Signs of Spring

This is my favorite time of year. All the snow is finally gone, our grass is  FINALLY getting green and some the flowers are about to bloom, while others will be blooming later. It's so refreshing to be able to go for my walk without piling on layers and layers of cloths and those big bulky boots. The smell of the air is so fresh and clean after the rain comes and washes the dust off of everything.  The robins, sparrows, swallows, magpies and all the other birds chirping and calling one another and flying around like there is not a care in the world.. Then there are  the new baby moose and other wild animals entering into this wild world. The parents do their best to protect them, and yet there are some that make it and some don't. The cycle of life is quit a gift from above and not to be taken for granted.

AAWWW

It was nice to have Glenn & Lisa with us a few days and to get out and enjoy the outdoors away from the house this past week. It was nice and sunny and getting warmer every day. LOVE IT!!
(This picture was suppose to be with the next ones but, somehow it didn't post)

Beautiful Warm Sunshine

Our friends Glenn & Lisa were visiting us for a few days and we went to investigate this snow blower on the front of the train that is no longer in service. It was quit amazing how big that thing was. Glenn works with heavy equipment, especially snow blowing equipment,  for the state of Alaska, so he was especially interested in how this works.

 

 

We also stopped by Potters Marsh--hoping to see the snow geese that are migrating through. We did see them fling but not on the ground. There were lots of other ducks, seaguls, one single lonely sand hill crane, an eagle, and a muskrat ?? or something that was sneaking along the edge of the water, looking for lunch. It was fun to watch the ducks quickly move away from where he was heading. They did NOT want to be his lunch. :-) 

Signs of Spring

I hadn't noticed that my poor little tulips were trying to come back to life after their long winters nap. Once we removed the snow and ice off them, they are looking MUCH better with each passing day. I'm amazed that they are so reselient and bounce back year after year, after being burried under leaves and snow for ice for several months. 
This week was a BIG turning point where more and more signs that Sping is ALMOST here!! THANK YOU LORD!  I heard my first Woodpecker and Robin of the year today. My peonies and Rubarb are also peaking through the ground along with my bleeding hearts. I love seeing signs of new life. It's amazing how God had all this planned out for us a LONG time ago.

 

Video of breakup April 15th

This is the video that was suppose to be posted later. I had forgotten how to upload it until I tried again. :-)

Near the End of Winter-(I hope)

With our RECORD snow fall, over 11 FEET  this winter, it all had to come off some time. It had been warming up the first of April and finally on April 2, 2012--ALL the rest of the snow and ice that was on our roof decided to come down all at once. Luckily we were home on that Sunday afternoon. It sounded like a big plane or freight train going by.  

Guess where it landed??? RIGHT ON OUR WALKWAY!. Thankfully no one was  there when it came down. There was a LOT of ice and snow combined and it was very hard packed when all that weight came tumbling down. Tom was contemplating how we were going to move all that off our walkway. Thankfully a neighbor came over and helped chip and shovel it away.  Thank for Lord for good neighbors.

This is our back deck after a lot of the ice and snow fell off the roof, even though we had "snow stops" on the roof to try to help prevent this. But...because of the weight of all the ice and snow, it just tore them right off the roof. Now, guess what we get to do this summer? Put them back up and repair our roof, and get ready for next year. :-)

About 4 or 5 feet of hard packed snow and ice from our roof, on our walkway.  

Tom and our neighbor made it through, YEAH! We now have our walkway back.

BREAK UP in Alaska

WE SURVIVED THE RECORED BREAKING SNOW FALL FOR ANCHORAGE WITH OVER 134 INCHES! WHEEEEEWWWWW!! NOW LET THE MELTING BEGIN.
AS WE WALK OR DRIVE AROUND ANCHORAGE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT CHIPPING AT THE ICE AND THROWING THE SNOW OFF THEIR YARDS. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE GONE BY JUNE. :-)

This was suppose to be a video.