The sun rose this morning at 5:29; and it will set 16 hours 51 minutes later, at 10:20 this evening. Solar height at noon is now below 40°, we are still losing almost 7 minutes a day, and in a few days we will start having nautical night (sun more than 12° below the horizon) again.
We’re still running warm and dry for the season, with 3 more 80 degree days since last week, and only a trace of rain. Tuesday and Wednesday might hit 80 again, but mid-70’s are still pretty warm for this time of year in Alaska. I really hope we get more precipitation than the isolated showers predicted; I’m tired of smoke.
Those lilies not badly stunted by the lack of water early on are opening, the zucchini is growing faster than I can eat it, and the mint is running riot in the raised bed, thanks to my hauling the hose around. This is increasingly difficult; my balance has deteriorated until I don’t dare water without a cane.
No pictures of me this week; the volunteer at the cancer center wasn’t there Friday. I need to go in again for labs today, so maybe today. My sister thinks I should go for red hair. I’m going to have little enough of my own by the end of the week!
Update 2:30 pm: My hematocrit and cell count have changed enough I won’t have to have a transfusion, and the volunteer at the support center was in so I spent the time between blood draw and results trying on wigs. Red and blond just didn’t work with my skin tone, but I now have a highlighted brown that I rather like. I took my laptop and photographed several I tried, so I’ll have a “chemotherapy fashion snow” on the blog Thursday..
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Hi Sue Ann. I love reading about your weather. In August, we’re losing a total of 70 minutes daylight. My husband pays closer attention to it than I do. He keeps track of the sunset time, especially. He usually walks the dog up the road to the clearing to the west, then sits and watches it set. He takes treats, so it’s a very big deal to the dogs.
I admire your attitude. I look forward to your fashion show 🙂 Have a good week. 🙂
We lose about 3 1/2 hours of daylight through August.
Good news about the ‘no transfusion’….looking forward to the fashion show. I admire your attitude, too!
It’s not as if I can do much about it except try to find the bright side. And I have a lot to be thankful for — like stage 1 and good insurance.
Looking forward to your show on Thursday! Glad you are able to see the bright side, I know it can’t be easy. Your lilies are beautiful!
Dont expect a big show–most of the wigs I tried were unstyled.