“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom,” Aristotle.
Sitting on my back porch the sound of snow melting from the roof and hitting the slushy puddles below faintly reminds me of an alarm clock going off. I feel it inside me, the weather is changing, break up season is here! My brain and my body for that matter have some what felt like they have been in hibernation right along with an old grizzly since late October. Everyday the urge to get out and put my boots to the dirt so to speak gets stronger and stronger. The days are starting to get longer, and the sun never felt so damn good. Listen I am not saying that I don’t enjoy the winter here, because I do. There is nothing more amazing and aw inspiring than watching the earth around you become some dream like, white, winter land. It’s just a personal awaking more than anything right now. I feel myself growing and changing it almost seems with the season. Like spring and the thought of summer are running parallel with something going on inside of me.
Whatever maybe I am being dramatic, either way matters not, it feels really good.
I’m sure you might have heard on the news about this big solar flare from the sun a couple weeks ago. The northern lights were quite amazing and seen all around the globe. Lucky for us we had a couple nights where from just our front yard we could check them out. They really are amazing to watch and just as quickly as they appear and dance around on the sky, they are gone again. My camera is just a nice little point and shoot so the quality of the photos aren’t great, but still pretty cool looking right!
This winter was far more intense than last year, at least in terms of temperature and snow fall. There were months here where the high’s stayed below zero. Weeks where it was as low as -30. We spent many, many days inside. Did a lot of painting, video gaming, movie watching and just hangen out. I have been really blessed to have met some pretty awesome Alaskans. I love most everyone I have met here. It’s those friendships that you build that keep you going through that intense of a winter. This place is no joke sometimes. The mental and spiritual strength it takes to endure being at home raising babies and keeping house while your man is gone for weeks at a time has been one of the greatest challenges I have come across thus far in life. But you know me, I love a challenge.
I wanted to share the last of my photos from this winter. There are a few of the kids at a friend’s house riding on mini size snow machines. That was a fun day, thanks Barney! Also the pictures of my backyard where just a few days ago a man came out and spent the entire day clearing away feet of snow from around the house into the middle of the backyard. All the snow close to peoples homes melting too fast can cause flooding in your home, so it’s a good idea to try and push some of it as far away as you can.
One last thing, with summer fast approaching all of you in Texas need to start figuring out when and if you can come visit!!! As always, take care everyone and God Bless!
