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Topic: Spring Fever
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Harpyr
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From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted March 21, 2006 04:27 PM
 
Looks like we turned the corner towards spring way up here too.. It's partially cloudy and a balmy +25 F outside! LOL
The weather man said we shouldn't see anymore -20 F or colder this year. 
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Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 2529
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted March 22, 2006 08:07 PM
A sign of Spring:bunches of gnats flying around! I just took Jass for a walk and accidentally "ate" some gnats flying right in front of me! Yuk! LOL IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted March 25, 2006 09:10 PM
My plum trees are in bud Nephthys, yours must be ready to bloom? 
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26taurus
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From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted March 26, 2006 02:19 PM
Cool! Hi Juni.  I wish I had some land. IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 2529
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted March 26, 2006 05:02 PM
Hi Juni,We had 2 weeks of warm weather in Feb., followed by a long month of unseasonably cold rain and wind. So we got blossoms on the tree about a month ago. Yesterday again the weather was terribly cold, rainy, and windy, but today we have 73+ degrees F, in the sun and about 67 degrees F in the shade.
I know my weather is nothing to complain about compared to yours.
Many parts of my county did get flooded though. IP: Logged |
Randall
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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted March 29, 2006 01:44 PM
Warm days and cold nights. Winter won't let go. ------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted March 29, 2006 05:17 PM
It won't let go here either!  Nothing but rain, rain, and more rain. Oh, and even more rain. Oh, and cold. Like, totally NOT California!   IP: Logged |
Randall
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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted March 31, 2006 07:32 AM
I thought it never rained in California?------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 02, 2006 04:19 PM
It's April! My favorite month!  Yes, Randall. We get rain in California. Calif. has a mediterranean climate. We have mild, cool, rainy winters and hot, dry, loooooong summers all the way through October. Regions of Chile, S. Africa, Australia, and of course the Mediterranean Coast share the same weather/climate patterns as us. So....do you have peaches in Georgia? IP: Logged |
Harpyr
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From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 03, 2006 05:44 PM
I really like the mediterranean climate.. I fantasize about living in rural N.W. Cali somewhere and growing olive trees.. Someday, hopefully..  Up here in central Alaska right now, things are thawing.. It's about 40 degrees outside, sunny and slushy! Tee-shirt weather by Alaskan standards.. I love it!  IP: Logged |
Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 03, 2006 09:28 PM
Harpyr: I dream of visiting Alaska one day. Nature + wildlife = what Taurus   Also, low population, huh? I can't stand the population here. Oooh, I also dream of seeing the Aurora Borealis! And long days of sun all through the night! IP: Logged |
Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 2127
From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 04, 2006 04:35 AM
oh yes.. no doubt, this is a land of unparalleled beauty. The aurora is pure magic..standing beneath it in the still of the long nights, you can almost hear the secrets of the universe whispered in your ear..The contrast to that is the endless days of summer solstice.. Talk about an energy boost! People are out mowing their lawns at 2am, I kid you not. Sleep becomes a low priority in the summer.. people are on the go and enjoying the warm weather and untamed wilderness. I love Alaskan summers more than any other place on earth. The only bummer is that lately, with this global warming trend, the forest fires are waaaay out of control. I don't remember anything like it from when I was growing up here.. Somedays the smoke is so thick that I literally can't see 50 ft. ahead. When it's that smokey and you have to stay indoors with the windows closed and it's 90 degrees outside and there's no air conditioning because heck, hardly any body has that.. well.. it can get kinda miserable. I'm praying for plenty of rain this summer but the weather reports don't sound to hopeful on that point. As for the low population.. yes, indeed. If it's privacy and a reprieve from large crowds you seek.. this is the place for you.
Lots of forest to explore, that's for sure.. It was so refreshing to go up on top of a hill when I got back last summer and be able to look out at hundreds of miles of forest with no trace of humanity visible.. Quite amazing. IP: Logged |
Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 04, 2006 04:47 PM
I must be from Alaska in a past life, because when I was younger I always had dreams of sunshine that lasted almost all through the night. Sometimes I still have those dreams! Oh, it sounds so awesome!!!!!!  That's too bad about the forest fires. They occur naturally? The wildlife must be amazing. I could visit in summer but winter would be too cold for me. Our winters here are even too cold for me. I'm surprised you get up to 90 degrees F! Once I spoke to someone in northern Canada and he said the warmest it ever gets is 70 degrees in the summer. quote:
be able to look out at hundreds of miles of forest with no trace of humanity visible
sounds superb!
