We Have Leaves...And More Moose Visits! (May 13-16, 2012)

Stopping in for Another Visit

Time to Eat!

Checking Us Out

Jon Watching the Moose

Moose in the Swamp

This week has brought multiple visits from the same moose. She is still working hard on getting that lawn trimmed down. We sat in the dining room with the door open, watching her munch away. She would occasionally look up to take a peek at us, but didn't appear to be concerned by our presence. We will miss her visits after we move. On Tuesday after school we were driving past a swampy area and pulled over to watch a moose belly deep in the water eating the water plants. It was the classic picture of what you envision when you think "Alaska and moose". Today it was very apparent that not only do when have buds on some trees, but small leaves are beginning to show on many of them. Things are finally starting to green up around here. We have also been having incredible weather this week. Today it reached 57 degrees. With the warmer temps and the warm sun, we were able to go for a walk today without jackets!

dawn= 4:13 am
sunrise= 5:20 am
sunset= 10:42 pm
dusk= 11:50 pm
day length= 17 hours, 22 minutes