For the last several days, up to but not including yesterday, it was warm and gloriously sunny enough to be out around town in a T-shirt without so much as a jacket. Spring was in the air, and the sky was suddenly filled with winged flyers of both the feathered and fueled varieties, bound for adventures near and far. A pair of bald eagles soared over my head on the trail the other day so closely that I could hear the wind buzzing through their feathers. I stumbled, more closely than I would prefer, upon a huge bull moose with little protrusions where his massive antlers will soon take root. Bears, hungry and a bit grumpy, have awakened from their winter slumber. A pair of geese, as is the fashion this time of year, seem to have nested near my apartment. Ah yes, springtime...
Or, as it turned out, 19 INCHES IN ONE DAY!!! Holy Cow!!!
NINETEEN!!!
It was a heavy, wet snow, and it's melting fast. But still, we've had over 109 inches of snow this season, and I join the local chorus of "Enough Already"! You may be thinking "Well, it's Alaska", but, for the record, it's the snowiest April in Anchorage in recorded history.
Even the geese (literally in this photo) are gazing longingly southward back toward Canada. But just before this storm I saw the first few tufts of green grass on the trail along the south-facing ridgeline above the Turnagain Arm, forcing their way up through the brittle, hollow remains of the year past. So hang in there, feathered friends.
1 comment:
haha now you gots to get a job!
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