December at Westchester

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Alaska cabins

Share photos of what you love most about your cabin; bonus for any outhouses that make it into your submissions.

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Reader-submitted: 2012 Bicycling

Location: Anchorage, 04/18/2011 Three-wheeling Bud!

Share photos of your races, rides, tricks or even your favorite bike.

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Alaska birds

Location: Parks Hwy Northern Hawk Owl

Alaska is home to hundreds of different migrating bird species and readers have posted hundreds of their bird-watching finds. Share your photos.

RSVP: May 2012

Location: Bagram, Afghanistan, 05/01/2012 CW2 Clinton K. Brown III of the Alaska Army National Guard with President Obama 1 May 2012 in Bagram, Afghanistan

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in May, 2012.

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Reader-submitted: Alaska Gardens 2012

Location: 05/21/2012, Indian The beginning of summer!

Alaska-themed Tattoos

Location: Our home in Anchorage, 01-29-2011 This photo was taken when our baby Jameson (who was born 16 days late on his Daddy's birthday, Jan 24) was 5 days old. The arm on the left is mine, and the arm on the right is my Husband, Aaron. We have matching arm bands that are the same design as our wedding rings, which are Alaska Soul Catcher design by Alaskan Jewelry maker Jerry Hill, which we got from the Rusty Harpoon here in Anchorage. The Arm bands were done by Jake at Body Piercing Unlimited here in Anchorage, who did a great job with the tribal design and replicating the design on the ring.

A collection of Alaska-themed tattoos pulled from our reader-submitted tattoo gallery.

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Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla, Sled Dog Rides.

Cheney Lake rainbow trout fishing

Patrick Lee tends to the 13-14 inch rainbow trout that his wife Michelle Lee caught in the recently stocked Cheney Lake in East Anchorage on Monday, 21, 2012. According the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game website over 600, large rainbow trout were released earlier this month.

Anglers try their luck catching rainbow trout at the recently stocked Cheney Lake in East Anchorage on Monday, 21, 2012. According the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game website, Cheney Lake has been stocked twice this month, with over 600 large rainbow trout.

Solar eclipse

Hikers watch an annular eclipse from Papago Park in Phoenix on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across China, Japan and elsewhere in the region before moving across the Pacific to be seen in parts of the western United States.

An annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun, was widely visible in Asia before moving across the Pacific to be seen in parts of the western United States Sunday May 20, 2012.

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Bike 2 Work

Many bikers took advantage of the beautiful day for Bike to Work Day, May 18, 2012.

Anchorage enjoyed a beautiful day May 18, 2012 for the 8th annual Bike to Work day.

Spring in Alaska

Last years cow parsnip stalk stands against the sky as new shoots break through the ground in Kincaid Park on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

After the snow spring arrives.

Orienteering

Wendy Pierce's class from Northern Lights ABC School participates in orienteering at Kincaid Park on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Kids in grades 4th to 8th from 10 Anchorage area schools participated in the orienteering program.

School Kids find their way around Kincaid Park.

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Motor Madness

Wayne Devore of Eagle River flies up and into a stretch of moguls at the Alyeska Motor Madness hill climb Friday May 4, 2012 in Girdwood.

Alyeska Motor Madness hill climb Friday May 4, 2012 in Girdwood was hosted by Alaska Motor Mushers Club and Alyeska Resort.

Birds of Spring

A trumpeter swan yearling preens on Chester Creek Monday morning April 9, 2012 between Spenard Road and Minnesota Drive. The swans and other migratory waterfowl have started arriving at the creek over the past week or so.

Resident and migratory birds are busy feeding, courting and preparing for nesting as spring arrives at thawing Westchester Lagoon, the Cook Inlet shoreline and other ponds and lakes around Anchorage.