Happy Solstice!

[sholio]

According to Weather Underground, we had 3 hours, 41 minutes of daylight today. (Sunrise: 10:58 a.m.; sunset: 2:40 p.m.) Since our house is located on the north side of a hill, we personally had 0 hours and 0 minutes of sunlight; the sun won't shine on us until mid-February, when it gets high enough to clear the hill.

This is your Alaska horror story for today. :D

(One of my VERY FAVORITE THINGS EVER was the description of Fairbanks, my sweet little frozen hell of a town, in a guidebook to the supposed 50 worst cities in the U.S. that came out a few years ago, in which we were described thusly: "Imagine the worst place you've ever been. Then take away the sun." I love Fairbanks, actually, but that has been cracking me up for years and will continue to do so, I'm sure, for years to come.)

But on the bright side, two days ago it was -20F, and now it's only 0F. (And felt quite pleasant when I walked the dogs today. Really.) We got some snow a few days ago and the trees are covered with snow; it's all very lovely.

Tomorrow is 13 seconds longer! *cheers*

Comments

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah -- the difference in the light between winter and summer is really something! At this time of year in Alaska (my part of Alaska, anyhow) we don't really ever lose the pinkish "sunset" quality to the light -- even on the brightest, sunniest December day, the sun is still on the rim of the world and the sky looks like sunset/sunrise. (That's assuming you can actually see the sun. Property on south-facing hills is a lot more expensive than property on north-facing hills ... for obvious reasons! And that's why we're living in a hole ... because it was cheap. XD)