Springtime has come to Anchorage... mostly.

A couple of weeks ago I changed the wheels on my car. Studded snow tires off - summer ones on. I also spent a charming afternoon sitting on a chair in the back yard, pulling studs from our 'beater car's' tires, one at a time.

The last of the snow had melted by that time. The yard is raked. The 10' of city road gravel has been hosed back onto the street to await the street-sweeper (an anual tradition).

So now we come to the present day... May 8th. I open the curtains, and what greets my eyes?

Spring lawn-watering ... Anchorage style:



It's May 8th people!! SNOW??? Grrrrrrrrrr.