Each morning, the air steadily increases the "bite," a crisp edge that promises snow, just around the corner. Everyone in Alaska is "winterizing," gathering up hoses, putting up bicycles and motercycles, making sure vehicles have tires that can handle ice, etc. Most of the time, there's a good foot of snow on the ground by the end of the month, and because of that, we don't find it odd that trick-or-treaters go from door to door with costumes underneath warm winter coats or snowsuits!
The frost each morning is a beautiful sight, as are the glowing stars in the wide expanse of the sky. Losing our long summer daylight, each evening the sun sets earlier and earlier and comes up later each morning. The migratory birds are all gone, off to the next stage in their yearly traveling adventures. Moose are busy fattening up on the open grasses, soon to be covered up with snow, six of them out in the harvested hay field the other day, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Winter is coming, as it does every year, weaving the changes so naturally in the beautiful tapestry that makes up life on our planet.
