Purty

If you're scheduling a trip to Alaska this time of year, you might want to rethink your plans. It's pre-breakup. We're still in the clutches of Old Man Winter, but his grip is weakening, which means the weather is kinda cold, sorta warm. A lotta icy, a little muddy. A buncha snow, a bitta dirt.

Puddles are showing up on country roads . . . 

. . . and on city streets. 

Sidewalks are too wet to sweep . . . 

. . . and piles of snow are no longer fresh and white.

Some of us moan and complain about the weather, while others choose to sing and dance:








Dinner last night: pecan-encrusted chicken, snap peas