Stars have a prominent place both on our flag and in our daily life. We have entered the season when dark skies dominate. As November begins, we have nearly eight hours of daylight in Fairbanks. By the end of the month, that dips to less than five.
Fred Musjerd fills cans during his deliveries for Blue Crystal Water Company on Third Avenue in downtown Fairbanks. The church in the photo was built in 1905 by the Methodist Church and later sold to the Christian Science Society.
The vegetables in J.R.’s garden beds were quite robust. When I suggested he weigh his big cabbage, he sent a picture of himself carrying the 28.5 pound giant into the airport where he put it on a scale.
In early spring, mother bats suddenly appear in large maternity roosts. Alaskans have noticed bats flying in midsummer from notches in the peak of their cabins on the Salcha River and similar spots.
For years we enjoyed the bounty of the trees, making chokecherry syrup every fall. However, after growing innocuously for 20 years, the trees suddenly became invasive.
