Snow

Tamaracks with bright golden fall needles.

It's been many weeks since anything new has been posted on this blog. Winter is already here. We saw our first snowfall around October 7th. It has snowed a dozen times since then. Fairbanks was hit by an ice storm the Monday before Thanksgiving and it left most of us at home for a few days. Freezing rain and temperatures of around 32 above made the roads slick. The powdery white flakes came again Thanksgiving evening. The roads became safe again with a new layer of snow pack and gravel. Most streets are not plowed, but rather a generous application of gravel is added.

Snow covered black spruce.

A Fairbanks Park and Playground at 23rd Ave.

Tall Black Spruce in an early winter storm.

Not real, but makes a nice snow collector.

I took a brisk walk with my camera and have a few pictures to show you. The picture of the Tamaracks was taken in October, just at the onset of winter. The photo with the tall Black Spruce was taken at the Princes Resort as was the photo with the moose statue (my best moose photo to date).