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Posted in Life In Alaska, Moose, Notes from the Admin, seasons, snow, weather on Oct 19th, 2008
Winter is here now, and it is time to think about winter driving. For some reason it seems like every year when the winter months begin, everyone on the road forgets how to drive in winter conditions.
The first thing to be aware of is that the moose are all headed down to the low lands [...]
Posted in Life In Alaska, Notes from the Admin, seasons, snow, weather on Oct 17th, 2008
The cold weather has most definitely set in to stay now. I really want to get some kind of wood stove put in here, but first I will need to rearrange everything in the front half of the house to make room for getting one put in here. That makes me rethink installing one on [...]
Posted in Life In Alaska, seasons on Oct 13th, 2008
The other night the lights here flickered really bad and threatened to go out. It made me think seriously about the fact that our heat depends on the power and the need to get a wood stove put in the house. I think it is time to rearrange things in the front room so I [...]
Posted in Life In Alaska, seasons on Oct 7th, 2008
It is time, if you have not already purchased a pair, to go out and buy a good pair of winter boots. The Weather Bug program on my computer is calling for about 2 inches of snowfall today, so it looks like the white stuff is here to stay. I have a good pair of [...]
Posted in Life In Alaska, seasons, snow, weather on Oct 5th, 2008
The first snow of the season fell today. It started out as a slow drizzle of rain, but I noticed at once there was a odd quality to the sound of the rain, one that could only be caused by the encroachment of sleet into the rain. Sure enough, the porch deck was [...]