Saxifrage (Saxifraga eschscholtzii) * Sandwort (Arenaria chamissonis) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Few-flowered Corydalis (Corydalis pauciflora) * Alaska Spring-beauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) * Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Mountain Death-camas (Anticlea elegans) * Three-toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Two-flowered Violet (Viola biflora) * What Animal Made This Pile of Scat? * Flowery Scenery * Flower Fields * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Arctic-bell Heather (Cassiope tetragona) * Climbing the Bison Gulch Trail * Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus) * Mt. Healy * Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Capitate Lousewort (Pedicularis capitata) * Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) * Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus) * Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) * Denali - The Great One - in all its Splendor * Moose and New-born Calf * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus * Great Yellow Pond-lily (Nuphar polysepala) * Alaska Iris (Iris setosa) * A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Comes to Visit us at Home * A Trip to Grapefruit Rocks * Smallflower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) * A Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Takes a Bath * A Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) Stops by for Suet * Another Trip to Eagle Summit * Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor) * Northern Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium passerinum) * Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera aquilonis) * Arctic Bellflower (Campanula uniflora) * Eagle Summit Area - Evening Sun & Flowers * Inky (Pale) Gentian (Gentiana glauca) * Incredible Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon frigidum) Shots * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum) * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Yukon Grounsel (Tephroseris yukonensis) * Albino Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum) * Gravity Wave Clouds * Twice-hairy Butterweed (Tephroseris lindstroemii) * More

May 2020 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the eighth time) - A Grapefruit Rocks Trip * Wickersham Dome * White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) * Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) * Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Moose (Alces alces) * Grapefruit Rocks Again * Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) * Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser) * A Visit to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) * A Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * Spring Green-up at Home * A Trip to Denali National Park * More Moose * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) * Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) * Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli) * Savage River Ice * Climbing Mt. Healy from Bison Gulch * Arctic-sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus) * Arctic Wind-flower (Anemone parviflora) * A Rare Double-petaled Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) * Gorman's Dwarf Primrose (Douglasia gormanii) * Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) * A Lichenized Yellow Fungi (Vulpicida tilesii) * A Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) * Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * Minto Flats * More Spring Green-up at Home * Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) * A Drive Out the Chena Hot Springs Road * Pond Scenery * American Wigeon (Mareca americana) * Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) * A Pair of White-winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera) * Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) * A Woodchuck (Marmota monax) * A Third Trip to Grapefruit Rocks * Mountain Avens (Dryas integrifolia) * Scenery * Common Alplily (Lloydia serotina) * Snow Cinquefoil (Potentilla nivea) * Three-toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Reflexed Saxifrage (Micranthes reflexa) * Sweet-flower Rock Jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * An Ice Bridge at Globe Creek * Looking Back at Grapefruit Rocks from Globe Creek * Kidney-leaf Violet (Viola renifolia) * Amazing Pollen in the Air * Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * A Trip to Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone drummondii aka A. multiceps) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Interesting Moss * Mountain azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Purple oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * Interesting Lichens on Rocks * Snowy Scenery at Underwear Turnout * More





2019 Photo Pages






June 2019 Photos: FOUR Pages - Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) in our Yard * Davidson Ditch Rest Area, Steese Highway * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) and an Albino Form * Kjellman's Groundsel (Tephroseris kjellmanii) * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) * Alpine Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) and an Albino Form * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone drummondii aka A. multiceps) * A Beautiful 3:00 AM Sunrise * Eagle Summit Area Scenery * Pincushion Plant (Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata) * Purple Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * A Hail Storm at Home * Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Massing Butterflies at a Mud Puddle * Smallflower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa) * Labrador Tea (Rhododendron tomentosum aka Ledum groenlandicum) * Spotted Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) Seedhead * Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi) * An Old Burn near Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * A Tour of Fairbanks' Gold Dredge #8 * Creamer's Field - Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * A Field of Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Arctic Forget-Me-Not (Eritrichium nanum) * Watching the Sun-Not-Set * The Knotty Shop * An Arctic Circle Driving Adventure * The Yukon River & Bridge * Finger Mountain * The Arctic Circle * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More






