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Laurel
@laurelandrews.bsky.social
Trash Whisperer ♻️
Former Journalist 📚
Writer & Artist ✨
📍Alaska
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The municipality is advancing a long-awaited project to open a public library branch in downtown Anchorage.
Project to open a library branch in downtown Anchorage moves forward
The Assembly on Tuesday approved two agreements with the Anchorage Library Foundation, advancing plans that call for a new branch inside the historic City Hall building on Fourth Avenue.
www.adn.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You can take the Alaskans off of Twitter, but you can never stop them from posting aurora photos 🖤
January 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Just under 2 inches of new snow fell in Anchorage during the entire month of December, making it one of the least snowy on record.
Anchorage’s low-snow December makes for idle plows and happy skaters
Just under 2 inches of new snow fell the entire month, making it one of the least snowy on record.
www.adn.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Anchorage (Airport): since November 16 there's been only 2.6 inches of snow. Normal snowfall Nov 16-Dec 25 is 22.2 inches and this is the second lowest total on record. Only the 1.9 inches in 1985 was lower. #akwx @climatologist49.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Frozen at the library

#anchorage #alaskalife
December 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Alaska truck stop

#alaskalife #ontheroad
December 18, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Pressing tiny flowers in a book about war

#reading #forgetmenot #alaska
December 15, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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For the 11th year in a row, the Arctic warmed more drastically than the rest of Earth. Heat in the Arctic has led the region into “uncharted territory,” according to a new @NOAA report.
Another Hot Arctic Year Indicates a New Climate Regime - Eos
NOAA’s annual Arctic Report Card illustrates a warmer, wetter, and increasingly wonky Arctic climate.
eos.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Chicago is a special place ❤️

#travel #photography
December 11, 2024 at 8:34 AM
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Icy, details later.
December 9, 2024 at 7:59 PM
“Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.”
~ Julie Andrews
December 8, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Have you ever seen a porcupine made of ice?

📸 from the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska

#alaskalife #art #awe
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Anchorage at night

#alaskalife #flying
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Moon rising

#anchorage #alaska
December 3, 2024 at 6:36 PM
For this is all a dream we dreamed
One afternoon
Long ago
~ Jerry Garcia

#anchorage #alaskalife
December 1, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Breathe in ….
…. And out
❤️
#alaskalife #quiet #cabins
November 29, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Anchorage foodies: Arctic Harvest Deliveries has local eggs, seasonal vegetables (alaska grown all summer long) and a lot more local food. Plus getting your box every week is super fun, and fully customizable.

#alaskalife #alaskafood #locallygrown
November 28, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”

Palm Sunday (1981)
November 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...

It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be anymore time to do the things you wanted. Do it now.”

-Paulo Coelho

#quotes #inspiration #onward #doitnow
November 22, 2024 at 7:24 AM
November 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
A public outhouse in Alaska …

#bewareofbears #alaskalife
November 16, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Alaska’s state flower: The humble and breathtaking forget-me-not

#alaska #alaskalife #alaskaphotography #flora
November 15, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Hello, BlueSky. 👋

I’m a writer, artist and photographer.

I took this photo at the McNeil River Wildlife Sanctuary in Alaska - a life changing experience. I encourage you to apply for the week-long adventure.

#alaskalife
November 14, 2024 at 9:18 AM