to everything turn, turn, turn

while talking on the phone this weekend with
molly, she mentioned that she had a discussion with a woman at the post
office about whether or notalaska has a fall right now or if they just
go straight from summer to winter. while technically the calendar puts
us in the autumnal season, we did have fall, past tense. it's been
snowing for a few weeks now and yesterday the average low, according to
the weatherforecast on one of the two radio stations (this being the non-christian rock station) announced the low as 0 degrees.

fall would probably best be described as the day when all of the mosquitoes die because it gets too cold, but before the tundra is frozen enough to accumulate snowfall. it lasted 3-4 weeks in september. i did see some turning leaves at the end of september in anchorage, but we plunged into winter on october 6th- our first snow and our first real snow accumulation, on october 16th.

the picture above was taken yesterday by my housemate, krissy.
freeze up has begun so you can see where people have already begun
walking on the ice. this is "honey bucket" lake next to the catholic
church where she works. "hb" lake is so aptly named as it is a man made lake when people can dump their honey buckets when the get filled. not too many honey buckets exist in bethel
anymore, our neighborhood, city sub, now requires running water, but,
not all of the neighborhoods do. i just love the smell of honey buckets
in the morning!