tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153778458693683617.post6093871016130452317..comments2024-03-18T07:07:43.247-05:00Comments on Gardenaut: Springtime in AlaskaJeremiah McNicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586987877676673757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153778458693683617.post-24667550661723750622008-04-27T00:34:00.000-05:002008-04-27T00:34:00.000-05:00It's difficult to get a picture of the whole state...It's difficult to get a picture of the whole state in summer, since it's so large -- more than twice as large as Texas, in fact. Summer extremes range from Barrow in the north, where the sun doesn't really set for 6 weeks straight, to Fairbanks where it's hotter than blazes, to the temperate rainforests of Southeast Alaska. <BR/><BR/>And Anchorage? It's true that it's "like Seattle, only more so" at least in one respect: days with cloud cover!Moxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292363914970549372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153778458693683617.post-52799970587298592162008-04-25T23:26:00.000-05:002008-04-25T23:26:00.000-05:00I've come to think of Summer in Alaska as a kind o...I've come to think of Summer in Alaska as a kind of Valhalla. Northern, kind of misty but populated by gigantic broccolis and kales, like dinosaur food endemic to some primitive lost world.<BR/>And if you go far North enough, the sunflowers circle around and around like owl heads, twisting after the sun until the flowers pop off. <BR/><BR/>I think of it as "like Seattle, only more so." <BR/><BR/>Is it true?<BR/><BR/>Is it anything like that?RugbugRedfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577451365223871241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153778458693683617.post-79653788431634409682008-04-25T13:13:00.000-05:002008-04-25T13:13:00.000-05:00"Ahem" from the author. Maybe I posted that headli..."Ahem" from the author. Maybe I posted that headline too soon. This morning it's been flurrying and we now have a quarter inch of snow on the ground with more to come...Moxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292363914970549372noreply@blogger.com