Thursday, December 31, 2009
Quotes: New Year's Eve musings...
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.~Hamilton Wright Mabie
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
~Hal Borland
The merry year is born
Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.
~Hartley Coleridge
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
~Joey Adams
…thus we end our musing for 2009 – we hope you have enjoyed our selections, and please know that we look forward to meeting with old friends again, and in making new friends this coming year. Best wishes to everybody.
WEATHER: Thursday 123109
December Daily Weather Report
Hallo Bay * Homer
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HALLO BAY
Latitude 58.34.063 * Longitude 153.54.052
Weather Conditions: TODAY: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 30F (-1.1c). Wind E 10 to 20 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 15F to 25F (-9.4c to -3.9c). Wind E 10 mph.
Actual Sunrise: 10:20 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:28 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:24 PM
Moon Rise: 4:33 PM
Moon Set: 10:41 AM
HOMER
Lat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions: TODAY: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers along the mountains in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy fog. TONIGHT: Clear
Visibility: 10 miles
Ceiling: 2,800 Feet
Wind: Light variable to 10 mph
Wind Gusts: --
Predicted Temps: Highs in the mid 20F to mid 30F (-6.7c to -1.1c),
> Lows in the mid single digits to lower 30F (-15c to -1.1c), warmest around Kachemak Bay
Barometric Pressure: 30.00 Steady
Humidity: 100%
Actual Sunrise: 10:05 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:12 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:09 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:24 PM
Moon Rise: 4:33 PM
Moon Set: 10:41 AM
Blue Moon: FULL MOON, 100% of Moon illuminated
Length of Visible Daylight: 7h 58m
Length of Day: 6h 07m
Tomorrow will be 1m 51 longer
Have a Safe Day - celebrate safely on New Year's Eve!
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY: December 31, 1917 -
All saloons and liquor stores in Alaska were to close at midnight under a new law approved by a majority of Alaska voters.
AURORA FORECAST: Minimum (0)
AURORA LIVECAM
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Quotes: Inspirational Thoughts...
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
~John Muir
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
~Robert Louis Stevenson
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
~John Leonard
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
~John Ruskin
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
~Anthony J. D'Angelo
~John Muir
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
~Robert Louis Stevenson
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
~John Leonard
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
~John Ruskin
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
~Anthony J. D'Angelo
Webcam 2: Packer and Birds at Feeder
Packer Enjoying Noontime Treat!
(squirrel emotions!)
Birds get in on the treats, too!
Enjoy our view from Webcam 2
WEATHER: Wednesday 123009
December Daily Weather Report
Hallo Bay * Homer
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HALLO BAY
Latitude 58.34.063 * Longitude 153.54.052
Weather Conditions: TODAY: Cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Highs in the 30F (-1.1c). Wind E 10 to 25 mph. TONIGHT: Cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow. Lows in the 20F (-6.7c). Winds NE to 20 mph.
Actual Sunrise: 10:20 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:27 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:23 PM
Moon Rise: 3:00 PM
Moon Set: 10:00 AM
HOMER
Lat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy to mostly cloudy, isolated showers
Visibility: 10 miles
Ceiling: 5,000 feet
Wind: NE to 10 mph
Wind Gusts: --
Predicted Temps: Highs in the 20F to 30F (-6.7c to -1.1c),
> Lows in the mid teens to lower 30F (-9.4c to -1.1c).
Barometric Pressure: 29.88 Steady
Humidity: 82%
Actual Sunrise: 10:06 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:11 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:10 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:07 PM
Moon Rise: 2:43 PM
Moon Set: 9:45 AM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 98% of Moon illuminated
Length of Visible Daylight: 7h 57m
Length of Day: 6h 05m
Tomorrow will be 1m 42s longer
Have a Safe Day!
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY: December 30, 1938 -
E. W. Griffen, Secretary of Alaska, died suddenly at Juneau.
AURORA FORECAST: Minimum (0)
AURORA LIVECAM
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Quotes: Year End Musings,
Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..." And then do it.~Duane Michals
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
~Hal Borland
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
~Mark Twain
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
~Native American Proverb
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
~Henry David Thoreau
WEATHER: Tuesday 122909
December Daily Weather Report
Hallo Bay * Homer
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HALLO BAY
Latitude 58.34.063 * Longitude 153.54.052
Weather Conditions: *Strong wind through this afternoon* TODAY: Mostly cloudy, chance of rain mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 40F (4.4c). Wind E 15 to 30 mph with local gusts to 45 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, with chance of rain. Lows in the upper 20F to mid 30F (-3.3c to 1.7c). Wind E 15 to 25 mph with local gusts to 35 mph.
Actual Sunrise: 10:20 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:26 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:22 PM
Moon Rise: 1:54 PM
Moon Set: 8:52 AM
HOMER
Lat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy
Visibility: 10 miles
Ceiling: Unlimited
Wind: NE to variable 10 to 15 mph
Wind Gusts: --
Predicted Temps: Highs in 30F (-1.1c),
> Lows 10F to 25F above (-12.2c to -3.9c)
Barometric Pressure: 29.89 Steady
Humidity: 88%
Actual Sunrise: 10:06 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:10 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:22 PM
Moon Rise: 1:54 PM
Moon Set: 8:52 AM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 94% of Moon illuminated
Length of Visible Daylight: 7h 56m
Length of Day: 6h 03m
Tomorrow will be 1m 31s longer
Have a Safe Day!
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY: December 29, 1906 -
The Elliott Creek post office was established. It was discontinued at the end of the year 1910.
AURORA FORECAST: Minimum (0)
AURORA LIVECAM
Monday, December 28, 2009
Quotes: Winter and Nature Year End Musings...