2018 Photo Pages






July 2018 Photos: FOUR Pages - A July 3rd Trip to Upper Grapefruit Rocks and the Wickersham Dome Area * Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) * Smallflower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Northern Groundcone (Boschniakia rossica) * Death Camas (Anticlea elegans) * Spotted Lady s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Scenery from Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * Tufted Fleabane (Erigeron caespitosus) * Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea) * Pale Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja caudata) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum) * Elegant Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja elegans) * Long-Pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Lessing's Arnica (Arnica lessingii) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * A July 17th and 18th Trip to Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit * Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Young and Adult * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Small Blacktip Ragwort (Senecio lugens) * Monkshood (Aconitum delphiniifolium) * Blunt Leaved Bog Orchid (Platanthera obtusata) * Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica) * Mountain Valerian (Valeriana capitata) * Various Lichens at Eagle Summit * Pale Gentian (Gentiana glauca) * Marsh Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus) * Whorled Lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) * An Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon aliaska) * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Oeder s Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca ssp. lanceolata aka Lagotis minor) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Alaska Spring Beauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Snowline Wintergreen (Pyrola minor) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum) * Dwarf Fireweed (Chamerion latifolium) * Tundra Milkvetch (Astragalus umbellatus) * Alpine Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Pincushion Plant (Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) * Yukon Saw-Wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Ptarmigan * Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) * Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum) * Bellflower (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. funstonii) * A Sun Pillar at 10:37 PM * Eagle Summit - Morning Scenery * Arctic White Heather (Cassiope tetragona) * Clubmoss (Lycopodium sp.) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Fourpart Dwarf Gentian (Gentianella propinqua) * Nelson's Saxifrage (Micranthes nelsoniana) * Longstalk Starwort (Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes) * Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria digyna) * A Pair of Hoary Marmots (Marmota caligata) * Scenery Near Eagls Summit * Purple Bittercress (Cardamine purpurea) * Few-Flowered Corydalis (Corydalis pauciflora) * Looking Back at Eagle Summit from West of it * Dwarf Hawksbeard (Crepis nana) * Netleaf Willow (Salix reticulata) * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Arctic Yellow Violet (Viola biflora) * Dwarf Marsh Violet (Viola epipsila ssp. repens) * Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia) * Arctic Lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorffii) * American Alpine Speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii) * Northern Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza trifida) * Tussock Cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) * More







2017 Photo Pages







June 2017 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the seventh time) - Blooming Cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) * Vaccinium uliginosum * Dryas integrifolia * Juniperus communis var. depressa * Dasiphora fruticosa * Interesting Spring Greens at Grapefruit Rocks * Viburnum trilobum (Highbush Cranberry) * Polemonium pulcherrimum (Showy Jacob's Ladder) * Anticlea elegans (Mountain Deathcamas) * Pulsatilla patens (Pasque Flower) * Saxifraga tricuspidata * Erigeron purpuratus * Anemone narcissiflora * Lloydia serotina * Erethizon dorsatum (Porcupine) * Potentilla rubricaulis * Saxifraga reflexa * Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana * Mertensia paniculata * Granite Tors Short Loop Trail * Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow) * Rhododendron tomentosum (Labrador Tea) * Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia * Anemone richardsonii * Viola epipsila ssp. repens (Dwarf Marsh Violet) * Beaver Dam * Calypso bulbosa var. americana (Calypso Orchid) * Papilio canadensis (Canadian Tiger Swallowtail) * Twelvemile Summit & Eagle Summit * Kalmia procumbens * Pedicularis lanata * Cassiope tetragona * Tephroseris kjellmanii * Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens * Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata * Synthyris borealis * Arctostaphylos alpina * Ranunculus nivalis * Lagotis minor (Weaselsnout) * Cardamine purpurea * Silene acaulis (Moss Campion) * Gagea serotina * Blue Ice at North Fork Twelvemile Creek * Pinnell Mountain Trail - Twelvemile Summit End * Gentiana glauca * Petasites frigidus * Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata * Ptarmigan * Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes * Angel Rocks Trail * Trientalis europaea * Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry) * Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry) * Viola biflora * Campanula lasiocarpa * Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida * Papaver macounii * Pyrola grandiflora * Leuconotopicus villosus (Hairy Woodpecker) and Young * Linnaea borealis (Twinflower) * Cow Moose and Calf in Chatanika River * Bistorta plumosa (Pink Plumes) * Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus * Pedicularis oederi * Dodecatheon frigidum (Shooting Star) * Polemonium acutiflorum (Tall Jacob's Ladder) * Eritrichium nanum (Arctic Alpine Forget-Me-Not) * Corydalis pauciflora * Pedicularis langsdorfii * Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion) * Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur) * Pedicularis capitata * Cypripedium passerinum (Northern Lady Slipper Orchid) * Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed) * Corallorhiza trifida (Yellow Coral Root Orchid) * Eriophorum angustifolium (Tall Cottongrass) * Birch Creek National Wild River * Castilleja elegans (Elegant Paintbrush) * Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid) * An Abundance of Scenery Shots * And More






