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50 Degrees, The Sun Is Shining...

3/31/2016

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But boy is it UGLY!  Any snow left along the roadsides is black and dirty, the ground is thawing ever so slowly creating lakes in front yards everywhere, and any dirt roads (like our lane) have become slalom courses of soft, squishy mud.  I love being jacket-free today, but it comes at a price.

On the upside, we are gaining daylight 6+ minutes per day, the sandhill cranes are due back any second, and we are no longer constantly feeding that temperamental, hungry beast of a wood stove!

Winter solstice?  I hardly remember that short, dusky day when the sun barely rose over the distant horizon.  I've got my sights set on that Midnight Sun!! Lady Aurora is forecast to give us a great showing this weekend; could be the last great lightshow of the season before our nights become too bright to see it.  Below is Saturday night's aurora forecast--notice Fairbanks is right in the middle of the action!
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    Marisa Lee

    A cheechako living in Fairbanks, Alaska.
       
    cheechako - a newcomer to Alaska, ignorant of the terrain, the weather, the animals, the culture, the necessary driving skills in the winter, etc. Opposite of a sourdough.

    Here's a quick link to my "Cat Tales" flying blog at Parkwest Air Tours.

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