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

[amalthia]

I'm not at the missing the sun stage yet, mostly because I can now watch movies starting around 4pm at my house. :) Um we watch on a projector and during the summer it's really impossible to block enough light out of living room and I haven't bought curtains yet...so for tv watching on the big screen darkness is nice...however I'm also taking vitamins every day...

Okay I think a bit more light would not hurt. :)

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

ahahahaha, US TOO! We have a projector and still no curtains (because we are lazy, and interior decorating isn't a priority for either one of us). Our house has a loft with no windows and that's where the projector is, but in the middle of summer we get a lot of glare from the downstairs windows and it's virtually impossible to watch TV except really late or on cloudy days. We do most of our TV watching in the winter. *g*

[amalthia]

rofl, I had no idea! hehe I think the reason I haven't pushed for curtains is that we have cats! Plus too lazy and neither of us can agree on what type of curtains...and it's just not high on my list of priorities. :) I suck at interior decorating. I specifically asked if we could keep the curtains when we bought the house, the problem is the curtains were only in the bedrooms not the living room. I love that they already have a thick black curtain lining and then an outside curtain to block out even more sun.

I think this upcoming summer I'll just watch tv in my computer room on my computer screen. We actually saved quite a few movies to watch during the winter. :)