2016 Photo Pages






June and July 2016 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the sixth time) - A Solstice Trip to Eagle Summit on the Steese Highway * The Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline * Pyrola asarifolia * Cranberry Plants * Chatanika River Scenery * Iris setosa at 31.6 Mile Pond (Steese Highway) * The Davidson Ditch Historical Pipeline * Eriophorum vaginatum (Cottongrass) * Dryas octopetala * Kalmia procumbens * Minuartia macrocarpa * Rhododendron tomentosum * Anemone narcissiflora * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Arnica lessingii * Castilleja hyperborea * The bright blue Campanula lasiocarpa (Harebell) * Pedicularis labradorica * Parrya nudicaulis * Many shots of Dodecatheon frigidum (Shooting Star) * Bistorta plumosa * Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum * Papaver macounii (Macoun's Poppy) * The Eagle Summit Area * Pedicularis oederi * Lagotis minor (Little weaselsnout) * Pedicularis langsdorfii * Astragalus umbellatus * Oxytropis scammaniana * Saxifraga nelsoniana * Salix reticulata * Eritrichium nanum (Alaska's State Flower, the Forget-me-not) * Cassiope tetragona * a Large Snow Drift * Pedicularis capitata * Silene acaulis (Moss Campion or Cushion Pink) * Rhododendron lapponicum * Tephroseris lindstroemii * Tephroseris yukonensis * Lagopus muta (Rock Ptarmigan) * Potentilla rubricaulis * Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion) * Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood) * Eagle Summit Scenery * Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia * Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida * Porcupine Dome * Pedicularis lanata * 270° iPhone Panoramas * Long Shadows at Midnight * The Sun NOT Setting * The Sun and Moon in the same Panorama * Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) * Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus * Dasiphora fruticosa * Rubus arcticus (Arctic Raspberry) * Delphinium glaucum * Parnassia palustris (Grass of Parnassus) * Valeriana capitata * Pyrola grandiflora * Chena Hot Springs Area - Linnaea borealis (Twinflower) * Kazuya's Nectarine, Raspberry & Red Currant Tart * Chamerion angustifolium (Fireweed and an Albino Fireweed) * Castor canadensis (Beaver) in a pond at Creamer's Field * Ripening Rose-hips * Vicia cracca * Partial Map of the White Mountains National Recreation Area * Table Top Mountain from Nome Creek Road * Scenery * Surnia ulula (Northern Hawk Owl) * Vaccinium uliginosum (Blueberries) * Table Top Mountain * Spiraea stevenii * Distant Mountain Scenery * Another Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) * Chris & Zena the Dog * Chamerion latifolium (Dwarf Fireweed) * More Salix reticulata * Arctostaphylos alpina (Alpine Bearberry) * Climbing Wickersham Dome * Scenery * Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry) * Two More Marmots!! * Wickersham Dome Scenery * Castilleja elegans (Elegant Indian Paintbrush) * Moneses uniflora (Single Delight, Shy Maiden or One-flowered Wintergreen) * Olnes Pond - Evening and Morning * The Angel Rocks Trail * Goodyera repens (Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain or Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain) - an ORCHID * Boschniakia rossica (Northern Groundcone) * Angel Rocks Scenery * Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. minus (Lingonberry) * Geocaulon lividum (Northern Bastard Toadflax or Pumpkin Berry) * Several Panoramic Shots of Angel Rocks * Albino Specimen of Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood) * Apocynum androsaemifolium (Fly-trap Dogbane or Spreading Dogbane) * Two Very Short Strange (but true) Stories * More

