Finally Sunshine!
We’ve had overcast skies and rain over the last week or so. Add in cooler temperatures, and it certainly doesn’t feel like summer. I’ve seen lows in the 40s when I get up in the morning, which I don’t recall seeing last year. Steve said his truck registered 36F on the way to work (4am) a couple of days ago. Fairbanks isn’t the only town in Alaska dealing with these unseasonable temps. Anchorage is having one of the coolest summers on record. Makes me happy to be living in the interior, where it’s a little warmer.
A few days ago, we had sunshine for a few hours, and we took advantage of it by weed-whacking the front yard. If not for the weeds and wildflowers, we wouldn’t have anything but dirt around our house. Every summer we plan to sow some grass, and then summer comes, and the camper and nice weather beckons, and we take to the road. Last year, we lived with mostly dirt. This year, the plant life that was turned over when the house was built, seemed to be reborn. We’ve had bluebells, prickly rose, mustard ball, horsetail, fireweed, primrose, dwarf dogwood, and fleabane growing at some point this summer. I don’t mind a wild look, but when the stuff gets to be knee high, it’s time to cut it back. The front yard is done. The back yard….. well, maybe this weekend.
