Glacial Follow Up on Sadieday

We forgot to mention on our post yesterday why the glaciers, especially the Hubbard Glacier, are so blue.  It might have looked like Mommy added color to the photos but she doesn't have a clue how to do that didn't.  It truly is that blue...

The reason is because the glacier ice is so dense that it absorbs all colors of the light spectrum except for blue making it the only color we see...

Pretty cool huh?  Another thing they learned while they were there was how to tell if a valley was formed by a glacier or by water.  Valleys formed by water are in the shape of a V like the Grand Canyon but valleys formed by glaciers are in the shape of a U like this...

Now that our geological refresher course is over, it's time to bring on the smiles this Sadieday.  We could do that by showing a cute pile of sled dog puppies...

Or by showing you how our sisfur Sadie's used to love bones...

As long as they didn't get her feets dirty...

MOL!

She was silly but she always made us smile!  We hope you have lots of reasons to smile today!  Be sure to spread those smiles around since you never know who's day you'll change with just a smile!

Enjoy your Sadieday and have a great weekend!

Finally!

It's finally Friday but also Mommy finally has some glacier photos she took on their Alaskan cruise last month!  She had requests on Facebook to show these photos but she's been "too busy" to help us post them.  Blah, blah, blah.  Whatever.  Anyway, these are in order of when they saw them starting with a shore excursion up to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau...

The day they were there it was cold, windy and rainy so it was hard to get good photos of it since Mommy's fingers were frozen!  The next glacier they saw was from their stateroom balcony as they were sailing by.  Can you see the house on the edge of the water?

On the last full day of the cruise they sailed up to the Hubbard Glacier and both Mommy and Daddy were awestruck as they saw this from their balcony...

The ship did two full slow circles so everyone could see the absolutely beautiful scenery (click on the photo to biggify)...

The ice on top of the water is about 350 feet high and there's another 250 feet of ice below the water too.  The glacier was calving and each time it sounded like thunder.  The ice falling off is approximately 600 years old and Mommy took a squizillion photos of each calving event but we'll just show one...

While they were there, the ship's captain sent some of the crew out to bring in an iceberg that they later carved into an ice sculpture.  As you can tell, the icebergs near the ship were slighty too big for them to bring in...

Here's the one they got.  Notice how murky the water is from the glacial silt?

After an hour it was time to set sail again...

These are just a small fraction of the photos Mommy took of the glaciers and their entire time in Alaska but we'll spare you any more!  If there are any questions or requests to see something else, let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate them!  Believe it or not, she has even more woofie photos!  Ugh!

Hope you have cool glacier thoughts if it's hot in your neck of the woods!

Shipping Assistant

Not only do I help pick out beads and help make beady goodies but I also help get them ready to send them out.  I assume my position on the countertop and after being petted awhile, I'm ready to work...

It's very important to help hold down the roll of paper so it doesn't get away from Mommy...

HELLOOOOO!

Hee hee, it sounds funny when I do that!

Okay, now that the fun and games are over with so let's get these packages wrapped up and outta here Mommy!

It's a tough job helping out with all the beady goodies but somekitty has to do it!  What would Mommy do without me?

Hope you are off duty today!

Angel

PeeS:  Even though Mommy quit her salaried CPA job (the accountant one), she's been busy working on taxes for her old boss (still) and also a friend so our posting and commenting might be spotty.  Since we already have her trained it's too late to trade her in on a new CPA (Cats Purrsonal Assistant).  Please forgive us!

What's Up this Wednesday? Me.

As I was taking a rare break from watching Mommy make beady goodies, she turned around and couldn't help herself, she HAD to take a picture of me...

All the while she kept saying I was so cute she could hardly stand it...

Yeah, well, now I'm up, thank ya very much...

For some reason it's okay to wake me up from my much deserved nap yet when I wake her up for my much deserved treat at 3am, it's not quite as okay.  But even then she tells me it's a good thing I'm cute!

Hope you get a much deserved nap and treat today!

Angel

Tortie Tuesday

From what I understand from my little sisfur, I missed a lot of excitement last weekend...

*stretch*

A comfy bed to nap on is all the excitement I need this Tortie Tuesday (or any day for that matter)!

Hope you enjoy a nap or four today!

Isabella

Weekend Wrap Up

Boy am I glad that weekend is over!  What started out as a lovely holiday weekend relaxing with my sisfur Isabella...