May and June 2016 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the fifth time) - 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



February 2016 Photos: ONE Page - Shibateranthis pinnatifida Flowers (Setsubunsou in Japanese) * A Sneak Peek at a New Book - Two Years in Paradise: A Peace Corps Philippines Journal - Hoping for Release to the World by June or July 2016 - Expected Length Probably About 500 Pages


2015 Photo Pages







June 2015 Photos: ONE Page - Mt. Takao Area * Cremastra appendiculata * Paeonia obovata * Mt. Fuji * Tokyo Sky Tree * Dendrobium moniliforme * More


May 2015 Photos: FOUR Pages - Viola rossii * Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana & PLANT THIEVES * Viola hirtipes * Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana x Viola eizanensis (MAYBE) * Mt. Kurotake - Soft Spring Green Colors * Gentiana zollingeri * Viola phalacrocarpa * Viola variegata var. nipponica * Viola orientalis * Viola yazawana * Gagea lutea * Mountain Azalea (Rhododendron dilatatum) * Erythronium japonicum - Trout Lily * Mt. Fuji * Mt. Kiritou * Viola acuminata * Viola grypoceras - mutant form (or Green form) * Malus sieboldii * Viola violacea f. versicolor * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Padus grayana * Capricornis crispus - a Japanese Serow (Kamoshika in Japanese) * Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Oxalis obtriangulata - a species of sorrel * Mt. Kiritou Summit Scenery * Yunosawa Pass * Enemion raddeanum * Viola selkirkii * Viburnum furcatum * Nishizawa Keikoku * Beautiful Waterfall Scenery * Primula reinii var. kitadakensis * Oxalis acetosella * Yamanashi & Shizuoka Prefecture Boundary Area * Polygonatum odoratum * Paeonia japonica * Rhododendron molle ssp. japonicum * Mt. Takao * Caesalpinia decapetala var. japonica * Dendrobium moniliforme - The Japanese Stone Orchid (Sekkoku in Japanese) * Helwingia japonica * Pseudopyxis depressa * Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba * Benthamidia japonica * Calanthe discolor - Another Orchid * Paeonia obovata - the rare Japanese Pink Woodland Peony * Cremastra appendiculata - Another Orchid * More




January 2015 Photos: ONE Page - Our New Year's Trip to and Stay at Tsuru-No-Yu - The Hot Spring of the Crane - in Akita Prefecture


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2013 Photo Pages







June 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Minami Takao * Campanula punctata var. hondoensis * Scutellaria brachyspica * Trail Marker Signs * Rosa luciae - a Type of Wild Rose * Calanthe discolor an Orchid * Rubus hirsutus - an Edible Berry * Cremastra appendiculata - the 2nd Orchid * Dendrobium moniliforme - the Japanese Stone Orchid (Sekkoku in Japanese) - the 3rd Orchid * Clematis japonica * Pseudopyxis depressa * A Trip to the Kawaguchi Lake Area * Aquilegia buergeriana f. flavescens - Anchor Flower * Vincetoxicum acuminatum * Cephalanthera erecta - the 4th Orchid * Rhododendron kaempferi * Maianthemum dilatatum * Cephalanthera longibracteata - the 5th Orchid * Geranium eriostemon var. reinii f. onoei * Smilacina japonica * Galearis cyclochila - the 6th Orchid * Abelia spathulata var. sanguinea * Weigela hortensis * Clematis tosaensis * Viola acuminata - a New Violet for our Life List * Abelia spathulata * Iris setosa - a Small Wild Iris * Rosa hirtula - a Large Flowered Wild Rose * Lithospermum zollingeri * Fried Shrimp Dinner * A Climb of Mt. Mitsutouge (1,786 m = 5,860 ft) * Styrax japonica * Nice View of Mt. Fuji * Neottia asiatica - the 7th Orchid * Malus toringo - the Japanese Crabapple * Cypripedium macranthum var. speciosum - the 8th Orchid, a VERY RARE Species * Nymphalis xanthomelas - a Butterfly * Paris verticillata * Mt. Mitsutouge Summit * Oberonia japonica - the 9th Orchid * Lecanorchis japonica - the 10th Orchid * Orchis graminifolia - the 11th Orchid * Lysimachia clethroides - Tiger's Tail * Epipactis thunbergii - the 12th Orchid, a Rare Find * Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica * Lobelia chinensis * The "Spiral Orchid" -Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena - the 13th Orchid * Galeola septentrionalis - the 14th Orchid * Yoania amagiensis - the 15th and Final Orchid Find of the Month * More



