Above Sitka Sound

 

On high…

“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” – Aldous Huxley (Alaska above Sitka)

New Day…

Hope you day shines brighter….at least in your mind.

cruising on by…

Another Time….

“American whale oil lit the world. It was used in the production of soap, textiles, leather, paints, and varnishes, and it lubricated the tools and machines that drove the Industrial Revolution. The baleen cut from the mouths of whales shaped the course of feminine fashion by putting the hoop in hooped skirts and giving form to stomachtightening
and chest-crushing corsets. Spermaceti, the waxy substance from the heads of sperm whales, produced the brightest- and cleanest-burning candles the world has ever known, while ambergris, a byproduct of irritation in a sperm whale’s bowel, gave perfumes great staying power and was worth its weight in gold.”
― Eric Jay Dolin, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

Near Sitka, Alaska passing our 24′ fishing boat….ultimately turned and dove right under our boat. ©SwittersB

Hit above Sitka Sound at sunset…

 

Up in the hills above Sitka, Alaska  ©SwittersB

Not a soul in sight…

“The wind is the villain when the thermometer is low. Nature’s invisible knife.” Richard Louis Proenneke, One Man’s Wilderness, An Alaskan Odyssey

Glacier Bay, Alaska, 2005

 

Alaskan evening…