Snapshots

Greetings, Gentle Readers!

It's a balmy 4° F. here at the ol' homestead, but kindly notice it's above zero, rather than below. That's the first time in nearly three weeks we've been this warm.

We got another six inches of snow in the last 18 hours, most of it since breakfast today. Just a couple of hours ago, visibility was down to about 30 feet.

So of course, that's when we did our weekly shopping. 

Unloading groceries

After lunch, I'll have to run the snowblower again. I hope the city sends its snowplows before then, so that clearing the road so that the berms at either end of our driveway can be done at the same time.

This fellow trotted across the road in front of us the other day, necessitating a brief delay on the way home from work. (The line across the pic is the usual broken windshield; the glass replacement people have a booming business up here.)

A friend made the drive to Girdwood a week or so ago; I stole these pics from him.

More Snowy Pics

... for friends in warmer climes.

The fire pit. Obviously hasn't been used much, lately.

Looking across the backyard. Managed to catch the sunset through the trees (roughly 15:10 hrs (3:10 pm)) today.

For Those With No White Christmas

1 p.m., 13° F.

Christmas is almost always white in Alaska. But if you want one, I'll keep posting pics for your viewing pleasure. You're welcome.

Winter Beauty

Click it to big it. Or something like that...

I love seeing the sun shining on the snow in the trees. Taken around 3 pm today; temperature 18°.

What's Winter Good For?

It has its moments:

 

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A Little Scenery For You

My lovely bride and I went out this morning to sweep the snow off of the front (north) balcony and stairs, and spread more ice-melt on the driveway.

It was around 10:00 when we went out, and as 10:30 approached, the sun began to appear over the mountains to the southeast. It was so lovely that I just had to snap a few photos. As always, click to enlarge.

Looking out the north end of the driveway...

to the center of the front yard ...

to the east end of the drive, along the front of the house.

Around 10:30 as the sun appeared through the trees to the southeast.

Looking up to the north, at the mountain ridge across the road.

Looking out the front windows as the sun illuminates the trees in the yard.

Looking south, from the breakfast nook, as the sun blankets the back yard.

63 Photos: Northern Lights of Alaska

There's a great collection of pix here, featuring the aurora borealis as captured by locals.

Samples:

Because Y'all Wanted Pictures

Here's Anchorage, this morning:

Looking east

Southeast

Looked to us like the snow only reached around the thousand-foot mark. Won't take that much more to reach us here in town.

Friday Fotos

Yes, I know how to spell "photos" ... but it doesn't alliterate. Deal. :)

All photos are user-submitted, featured at www.ktuu.com:

Alaska ferry the "Aurora", preparing to dock in Valdez.

This picture was taken across the Unalakleet river Wednesday night the 19th of Feb.

On a clear Wednesday night the sky above Hatcher Pass in Palmer was lit up with the northern lights dancing in the sky between 9:00 and 10:00 pm.

Moose walking on the soccer field during sunrise

Scene Around Anchorage

Skiing on a trail near Big Lake.

Star the reindeer crosses 6th Avenue, downtown Anchorage.

Pan ice on Ship Creek, shortly after high tide. This is near downtown Anchorage.

Harbor tug tied up at the Port of Anchorage, at sunrise. Tordrillo Mtns (75 miles to the west) are visible in the background; the highest peak is Mt. Spurr, an active volcano.

All photos found at www.adn.com, the Anchorage Daily News site.

In Lieu of Actual Content

Early morning view:

click to supersize me!

Another View

In the Wally World parking lot, looking east at sunset

The View From Our Front Window

I know many of you are having an early spring. Here's what you missed:

Taken yesterday ... 124" of snow, so far