March 2013 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the fourth time) - A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden - Anemone pseudoaltaica * Anemone raddeana * Plum Blossoms * Crocus Blossoms * Helleborus sp. (Christmas Rose) * Adonis amurensis * Cornus officinalis * Hybrids and Cultivars of Hamamelis sp.* Daruma Doll Festival * The Rose Garden in Winter * A Tarsiger cyanurus - Ruri-bitaki in Japanese * Shinjuku Gyoen (Park) - Daffodils * Early Cherry Blossoms * The Tama River * A Dust Storm * A Trip to and climb of Mt. Yagura (Yaguradake), Mt. Kintoki and Mt. Myojin (Myojingatake) - Beautiful clear day shots of Mt. Kintoki & Mt. Fuji * An interesting moss - Rhodobryum giganteum * Owakudani * Another interesting moss - Barbella flagellifera * Some Panoramic Shots Showing Mt. Fuji * International Christian University - A Few Normal Cherry Blossom Season Photos * Nogawa Park - A Magnolia stellata Blossom * Hepatica sp. Flowers * Erythronium japonicum (Trout Lily) Blossoms * Chloranthus japonicus Blooms * A White Dandelion (Taraxacum albidum) * Pulsatilla cernua Blooms * Mt. Takao - Viola bissetii in Bloom * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum in Bloom * A Wren Mating Dance * Omphalodes japonica * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Viola grypoceras * Stachyurus praecox or Spike-tail * Mitella pauciflora * South Mt. Takao & Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama - Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima & Viola phalacrocarpa * Blowing Cedar Pollen * Viola obtusa * Cymbidium goeringii - an Orchid * A Rare find - Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana * Two Species of Ajuga * Tsukui Lake - 2012 & 2013 Contrast * Oodarumi Pass * Another Rare find - Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Viola japonica * Viola yezoensis f. discolor - the Takao Violet * Links to 2014 Print Edition Calendars & also PDF Calendars * More



2012 Photo Pages





August 2012 Photos: FOUR Pages - August 3rd and 24th Trips to and Climbs of Mt. Takao * August 9th 12th Trip to Japan s Northern Alps Mountain Range at Hakuba * Climbs of Mt. Norikura (Norikuradake) (2,437 m = 7,994 ft); Mt. Korenge (2,766 m = 9,075 ft); Mt. Shirouma (Shiroumadake) (2,932 m = 9,620 ft); Mt. Shakushi (Shakushidake) (2,812 m = 9,226 ft) and Mt. Yari (Yarigatake) (2,903 m = 9,525 ft) * Hakuba Ooike (Big Pond) * Hakuba Ooike Mountain Scenery * A Hawk or Falcon * Mikuni Pass * Hakuba San-sou (Mountain Hut) Area * Mt. Tsurugi (Tsurugidake) in the Distance * Hakuba Yari Onsen (Hot Spring) Elevation 2,100 m = 6,890 ft. * An Abundance of Mountain Scenery * Sarukura - the Ending Point of this Trip * August 14th & 15th Trip to Oze National Park Ozenuma (Oze Pond) Area * Sanpei Pass (1,762 m = 5,781 ft) * Mt. Hiuchigatake (2,356 m = 7,730 ft) * Three Famous Larch Trees at Ozenuma * Herons (Birds) & Offspring * Sunset at Ozenuma * Soba Lunch at Numata Station * Mt. Takao Scenery * Japanese Red Pine Panorama (Pinus densiflora) * Daniel's New "White's" Original Smoke Jumper Boots * Too Many Flowers to List most impressive are: Kinugasa japonica aka Paris japonica * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Primula cuneifolia var. hakusanensis one of the Primrose species * Dicentra peregrina * Linnaea borealis Twinflower * Lilium medeoloides * The Rare Gentiana algida * Lagotis glauca * Scabiosa japonica f. alpina * Swertia perennis subsp. cuspidata * The Tiny Myrmechis japonica Orchid * Lilium leichtlinii * Waremokou (Sanguisorba officinalis) * Ligularia dentata * Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) * More








