This is February: snow and rain and more snow and then rain and now snow. At least most of the winds have lulled.
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So pretty, except for the traveling part
February 20th, 2012 by Savannah · about weather
Remember when we used to get mail?
February 3rd, 2012 by Savannah · about local, weather
That comment floated above the general bustle of getting ready to leave yoga practice, putting the furniture back in place and getting into outdoor clothes, and everyone paused a moment to chuckle ruefully.
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About all that snow…
January 29th, 2012 by Savannah · about local, weather
We’ve had more. And more yet.
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Moon over Nuna
January 19th, 2012 by Savannah · about North Slope
This was taken by Matthew Furrer, Sr. Field/Operations Tech. with Golder Associates Inc. and used with permission. The location and the rig being put together here are the project Steve is working on.
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Your snow? We have it here
January 15th, 2012 by Savannah · about local, weather
For those of you who are experiencing a very dry winter, I thought you might like to see what the moisture you’re missing has been getting up to here in Alaska.
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A New Year’s Eve walk
December 31st, 2011 by Savannah · about local
We’ve had—maybe I’ve mentioned this already—really dismal weather for a lot of this winter so far. A few days ago, however, the rain at least turned to snow. Snow always seems a lot more fitting in the winter at this latitude, I feel. And today, the sun rose into a clear, crisp sky (3F!)
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Yes, it was a lovely Christmas, thank you
December 26th, 2011 by Savannah · about holiday, Kaylee
We had a very pleasant, very quiet holiday.
We were all quite excitedly looking forward to it.
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The gift-making post
December 26th, 2011 by Savannah · about craft, holiday, Kaylee
Now that the holiday is over, I can reveal a few of the things I’ve been working on in addition to such knitting as I’ve been doing for Sue, the library monkey (she got a jaunty poinsettia-ornamented hat band).
I made two gifts for my sister. The first is a Lacy Baktus made in stripes of two colors of the same yarn. Susan actually bought this yarn for herself back when she toyed with knitting and before she figured out that to move beyond knitting rectangles took a whole lot more investment of time and energy. I didn’t have a particular project for it, so decided it could go back to her once knit up.
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