…and this is a joke whose punchline has yet to cross my threshold. In an incredible ongoing saga, yet another animal engages in one-upmanship in Fairbanks and STEALS THE SHOW!
Category Archives: Alaska
So, some ducklings walk into a hardware store…
…and it’s going to be a lot harder to come up with a good punch line for that one. But, believe it or not, in an apparent game of one-upmanship, a group of ducklings did indeed follow a recent beaver’s example and wandered into Alaska Industrial Hardware. They, too, made it into the newspaper. How will our town handle so much action?
Excuse me, we’re interested in the fluid that fills these things…(photo from the Daily News Miner)
So, a beaver walks into a hardware store…
…and [insert your punchline here]. But it really happened here in Fairbanks — and it tells you a lot about our town that this little gem made it onto the front page of the newspaper.
Photo from the Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Scalping Bird Tree
Every spring I trim back Bird Tree so it doesn’t get too big for the yard. It is a chokecherry, and it enthusiastically spreads its branches each summer in a wild, gangly manner. We planted it when we moved in to give birds a place to eat close to the kitchen window so we can enjoy watching them. And we do. It does a great job, bringing in an amazing diversity of birds year-round. In fact, a surprising number of birds came in today to celebrate the annual scalping.
Monkey Ski, Monkey Do!
March is my favorite month in Fairbanks. It is breathtakingly beautiful. The sun is bright, temperatures are generally mild, and the snow conditions are superb. Also, we still get great auroras at night. And the days rocket past 12 hours of possible sunlight, so you can ski into the evening – with sunglasses. It is awesome.