I HOPE ..

MAKE NO MISTAKE .. I FULLY REALIZE HOW BLESSED AND HOW LUCKY AND HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AS I DO. THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY WEBSITE HERE IS TO REALIZE MY DESIRE THAT .. IN SOME SMALL WAY .. ONE OF MY POSTS OR ONE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS WILL MAKE ONE PERSON'S DAY JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

TO FEEL GOOD .. DO GOOD !

I HOPE THAT SOMEONE VISITING MY WEBSITE WILL SEE SOMETHING ON IT THAT THEY WILL NOT EVER BE ABLE TO SEE OR TO DO OTHERWISE .. AND THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WILL MAKE THEIR DAY OR THEIR LIFE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER !


IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH AND ADEQUATE MONEY TO FOLLOW-YOUR-DREAM .. WITH DISCERNMENT .. FIND THE COURAGE AND HAVE THE GUTS TO DO WHAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO!


TRULY THIS IS MY DOXOLOGY .. MY PRAISE TO GOD!

YOU CAN ALSO VISIT .. http://babakaps.net .. TO SEE MY OTHER WEBSITE.

Saturday 24 May 2014

MAY 24, 14 .. THE ALASKAN FLOAT PLANES WELCOME SPRING ..

Below are two reminders of the last of the winter ice that you saw in my previous post.



The winter ice has now fully melted and Spring is here!

Many .. but not all .. of  the Float Planes based here in Anchorage Alaska are now in-the-water!



I find the below photo very pleasant to look upon.


Anchorage Alaska is a very beautiful city.


Oh My!  Miss Spring .. we sure are very happy to see your pretty face!


Some of the Float Planes have their very-own small-lagoon!


As you can see in the below photos .. a few of the Float Planes remain land-locked. 

"Come on Dad! Get me into the water Dad! The weeds are already growing around my pontoons!  In a week I will be surrounded by a jungle Dad!" 


"Me too .. I want into the water!"



On the left side of the below photo .. note the small utility storage shed behind the Float Plane.


On the right edge of the below photo is another example of a Float Plane utility storage shed.


Some of these small utility storage sheds are miniature works-of-art!  This shed's Float Plane is out flying.  Do you see his Float Plane's small lagoon on the left behind the shed? 



As Patti and I were beginning to drive away from the Float Planes and head-for-home .. I thought that I heard one of them out in the water!  I grabbed my camera and I jumped out of our car and was able to capture the below photo!

The below photo is a shot of one of the most famous of all of the Alaskan Bush Planes .. be they outfitted with floats for the water or wheels for the bush or skis for the snow ..

WOW!

A de Havilland Canada DHC-2 BEAVER!

Just feast-your-eyes upon this beautiful aircraft!



All of the smaller Float Planes were whispering to each other .. in hushed and reverent tones .. 

"There goes a de Havilland Beaver!" .. "Isn't he absolutely  magnificent!" ..

I felt honored to capture him .. production ceased in 1967 and they are getting to be 'rare' birds!

Much Joy .. Thanks So Very Much for hanging-in-here with me!  .. Cap ..

Sunday 4 May 2014

MAY 4, 14 .. THE FLOAT PLANE .. ONE OF MANY ALASKAN ICONS ..

YOUR BEST FRIEND IS THE PERSON WHO BRINGS OUT OF YOU THE BEST THAT IS WITHIN YOU .. HENRY FORD

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ICON .. ONE DEFINITION ..

AN ICON IS A WIDELY KNOWN SYMBOL ..

HERE IN ALASKA .. THE ALASKAN 'FLOAT PLANE' CERTAINLY MEETS THE ABOVE DEFINITION!

BELOW ARE SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALASKAN 'FLOAT PLANES'. EACH WAS SNAPPED ON LAKE HOOD HERE IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA. 





LAKE HOOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF ONCE AGAIN BECOMING A LIQUID LAKE AS OPPOSED TO A FROZEN LAKE! 









GOD MAKES OUR LIVES A MEDLEY OF JOY AND TEARS .. HOPE AND HELP .. LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT ..