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Post by karlsie on May 2, 2010 15:30:18 GMT -5
The last few weeks, break-up has been in full swing, despite several temporary set-backs with snow flurries and storms. Once break-up begins in earnest, it's astonishingly rapid. Several feet of ice and snow can melt within a couple of short weeks. To give you an idea of how swiftly the changes come, here is a photo of my backyard, two weeks ago.  Here is how that same back yard looks today, although by tomorrow, it will probably be free of snow.  When i came home from work last weekend, there were some migrating guests using my recently punched in driveway for a swimming pool.  Yesterday, the geese thought they would take a bath and wondered where the hell all the water went.  The final stages of break-up are really the ugliest time of the year, but Alaska has a flair for the dramatic. This desolate landscape will change overnight and when it does, i'll keep you up to date on its transformation. |
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Post by grainnerhuad on May 3, 2010 11:15:59 GMT -5
Oh yay! Does this mean the ban on outdoors/gardening talk has been lifted? If so I'm going to start collecting wildflower pics.
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Post by karlsie on May 3, 2010 12:27:38 GMT -5
The ban is lifted, although it will be another month before our wild flowers bloom What's important to me is, i can see the bare ground and i can go outside without a jacket. I won't be completely deprived of flowers. The tulips, the May Day, the lilacs and the strawberries, all blossom in May.
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Post by neonorth on May 3, 2010 20:21:00 GMT -5
Gardenning bah - I just can't get into the mood when once again we are in the middle of a snow storm on this muddled monday....
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Post by karlsie on May 4, 2010 1:28:04 GMT -5
I can't believe the Cook Inlet is going to warm up faster than Alberta. It was deliciously warm today. The kids said they were going to come over to help with the yard clean up, so i baked a cake, soaked some moose in bar-be-que sause, and stoked up the hot tub. They arrived just in time to grill, eat, then decided it was too late in the day to work. Now they're stacking shots in the living room, waiting for me to come back so we can watch a movie together. It felt like the first day of summer, even though the trees haven't yet budded out yet.
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Post by infamousrockyb on May 17, 2010 0:32:09 GMT -5
give us a holla well help ya cleanup
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Post by karlsie on May 17, 2010 3:07:02 GMT -5
We've been going strong the last few weekends, but there is still lots to do. Isn't it a bitch, though? The trees have budded, but it's still chilly out. Where did that blasted sunshine go? I'll ring Leon to find out if he plans to come over again next weekend. Ooh. I'm glad you brought up this page and reminded me; i need to get a shot in of our now greening yard.
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Post by infamousrockyb on May 17, 2010 3:59:23 GMT -5
yeah i went outside in the anchorage bowl today and everything is starting to get green what a great feeling i too wish it would warm up just a titch but my spirits are lifting as the green reveals itself.
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Post by karlsie on May 19, 2010 2:50:14 GMT -5
I went out and took a photo of the back yard this past weekend, the same back yard that was so thickly covered with snow just a month ago.  Sometimes it seems unreal to spend so much time in the middle of winter, then have the season change so quickly. It's like flicking into another time zone. I'm not complaining, though. Hell no. It's all part of the magic; that and those long, long hours of daylight. |
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