Proof!

Check this out! I got home at about noon today, to this:


Do you see the sun? And the strip of real, direct sunlight in the yard? Take a closer look:


This is Very Exciting! Also, we got a lot of snowfall over December and early January, which means the dog sled races are running on the weekends. Since we don't shovel our whole porch, we have a good measure of how much it has snowed this year. This is ridiculously sparse compared to coastal Anchorage, but it is enough for the dogs.

Nyssa is feeling much better. Her energy is back with a vengeance. Here she is trying to get through the snowy yard as quickly as possible (as opposed to her sad, slow shuffle when she was ill):

And waiting for me to let her inside ... but looking quite perky as she surveys her domain for moose.

The temperature has dropped back closer to zero, but the clear day (the stars this morning were incredible) and sunlight sure take the edge off.