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Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 2127
From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 05, 2006 12:14 PM
Yes, the forest fires are naturally occurring.. usually lightening. This area has is what is called a fire ecology. It's essential for maximizing habitat diversity. It's just that in the last few years, the fires have been much larger than in the past.. The firefighters haven't had much success in containing them or slowing them down. It's quite expensive to fight them and since they are usually so rural, they don't threaten human settlement too often, so usually they are just left to burn. The most threatening part is often the smoke.. It's so thick that it's hazardous to the health of children, the elderly and people with respiratory issues. It makes me feel ill if I'm outside too long.. I get a headache and nauseated. Atleast we usually get the months of May and June smoke free.. those months are nice and warm.. but July and August are so hot and dry and smokey that I'm hoping we can get away to spend some time in southcentral Alaska, on the other side of the mnt. range where the smoke is usually minimal.Interior Alaska is known for having really extreme weather. As hot as 90 degrees in the summer and as cold as -60 in the winter..even though we are more northern than parts of Canada that never get that hot, we just have some unique climactic factors here. The wildlife is awesome too.. We usually have a few moose visitors right in our back yard every winter.. Plus the ravens.. they are larger, more vocal and less afraid of humans than anywhere else I've been. I love to talk to them.. and they talk back!  IP: Logged |
Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 05, 2006 12:21 PM
Dear Harpyr,I learned about the necessity of fires because I am a Biology student.
I hope they're not too bad this year for you.
I would love to see the pictures of the wildlife who visit your home, if you have an pics or take any in the future, please e-mail me! Nephthys@linda-goodman.com
We have nothing but back-to-back rainstorms. We just heard on the news they will last at least until the 15th. It's really depressing because we usually have a gorgeously warm spring and even heatwaves at this time of year.
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Randall
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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted April 07, 2006 01:32 PM
April showers bring May flowers. ------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 2127
From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 07, 2006 03:03 PM
I didn't get any pictures of the moose..That'll prolly have to wait till next year (they only visit our house in the winter) unless I go out in the woods looking for them..Which is a possibility. I've been thinking about trying to get out and photograph the ravens....I didn't know you studied biology, nephthys.. IP: Logged |
Randall
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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted April 10, 2006 06:28 PM
Pollen pollen everywhere... ------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 12, 2006 05:11 PM
We have had nothing but back to back rainstorms since November. Most of the counties around here are on flash flood alert. (again) Not only are there floods in the same places as before, but there are mudslides everywhere; homes are being yellow-tagged and red-tagged. There are mudslides everywhere from San Fran. to Sausalito to Mill Valley (a man is currently under 14 ft. of mud and rubble - hopefully they can get him out), San Anselmo is flooded again........
Not only is it depressing for the people, but the poor doggies have to stay indoors! Boy, try coming up with indoor activities for an active dog! So far I'm just throwing the ball for her in the living room and hallway but it gets kind of monotonous. Talk about lessons in patience with this rain.  I think it has rained hard for 2-3 days straight right now with no let-up. IP: Logged |
Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 2127
From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 12, 2006 06:07 PM
The mudslides are a sad reminder of what happens when we (humans) cut down all the massive trees that should be there securing the ground...IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 2529
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 13, 2006 05:52 PM
Actually, the trees slide along with the mud. We have a lot of hillsides in our county, and houses built next to them or on them.
So sadly, the man who was buried under the mudslide has not been found Today we have a gorgeous break in the weather! I am *actually* wearing shorts and T-shirt, it is warm and sunny and even a bit humid/tropical! IP: Logged |
Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 2127
From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 14, 2006 12:17 AM
oh that's awful that someone was buried... I imagine that the young trees that are there now probably do get washed away along with everything else. I was talking more about when there were ancient forests there with the massive redwoods and doug firs to secure those steep slopes.
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26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 10155
From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted April 15, 2006 03:47 PM
Well, spring is here! For good.
We've got temps in the low 70's. I'm going to get out and enjoy the beautiful day. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted April 15, 2006 04:54 PM
spring flowers all abloom but it`s still sweater & sneakers chilly. 50 degrees is much better than -15 Hooray for spring! ------------------
We Dance around a ring and suppose, but the Secret sits in the middle and Knows.~Robert Frost~ IP: Logged |
Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 2127
From: land of the midnight sun
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted April 16, 2006 12:04 AM
yes.. spring is definetly going on up here too.. our front yard is almost snow free.
I can go out in a jean jacket and scarf now. (keeping my neck warm is something that seems to get more important the older I get for some reason.. )
It's been consistently between 30-50 degrees for the past couple weeks.. Looovin it!
Planning my first garden! IP: Logged |
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