Clear and Cold

These feather like snow crystals are called hoar frost. The clear cold weather that we've had for the last three weeks creates the perfect environment for hoar frost to accumulate. October turned out to be the 8th coldest on record. We kept saying that the Knik River looked like it does in January, and our nights were regularly 10-15 degrees, and daytime temperatures weren't much over 20 degrees. Eventually, it will warm up, snow some more and then rain. In the 16 years that I've lived in Southcentral Alaska, there was only one winter that the thermometer stayed below 32 degrees from November to March.

The cabin is continuing to move along, and at times it feels like a snail's pace. Probably more so for Bryant than I. It seems like every piece of this project takes twice as long. On Saturday, we finished putting up the siding, and on Sunday, Bryant wired it. I put in two short days, and managed to stay caught up with house chores. Gus came out with me on Saturday and entertained one of our friend's 5 year old, but he opted to stay home on Sunday, as Wyatt was back from his birthday party.

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