Piles of Thick Broken Ice Pieces along the River!
Edges of Thick Broken Ice along a Swift River
Picture by K. Fields
And to see the water flowing swiftly again through the broken ice, taken back it’s ground is actually quite breathtaking!
The Beauty of a Silt Grey Sparkling River with Newly Broken Ice.
Picture by K. Fields
And the sound of the water flowing so swiftly, moving over the ice and frozen natural debris is awesome, it has an exciting, rushing, exhilaration to it. Rather then the quiet barely moving river with no sound other then a trickle all winter.
Glacier Fed River taking back Ground!
Picture by K. Fields
Plus, while out and about, when you get a view of the rivers from higher ground, it is so beautiful, seeing the sparkling river swiftly moving around the piles of broken ice, it’s color a pretty silver gray against the dirty white ice and dark color of the trees. I can’t describe the beauty well, enough, and pictures do not do it justice
Aeriel View of River, town, and dark trees 
Picture by Mike Kingston
It can be messy and dangerous but the beauty during "break-up" is amazing. The air is crisp and clean, we smell spring in the air, even while everything is still brown, without any new buds, we can actually feel the atmosphere changing…It makes us energetic, after a lazy, plodding winter, and we start thinking of new things to do, we even get excited about cleaning up the yard, or digging up an area for a garden, or even washing the car..
Because going outside most of the winter is usually uncomfortably cold, and we don’t wash our car, because the doors and windows and locks get water in them and freeze shut, and gives us troubles trying to open them. So most everything to do outside gets put on hold in the dead of winter. (Well, except for extreme sports, like skiing, snow machining, dogsleds, ice-fishing and hunting but that's a different story!).
Ahhhhhh, but Spring, longer days of light, melting ice and snow, warmer temps…It gives new life to the weary, and fills you with this unexplainable joy and excitement…that you only feel during this time of year!
CU
2 comments:
Just found your site and I love reading and seeing through your photos what northern Alaska is like. My husband and I lived in Juneau for about 3 1/2 years, and though it was never as cold, I can certainly relate to the awesome beauty. I will be back!
Thank-you for your comment, I visited Juneau for a few weeks to see my grandson be born, it was an interesting, beautiful place to visit, hope to go back there again some day. Hard to believe we have to fly or boat into our State Capital!
K.Fields
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