"In the depths of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."~ Albert Camus
"One kind word can warm three winter months."
~Japanese Proverb
"The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness."
~John Muir
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
~Aristotle
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
~E. B. White
"Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion."
~Lorraine Anderson
WEATHER: Monday 122809
December Daily Weather Report
Hallo Bay * Homer
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HALLO BAY
Latitude 58.34.063 * Longitude 153.54.052
Weather Conditions: *Strong wind through early Tuesday morning* TODAY: Cloudy with a chance of rain. Temperatures steady in the mid 30F to lower 40F (1.7c to 4.4c). Wind E 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph to 45 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, mainly in the evening. Lows in the 30F (-1.1c). Wind E 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph to 45 mph.
Actual Sunrise: 10:20 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:25 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:21 PM
Moon Rise: 1:16 PM
Moon Set: 7:24 AM
HOMER
Lat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility: 10 miles
Ceiling: 5,500 feet
Wind: NE 10 to 20 mph
Wind Gusts: --
Predicted Temps: Highs in 30F (-1.1c),
> Lows mid 20F to lower 30F (-3.9c to -1.1c)
Barometric Pressure: 30.01 Rising
Humidity: 83%
Actual Sunrise: 10:06 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:09 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:10 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:05 PM
Moon Rise: 1:00 PM
Moon Set: 7:09 AM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 88% of Moon illuminated
Length of Visible Daylight: 7h 55m
Length of Day: 6h 02m
Tomorrow will be 1m 22s longer
Have a Safe Day!
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY: December 28, 1934 -
A Juneau lodge of the Sons of Norway was initiated at the Odd Fellows Hall.
AURORA FORECAST: Minimum (0)
AURORA LIVECAM
Hallo Bay * Homer
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HALLO BAY
Latitude 58.34.063 * Longitude 153.54.052
Weather Conditions: *Strong wind through early Tuesday morning* TODAY: Cloudy with a chance of rain. Temperatures steady in the mid 30F to lower 40F (1.7c to 4.4c). Wind E 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph to 45 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, mainly in the evening. Lows in the 30F (-1.1c). Wind E 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph to 45 mph.
Actual Sunrise: 10:20 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:25 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:21 PM
Moon Rise: 1:16 PM
Moon Set: 7:24 AM
HOMER
Lat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility: 10 miles
Ceiling: 5,500 feet
Wind: NE 10 to 20 mph
Wind Gusts: --
Predicted Temps: Highs in 30F (-1.1c),
> Lows mid 20F to lower 30F (-3.9c to -1.1c)
Barometric Pressure: 30.01 Rising
Humidity: 83%
Actual Sunrise: 10:06 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:09 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:10 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:05 PM
Moon Rise: 1:00 PM
Moon Set: 7:09 AM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 88% of Moon illuminated
Length of Visible Daylight: 7h 55m
Length of Day: 6h 02m
Tomorrow will be 1m 22s longer
Have a Safe Day!
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY: December 28, 1934 -
A Juneau lodge of the Sons of Norway was initiated at the Odd Fellows Hall.
AURORA FORECAST: Minimum (0)
AURORA LIVECAM
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Quotes: Winter and Nature Year End Musings...
"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." ~John Burroughs"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."
~Henry David Thoreau
"In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me."
~John Fowles
"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way."
~Aristotle
"Hear! hear!" screamed the jay from a neighboring tree, where I had heard a tittering for some time, "winter has a concentrated and nutty kernel, if you know where to look for it."
~Henry David Thoreau
WEATHER: Sunday 122709
December Daily Weather Report
Hallo Bay * Homer
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HALLO BAY
Latitude 58.34.063 * Longitude 153.54.052
Weather Conditions: TODAY: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in mid 30F to lower 40F (-1.1c to 4.4c). Wind E 15 to 25 mph, with gusts to 35 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the 30F (-1.1c). Wind E 10 to 20 mph, with gusts to 30 mph.
Actual Sunrise: 10:21 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:24 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:24 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:20 PM
Moon Rise: 12:56 PM
Moon Set: 5:49 PM
HOMER
Lat/Lon: 59.7° N 151.5° W
Weather Conditions: Cloudy -Isolated rain showers, except occasional rain showers towards Kachemak Bay.
Visibility: 10 miles
Ceiling: 4,200 feet
Wind: Variable wind 10 mph except SE 15 to 20 mph around Kachemak Bay.
Wind Gusts: --
Predicted Temps: Highs in mid 30F to lower 40F (1.7c to 4.4c),
> Lows in upper 20F to mid 30F (-3.3c to 1.7c)
Barometric Pressure: 29.80 Rising
Humidity: 86%
Actual Sunrise: 10:06 AM AKST
Actual Sunset: 4:08 PM AKST
Civil Twilight Sunrise: 9:10 AM
Civil Twilight Sunset: 5:04 PM
Moon Rise: 12:40 PM
Moon Set: 5:33 AM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 80% of Moon illuminated
Length of Visible Daylight: 7h 54m
Length of Day: 6h 01m
Tomorrow will be 1m 11s longer
Have a Safe Day!
THIS DATE IN ALASKA HISTORY: December 27, 1911 -
The American halibut fishing steamer Grant, a former Revenue Cutter, was wrecked on Banks Island in British Columbia.
AURORA FORECAST: Quiet (1)
AURORA LIVECAM
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Quotes: Nature Year End Musings...
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.~Charles A. Lindbergh
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
~John Muir
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
~George Gordon, Lord Byron,
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
~Jane Austen
Nature does not hurry,
yet everything is accomplished.
~Lao Tzu
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