Fog Over Kachemak Bay

This past week, we have awoken to fog over Kachemak Bay every morning. I finally had a chance to capture it. I love how it hides everything underneath it so the mountains seem to rise out of the fog into the sky.

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Comet PanSTARRS - March 12, 2013

 I got to see Comet PanSTARRS this evening! It was an hour after sunset that the group I was with finally spotted it.

 These pictures range from 9:11pm to 9:29pm. Once we knew where it was, I could slightly see it with the naked eye, but it is tiny! I couldn't locate it with binoculars at all, but the camera found it easily once I knew where to look.

 I plan to go out tomorrow night, since we are supposed to have clear skies again, so hopefully I can find it when the moon is in a different location!

Christmas Tour of Home 2012

I haven't posted in months, but I can't resist the Annual Christmas Tour of Homes!

We got a new tree (to us at least) and I went to town decorating in blues and teals. It was a blast! I also bought a tree skirt this fall and I love how soft and fluffy it is!

I love this Nativity, and I switch around it's location each year. This year, it's on the coffee table :)

I got a second Nativity and it is darling! I also snagged this little tree at Walmart for 75 cents or so.

Last year, the place I had the stockings hanging from was a bit hazardous, and this shelf is much more secure.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the other lovely homes at Kelly's blog!

Note: Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I will be posting much in the near future....life is still busy, especially since it is Christmas time at work, but things might slow down for me in the remaining winter months. Maybe. Either way...thanks for your patience!

Alaskan Landscapes 2013 Calendar!

 I am offering my first calendar for sale! Featuring landscape images I have taken around Alaska, "Alaskan Landscapes 2013" is available for preorder now! Calendars make excellent Christmas gifts! Photos below of the images and the month they correspond with!

Calendars are $25 each. They are 11" by 8.5" and printed on high quality paper, thicker than many other calendars out there.

I will only be making one bulk order of these, so when they are gone, they are gone! I will have a few extras on hand but if you want one or more, don't wait!

Preorder cutoff is October 20. I will require payment before shipment to you. A flat $5 shipping and handling charge is required if you are out of the Homer area, regardless of how many calendars are ordered. I plan to have the calendars shipped or delivered by mid November.

Payment is not required at time of ordering. I accept cash, check or Paypal. Email me at michelle@michellesimpsonphotos.com to let me know how many you are interested in purchasing, as well as your address if you want them shipped!

Thank you in advance!

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Back Online and Indefinite Hiatus

I want to apologize again for the upheaval on my website and blog...it's taken me nearly a month to get the website back online. Google was incredibly unhelpful, and I finally got my hosting service to cooperate with me, but I think it is back to the way it should be.

Unfortunately, I am back to Blogger. Less headache, but also less professional. I ended up taking drastic measures...and it looks like all of the photos on this blog are gone. :( I have not decided quite yet what to do on that front. It will be a ton of work to go back and add in the thousands of images back into the posts where they belong. And, at this point, I'm not sure that I care (gasp!) due to being so sick of dealing with the drama.

I changed my homepage around drastically, and for the current time, my site will only be a hub to other locations around the web - Facebook, twitter, etc. I did a lot of thinking while the site was down, and basically came to the conclusion that blogging is really important to the growth of a business, but I don't have the energy or time to devote to it, and I don't see that changing in the future. I have enjoyed blogging, but I am not good at it. I've come to the realization in the past year or so that I am not a writer. I often (several times a day) think, "Oh, I want to blog about that!" and then it never happens right then, and so when it does, I am much more brief that what I envisioned. I've discovered that Twitter is a better outlet for my random thoughts, and it encourages the brevity that I seem to fall back to when I start writing.

What is this all saying? Well...don't delete the blog from your feed readers or your links, but I am going to take an indefinite hiatus at this time. I plan to invest more time in social networking than I have been. My summer schedule is slowing down and easing back into my fall/winter one where I have a bit more time. I might blog from time to time, but at this time, I am removing the pressure on my shoulders to have a post going up consistently. I feel like the quality was rarely where I wanted it to be, and I would rather invest my energy in other media at this time.

I will continue to take photos!!! I will just be sharing them on other places around the web, links on the sidebar to the right!

Thanks for your understanding and support!

Seaweed Scene

Pink Peaks

Lupine on the Spit

It took me a couple days of getting the timing down, but I made it to this location for the optimal sunset light, on the lupine and the mountains a few weeks back, and I'm so glad I did.

Arrow Across the Sky

Patience at sunset sometimes pays off in excellent ways. It's a bit hard to see at this size, but the clouds are pointing directly in a V formation at Augustine Volcano.

Pink Hints of Promise

Whenever I go to Mariner Park off of the Spit, I always glance at this gazebo and smile. I've spent lots of time in it with friends and with C, but the most meaningful time (of course!) was when C proposed to me there. I love to take photos of it now, so long as the background is interesting. It's fun to view and explore, and combined with a vibrant sky...I love it!