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2006 Photo Pages






July 2006 Photos: ONE Page - Fancy Cakes * Photos At The Haneda Airport Office


June 2006 Photos: ONE Page - Cremastra appendiculata ORCHID Photos * Dendrobium moniliforme ORCHID Photos At Mt. Takao







2005 Photo Pages

December 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Winter Colors * Amazing Frost Flowers At Mt. Takao And Link To current knowledge Of Frost Flower Formation * New Year's (Dog Year) Poster * Annual Christmas Letter (Password Protected)


November 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Mt. Takao And Okutama Fall Colors * Very Late Fall Flowers At Okutama * Upper-Tama River Fall Colors - The Amazingly Yellow Ginkgo Tree With Red Maple leaves In The Foreground * Musashi-Itsukaichi Fall Colors * Annual Christmas Letter (Password Protected)


October 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Very Late Fall Flowers At Mt. Mitake * Beautiful Upper-Tama River * Porch Violets


September 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Fall Flowers At Mt. Takao * Climb Of Mt. Nanatsuishi And Mt. Kumotori And An AMAZING Sunset And Good Sunrise * Trip To Yamanaka Lake And Camp-out At Mt. Myoujin with Sunset * Moonlight Pictures And Sunrise Of Mt. Fuji



July 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Some Nogawa Park Summer Flowers * Chinese Lantern Festival At Asakusa Shrine * Cymbidium nipponicum (An Endangered Orchid) * Strange SMALL Insect * Helwingia japonica * Summer Flowers At Mt. Hinode * Chofu Fireworks Movie


June 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Domestic Orchid * Lots Of Nice Dendrobium moniliforme Orchids At Mt. Takao (Taken Through Binoculars) * KitaYama Iris Garden * Hydrangea Bushes * Nice Butterflies * Spiranthes sinensis (Spiral Orchid) * Special Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis f. discolor) Photos * Time Lapse Photography Slide Show Of Takao Violet Cleistogamous Flower Opening


May 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Morel Mushrooms * Mt. Sougaku Climb & Flowers There (Violets And Trout Lily) * Helwingia japonica * Two Or Three Species Of Asarum * Rikugien Gardens * Nogawa Park Summer Flowers * Domestic And Also Wild Wisteria * Okutama Old Road Hike * Dendrobium moniliforme Orchid At Mt. Takao



March 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Huge Strawberries * Upper Tama River & Pussy Willows * Nogawa Park Veronica & Other Flowers * Mt. Takao Chrysosplenium sp., Cymbidium Orchids And Anemone sp. Flowers * First Spring Violets


February 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Omotesando - Aqua Illusion * Mt Takao Winter Soba Festival Poster * Japanese Grosbeak * Kamakura - Inamuragasaki Park * Hawk & Monticola solitarius (Bird) * Woodpecker * Takahatafudo Shrine * More Plum Blossoms * Candle Ice * ShowaKinen Park Bonsai Trees


January 2005 Photos: ONE Page - The Final Fall Color Photos - Shin-Koganei Old House & Persimmon Tree * Christmas Tree & Presents * Christmas Day Outing - 2004 * New Year's Midnight At Mt. Takao * White Rock Waterfall * Mt. Takao Sunset * First Plum Blossoms & Other Early Spring Flowers


