We are now out of the darkness and into the light. We have been seeing daylight pretty much as the rest of you enjoy in the lower 48 states. It is wonderful. I do not mind the darkness. Some people cannot tolerate it, but I find it gives me a sense of peace and calm. Plus, I can pretty much go to bed at any time and fall asleep because my brain knows that it is dark. But at my age, it is not a guarantee of a good night's sleep, but that is for another blog.
Today, April 18, 2021, we will have Daylight, 6:03 am to 9:39 pm for a total of 15 hours, 36 minutes. There is a website called timeanddate.com that allows you to map out all of the daily variables in your day for days and nights based on your location. I was going to try to get you a picture to insert into my blog, but it is too interactive to allow that to happen.
But you can see your individual days and times for different solar events and you can also see the entire year at a glance. By June 21st, our glimpse is nothing but daylight. So in another 2 months, we will be at the other end of the total darkness to total daylight.
I will be taking a class next weekend on how to grow tomatoes in Fairbanks. I am gathering it is not as simple as putting a plant into the ground and making sure it has water. The long days are not kind to tomato growing. I will let you know what I learn... once I learn it. I will be getting a tomato plant on May 1st so I can try to grow tomatoes here in Fairbanks. Wish me luck as I really missed not having a tomato plant to make bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwiches using really freshly picked tomatoes.
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