September 27, 2004

• Snow is back!

  Our
  first snowfall a couple of days ago was the earliest snow ever recorded
  for Anchorage.  It didn’t last long.  Perhaps it lasted a bit
  longer here than it did in Anchorage and the lower elevations between
  here and the city, but by the time I went to bed last night it had all
  been washed away by the rain.   Before I got up today, some
  cold air had moved in and the rain had become a crusty layer of new
  snow.

  When I
  saw the blue sky and interesting low sun angle, I jumped out of bed and
  grabbed the camera.  I didn’t even take time to pull down the legs of
  my “pajamas”, a comfortable old pair of men’s red longjohns, from where they
  had hiked up to just below my knees.  I just jumped into my boots
  and scooted out there to catch the light before it changed.

  I hurried about halfway down the block to get past the trees for the view across the muskeg in the first picture.

  The next shot is looking south along the street when I turned back
  toward home.  Home is there among the trees on the right. 
  Same old muskeg, same old street — I must get out more and remember to
  take the camera with me.

  The plants and stuff in the front window caught my eye as I came up the
  driveway.   There’s only a little bit of condensation on the
  window now.  Soon it will be lots of frost.
  

  A recent Muskeg Heights strip featured Rhonda, my favorite flamingo, still trying to get south..

  

  

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