Re: Annie Gena's cats and Alaska

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Annie,

Well thank you. :-) I think they are too! They do get along really

well! They eat out of the same bowl and use the same cat box which I

have been told is very unusual. I actually have several photos of all 4

of them, usually on the bed together. Some of 3 of them on the chair.

Those are really cute! It's just this pile of multi colored fur! You

can't tell where heads are... LOL I love then dearly! They are my fur

babies. :-)

Where in the midwest are you? I grew up in Minnesota and know what you

mean about the heat and humidity. Surprisingly it gets pretty warm here

sometimes. This last summer for the first time, Mike sold air

conditioners. We have lived here since 1989 and never seen it soo hot

for so many days. Had record breaking temps and you do not see A/C in

residential areas. But this summer we had 80s and even 90s in some

areas and I tell ya, without A/C and not being used to it, it was dang

hot! The humidity isn't as high here thank goodness. It is pretty dry

actually. I think it depends on the time of the year. The last few days

it has been around 90% but it has been trying to snow. It is such a

large state though that the weather can vary quite a bit from one area

to another as much as 100 degrees in one day! Like where Pat is or

farther up from her it can be 30, 40 even 50 below zero and a southern

part might 50 above. I live just North of Anchorage and the ave temp

in the summer they say is 65 but I'd say more like 70-75 the last few

years anyway. Winter they say ave temp is 10-20 but we usually do have

some cold spells. The coldest I have seen since I have been here was 45

below. I didn't go anywhere for like 3 weeks. Couldn't get the cars

started. Mike (does heating and a/c work) wouldn't even shut his truck

off all day or else he might not get it started again. Haven't seen

that in awhile thank goodness. The last few winters were really mild,

like 40s and 50s! This winter has been a bit more normal. had minus 15

for a few days. All in all, I do love it here. It's home. :-)

Gena

> Gena, I was just looking at the photo section and saw the photo of

> your 4 cats--they are gorgeous!  They must get along really well,

> when I had 4 I could never get them all in the same photo because

> one of them hated the others!

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> I am envious of you guys that are living in Alaska--I love cold

> weather and snow and hate the summers here in the midwest.  When it

> snows here I always volunteer to go out and shovel around my

> apartment building, people think I'm crazy!  What is your average

> summer like as far as temperature and humidity?

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> Annie

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