2004 Photo Pages

December 2004 Photos: TWO Pages - The 2004 Christmas Letter - The Best Photos Of 2004 - All Of The Photos Here Are Included In The Annual Christmas Letter (Xmas Letter Is Password Protected) * Photos In Chronological Order From January Through December 2004


November 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Very Late Fall Flowers (Cosmos) * Fall Berries * Fall Colors At Mt. Iwadano * Mitake Fabulous Ginkgo with Red Maple Leaves In Foreground * Okutama Lake Spring vs. Fall Panorama * Okutama Area With Fall Colors


October 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Monkeys On Mt. Kumotori Trail * Fall Flowers * Berries And Colors At Mt. Mitake * Two Different Fall Flower Collages


September 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Fall Flowers At Mt. Takao * Camp-out at I-Ccho-Daira * Tama Zoological Park * Lots Of Butterflies And Other Zoo Animals


August 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) At Mt. Mitake * Other Fall Flowers * Mt. Hinode Sunset And Morning * Mt. Kumotori Climb * Marubadakebuki (Ligularia dentata) * Mt. Nanatsuishi Summit * Mt. Kumotori Summit * Deer Around The Tent At Night * Sunrise At Mt. Kumotori * More Fall Flowers * Sanjou Hot Spring


July 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Mt. Kawanori Big Waterfall * Mt. Kawanori Summit And Camp-out * Morning At Mt. Kawanori (Sea-of-Fog) * Indian Pipe (Monotropa sp.) * Mt. Honita * Huge Mountain Lily * Mt. Ohtake Camp-out (Afternoon * Evening * Night * Morning) * Beautiful Panorama With Mt. Fuji * Ohtaki Waterfall And Ohtake Limestone Cave


June 2004 Photos: ONE Page - HoriKiri Iris Garden * Mt. Takao Summer Flowers * Camping At I-Ccho-Daira Again * A Lizard And A Swallow (Bird)


May 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Clematis And Roses At Jindai Botanical Garden * Swallowtail Butterfly On Iris * Camping At I-Ccho-Daira * Camping At Mt. Hinode * Mt. Hinode Summit Shelter At Night * Flowers * Movie of Cuckoo Bird Song


April 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Mt. Kagenobu * Mt. Sougaku * Okutama Lake * Mt. Gozen Summit * Spring Flowers * Mt. Nanatsuishi * Mt. Kumotori * Camping At Mt. Kumotori * Morning Fog On Mt. Kumotori * Mt. TakaNoSu


March 2004 Photos: ONE Page - This Page Includes 2004's Spring Vacation * The Hakone Area * Manazaru * Cymbidium Orchids * Mt. Mitsutouge Climb With Kazuya * Kazuya On 5 Mountain Tops * Musashino Park Spiraea * Gentiana zollingeri * Trout Lily * Jack-in-the-Pulpit * Yoseki (Wood) * The First Cherry Blossoms


February 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Early Spring Flowers * Plum Blossoms * Mizu-Moto Park - Birds Nesting * Mt. Takao Moon * Chrysosplenium sp. Collage


January 2004 Photos: ONE Page - First Flowers Of The New Year * Plum Blossoms * Candle Ice * Mt. Takao Sunset Showing Mt. Fuji


2003 Photo Pages

December 2003 Photos: ONE Page - Tokyo Around Christmas Time * Trip To Kamakura & Shrines * Ocean At Kamakura * Sunset At Inamuragasaki Park * Trip To Enoshima (Island) * New Years At Jindai Temple * The Annual Christmas Letter



January through August 2003 Photos: ONE Page - Higashi Akiru * Inokashira Park in Kichijouji * Plum Blossoms at Bubaigawara Plum Tree Park * Mt. Fuji from Iwadono-yama in Otsuki * Mountain Panorama * Cherry Blossoms at Various Places * Hydrangea Bushes * Monotropa sp. (Indian Pipe) * Huge Cedar Trees at Mt. Mitake * Jindai Botanical Garden * Ueno Park


2002 Photo Pages


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