Smoky Solstice

[glacier_kitty]

There are so many wildfires in Alaska right now..Fairbanks is basically surrounded by them. Yesterday it rained ash! It seemed somewhat smoky this morning, but not too bad. More smoke came through when I was at work..Bill and I were taking pics of the sun haha. After work mom and I went to the Midnight Sun Festival..omg so many people!! Mom and I like to go earlier, but I couldn't this time since I had to work. A couple people there had their CATS with them!! I always see dogs, but cats is a first for me haha. I melted and had to pet them hehe..I was really surprised by how calm they were! More people bring your cats to the festival, please :P (there was also a dog wearing sunglasses, and another wearing a hat..awesome haha). I got my favorite festival foods (a Navajo taco, lemonade, Dippin' Dots) and stopped by that coin store with cool polar books..I try to limit myself to once a year since I always spend too much money in there haha. We didn't stay for a long time since we were hot and sweaty and tired of being crowded..as we left, we saw this crazy huge smoke plume to the south..we figured that fire near the Parks Highway (Bear Creek Fire) had gotten way worse. I checked online, and someone had posted pictures of the fire next to the road, and they said the fire jumped the road after they passed it. Yikes!! It definitely looked apocalyptic. O_o That part of the highway is closed now. A lot of people are having to evacuate. Scary! It'll be so awesome when that cold front comes through on Monday..it'll be in the 70s and rainy for a few days, nice! I prefer cuddling under a blanket to being too hot lol. Hopefully no one will lose their house/pets, etc!



The weird smoky sun

Mom and I at the festival

Crazy smoke plume!!

For some reason, I LOVE wildfire terminology, like when the fire is "crowning" (it spreads through the canopy..Sam said most fires in Alaska are crown fires). Hopefully everyone stays safe!


21. Foods you hate: Peanut butter, olives, mushrooms, pickles, ham, asparagus, etc

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>>There are so many wildfires in Alaska right now..Fairbanks is basically surrounded by them.<<

Yikes.

When I was writing for the Torn World project, it was set in an environment much like Alaska. I'm from Illinois. No matter how much research I did, I always wound up ripping out stuff that I'd gotten wrong. But I learned a lot about the high north, where our founder lived. One of the things that seemed bizarre to me was having so many fires around that one could sneak up on people (a village was destroyed that way) because everything smelled of smoke all summer long.

>> I got my favorite festival foods (a Navajo taco, lemonade, Dippin' Dots) <<

I love frybread and Dippin' Dots. Here we have a truck that sells shakeups in a couple dozen different flavors. I think the last we got was strawberry and orange.

Re: Food you hate.

[raileus]

That is such a strong word.
I wouldn't say I hate asparagus but I'm not a fan of it.
But peanut butter, olives mushrooms, pickles, okay maybe not all together, but those are some of my favorites.

Oyster mushrooms are fantastic sauteed in soy sauce.
Different mushrooms have very different flavor profiles.

Fried pickles are really good too!

I get the peanut butter thing, but does that also mean you don't like peanut butter cups?
Because those things are awesome!

Re: Food you hate.

[glacier_kitty]

Hi, are you new to my journal? Welcome! I hope I'm not boring lol

It's not just the flavor of mushrooms, it's the smell and texture too. I did try fried pickles once, still wasn't a fan. I'm autistic, so my senses are stronger and more sensitive than other people's lol

I hate anything that tastes/smells like peanuts or peanut butter, even things fried in peanut oil. My mom is allergic to peanuts but loves them, she thinks it's not fair I can eat them but don't like them haha

Re: Food you hate.

[raileus]

Yeah thanks.
More mushrooms for me! :3