Made a turn for the worse at noon on Friday when the neighbor kids started shooting off fireworks! 

Those may look like little fireworks but they whistle really, really loud!  The worst part is as the day goes on those little fireworks turn into BIG fireworks that make huge booms!  Here's their stash the next day - two bags full and the monsters in front...

Is it safe to come out yet?

Thank Cod that's over for another year!  Of course Isabella didn't even notice anything was going on.  She's weird.  

How was your weekend?

Hope you have a nice and quiet Monday!

Angel

PeeS:  Mommy ended up giving me three doses of Rescue Remedy, turned on two loud fans and kept me upstairs away from the noise out front but I still kept hiding in the closet.  When it got quiet I did come out for treats which is something I've never done on the 4th in the past. There were just a few fireworks in the neighborhood the rest of the weekend but not from the kid next door so I ran but then quickly came back out.  Maybe this was because of the Rescue Remedy?  Either way, I definitely prefer there to NOT be fireworks. Ever!

Happy Fourth of July!

We're recycling a post from the past because somemommy ran out of time to help us do a brand new post but the sentiment is the same so here goes...

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Happy Independence Day to our furiends here in the USA!We hope you have a happy holiday filled with fun and foods with whip cream on top!

We'll also be thinking of all the brave men and women fighting for our freedom around the world today and every day too!

We're going to enjoy a long holiday weekend so we hope our friends everywhere have a wonderful day and a great weekend too!

Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!  

Angel

Living the Wildlife!

Since we showed photos of big bald birdies yesterday, today we thought we'd show other kinds of wildlife that Mommy and Daddy saw up in Alaska.  They spent most of their vacation on a cruise ship and did see whales, porpoises and lots of sea birds but none sat still long enough for a good photo.  She did get a photo of these sea lions.  Can you spot two?

And of course there were bald eagles everywhere...

After the cruise ended in Seward, AK, they took a three day land tour which included a Tundra Wilderness Tour in Denali National Park & Preserve that promised lots of wildlife to be seen like bears and moose.  Yeah, well, there in there somewhere...

The first critter they spotted was an Artic ground squirrel.  Kinda looks like the non-artic chipmunks huh?

The snowshoe hare is pretty cute and sure has big floofy feets!  Of course in the winter time he'd be all white...

They even saw Willow Ptarmigan which are Alaska's state bird... 

Finally as they got farther into the park they saw big critters like Dall sheep...

Usually they look like little white dots on the mountainside...

They did see lots and lots of caribou like this youngin'...

Despite being on the tour for 8 hours, they didn't see one bear or moose.  Daddy says they'll just have to go back sometime but we might have something to say about that!

What kind of wildlife do you have in your neck of the woods?

Enjoy your day!

PeeS:  All the park photos were taken from a bus since the only way to visit deep inside Denali National Park is via their buses.  It kinda made it hard to see the wildlife let alone get good photos of them but she did the best she could.  They were allowed to get off in designated areas but of course the only wildlife around those areas were tourists from other buses!

Big Bald Birdies!

Sure there are huskies in Alaska but there are a lot of bald eagles too.  Mommy and Daddy said they could see them flying through the trees from their stateroom balcony but they saw them up close at Icy Strait Point such as this guy who met the cruise ship's tender boats as they came to the pier...

He was keeping an eye on everything from that vantage point.  Can you see him?

They went on a hike through the forest and saw this eagle up high in the tree...

Also this adult and juvenile eagle.  The youngin' blended in real well...

This juvenile was at the harbor in the nearby town of Hoonah, AK.  He may not have his white feathers in yet but he sure has that menacing stare down pat...

Mommy and Daddy walked back to Icy Strait Point from Hoonah and all along the 1.5 mile route the eagles were soaring above them...

They are certainly majestic aren't they?

Of course, Mommy not only spotted the eagles in the area but she also saw this guy...

And this one too...

*sigh* She's hopeless.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the beautiful big bald birdies from Alaska!

Tortie Tuesday

I decided it's time to shake things up this Tortie Tuesday with a little pole dancing!

What's that?  You don't think I can pole dance?  Well, I'll show you!

Can't you see I'm one with the pole?

Quarter turn and a rest bow...

You'll have to admit, I'm pretty good at this...

Hey, no heckling from the peanut gallery!

Somekitties just don't appreciate my Tortie moves...

I think I'll work up to the second half of the pole later.  It's harder than it looks!

Hope you shake things up this Tortie Tuesday!

Isabella