Spring?

It's mid April now, and the days are getting longer. We are up to about 14 hours of daylight a day and gaining 5-6 minutes every day. It is 10:10pm right now and I am looking at an orange horizon outside the window of our studio. It's hard to get use to all the daylight. 7:00am looks like 10:00am. 10:00pm looks like 7:00pm. I really can't complain at all. I really like this time of year, despite a few things. Spring is in the air, along with all the dust and allergins. All of the vehicles on the road are covered in dirt--almost to the point that you can't make out what the heck they are. The lower half of our Suburban is covered in a thin layer of dirt, and there is absolutley no point in washing it, for it will be back in the same condition in a matter of hours.

I have observed other signs of spring--the several feet of snow and several inches of ice in Anchorage have receeded dramatically (and I say "dramatically" because it happened fast). I've seen ducks and Canadian geese in the area, too. Why are they here if spring isn't around the corner? Also, it's been warm (if you consider 48 degrees warm). Last week it snowed for two days and to my surprise and joy, it did not stick.

While I'm on the subject of recent events, I may as well mention this (though it has nothing to do with spring): We've been feeling little earthquakes once or twice a week. We had a 4.6 which was centered somewhere near Wasilla last week, and a few days ago another one of the same magnitude about 110 miles east of here. The little ones are exciting. I'm hoping that that's all we feel.

That's all for now.