Spring is not a lot of fun in Alaska. We call this time of year "Break-Up." It involves snowing and melting, thawing and freezing, expanding and retracting. And mud. Lots and lots of mud. Still, there's a certain appeal to dirty water.
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If you walk down to the edge of the trees,
you can see for yourself.
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The silty water rushes quickly by,
carrying large chunks of ice away from land.
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As the tide goes out,
lopsided icebergs settle down to rest on the muddy flats.
Dinner last night: Italian chicken strips, fruit salad
2 comments:
I love your glimpses into the Alaskan life! We consider ourselves lucky if we catch sight of a red-tailed hawk or pileated woodpecker. And you regularly see convocations of bald eagles. Wow.
Re: stomach flu - we had a similar version, days long, with dry heaves. I even fell sick this time, and boy, does the house come to a grinding halt when THAT happens!
I kept pinching the skin on the backs of their hands to see if they were becoming dehydrated, but otherwise I just let them call the shots, and eat or drink when they were ready.
Now that everybody's over the stomach flu, we're looking at a new round of head colds. Will the warm weather NEVER come???
I just love your pictures!!! Does it get warm at all in the summer? Or is it always mildly cool?
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