A wide-ranging assortment of photographs from this past week, under consideration for inclusion the book:
North Alaska Street in Palmer
Palmer is the agricultural heart of Alaska
Pony at the Colony Days kids’ area
At the Palmer Visitor’s Center and Museum
Sparky the Firedog at the Colony Days parade in Palmer
Wes Grover’s farm sits at the edge of the Matanuska River, below Pioneer Peak
An inquisitive squirrel
The Chugach Mountains across Knik Arm, which forms the south boundary of the Matanuska Valley
Old workhorse out to pasture near Fairview Loop Road
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At the skatepark in Wasilla
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Near Palmer
Glass artwork at Palmer’s Friday Fling market
Crabapple blossoms near Bodenburg Butte
Dock at Lake Lucille, Wasilla
Classic cars at the Colony Days parade in Palmer
Colorful bench near Palmer
Bell/McKinley/McDonald barn, built 1936
Musk ox skeleton at the Musk Ox Farm
Horses resting in a pasture north of Palmer
The Beautiful Matanuska Valley 