Interesting week
Dec 23, 2021 14:59:40 #
Days are mighty short now but getting longer. I know that this doesn't mean much to folks below the 40th parallel, but it does to us in the north country. Tuesday we lost 3 seconds of daylight, and then the world stopped its north hemisphere tilt away from the sun. Did you feel that little bump? Actually, that was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake over by Port Alsworth. Yesterday, we gained 9 seconds of daylight and today we will gain 25 more. The sun is so low on the southern horizon that I only see it only for a few minutes around noon, when it appears in a notch between two mountains. On relatively clear days, the alpenglow hitting high, thin clouds and the surrounding mountains to the east and west paints such a beautiful portrait old Charlie Russell would have been hard pressed to get it right. Thank you, Lord God for blessing me with such a wonderful place to live.
Dec 23, 2021 15:05:33 #
Sounds cool. I been to Alaska and it’s really cool.
We get 3 minutes a day longer sunlight.
We get 3 minutes a day longer sunlight.
Dec 23, 2021 15:18:37 #
Alaska Charlie wrote:
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I’m in Homer every year in October or November King fishing with my buddies that live there. It’s like no place on earth for sure. If I had my druthers I’d be there full time but the wife says no to the snow and dark winters.
Dec 23, 2021 16:25:30 #
You are indeed living in a wondrous place "up there!" I know that for the most part, everybody likes the "flip side" of the equinox by anxiously awaiting the Summer Solstice! Even down here in the "lower 48" we are looking forward to longer amounts of daylight!
The only place I have ever felt a quake was in AK...kind of an eerie feeling...especially when you are indoors! Dishes rattling, pictures swaying on the walls and vibrating floorboards!
Have you purchased your ticket yet for the "ice classic!" I assume that contest is still going on every year!
The only place I have ever felt a quake was in AK...kind of an eerie feeling...especially when you are indoors! Dishes rattling, pictures swaying on the walls and vibrating floorboards!
Have you purchased your ticket yet for the "ice classic!" I assume that contest is still going on every year!
Dec 23, 2021 17:28:50 #
AK is a beautiful place, for sure. I only saw small parts of it during my 9 days while visiting my Son, but can’t wait to go back!
Dec 23, 2021 19:00:48 #
We just went through the winter solstice. Now we are heading to spring equinox. Basically, that means the day and night is equal. More important than that is the fact that the rate of gaining daylight starts declining then, and even though it is still gaining, there is less gain each day until summer solstice. Now remember what I said in the first post about feeling the bump at solstice? Of course I was just being facetious. Can you imagine the shock if the earth with all its mass came to a sudden stop and then took off in the opposite direction at the same rate of speed it had been going. I imagine, two trains in a head on collision would seem pretty mild compared to that. Our great creator God designed it all to work perfectly.
Dec 24, 2021 13:58:19 #
Waterdoglured
Loc: DFW Metro, Lake Grapevine
We went to Rondy (Annual Fur Trapper Celebration)in Anchorage and the Ice Sculpture Championship in Fairbanks in February of 2016. Great time! First time to see the Aurora Borealis.
Dec 24, 2021 15:27:20 #
The Aurora is awesome when viewed from that latitude...great photos! The Fur Rendezvous is a great time as well.
I still have a couple of old hats that I picked up at the 1983 "Rondy", and although one is set aside...he other one is worn on a regular basis during Winter! Yes...I have washed them a few times over the year in "Woolite"!
I still have a couple of old hats that I picked up at the 1983 "Rondy", and although one is set aside...he other one is worn on a regular basis during Winter! Yes...I have washed them a few times over the year in "Woolite"!
Dec 24, 2021 15:40:03 #
Waterdoglured
Loc: DFW Metro, Lake Grapevine
Yes sir, the pictures I took don’t do justice to the real beauty and colors. I downloaded a $.99 cent app for the occasion.
Nice palm tree. 🙂
Agree, we also saw some pretty “wild” (pun intended) head coverings at Fur Rondy. Really glad we experienced how wonderful Alaska is during the winter!
Nice palm tree. 🙂
Agree, we also saw some pretty “wild” (pun intended) head coverings at Fur Rondy. Really glad we experienced how wonderful Alaska is during the winter!
Dec 24, 2021 16:14:45 #
I lived in Anchorage back in the 80's, and although the days were short in winter, the summers made up for them. I heard lawnmowers at 2am. And the wonders, never stopped. Fur rondy was wild, and the snow scuptures for the Ididarod was awsome. I worked at Great Northern Guns, (kid at a candy store), and met a lot of people, from all over the world.
Dec 24, 2021 16:28:32 #
Dec 24, 2021 17:16:07 #
Waterdoglured wrote:
One more picture. 🙂
Now that's a great one! the trees in the foreground give a sense of depth and eeriness!
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