There is No In-Between

The sun has found his was from behind the mountain!

The days are getting quite long now and I caught myself gazing out the window as the sun was setting around a little before 9:00pm while fondly replaying memories of last summer.  The sky was just getting a hint of dark blue straight above fading into dark orange as I traced it down to the horizon.  Then as my gaze fell down below the horizon my eyes stopped and rested on . . . snow, bringing with it an abrupt end to my warm, fuzzy thoughts of summer.  That said, we have had beautiful weather for the past week helping to melt the snow and uncover 2 of our 5 lost steps so I'm thinking it's safe to say that spring is finally on its way.  The temperatures have even reached the upper 30s a few days which now feels like the upper 60s used to feel back home.  The sun is setting around 9:00 and rising with a mischievous little smile around 7:30 in the morning.  It knows I'm starting to remember that there might have been a reason why I was begging him to go away last summer but I don't dare say anything because I also remember how desperate I was to see him 2 short months ago.  I'm beginning to realize there is no middle ground in Alaska.  The sun is either hiding or refusing to leave, the weather is either beautiful or miserable, and prices are either high or higher.  That might be why people seem to either love it or hate it here.  I, for one, am enjoying it very much - but we may need to look into getting a dimmer switch for the sun.

The sun shining warmly over thigh deep snow.