<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[North Pole Weather&nbsp;1/7/13]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6112" data-permalink="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/north-pole-weather-1713-ian1/orchid-204-crop/" data-orig-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png" data-orig-size="887,874" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Orchid 204 crop" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Orchid&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png?w=887" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6112" alt="Orchid" src="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png?w=300&#038;h=295" width="300" height="295" srcset="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png?w=300&amp;h=295 300w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png?w=600&amp;h=590 600w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/orchid-204-crop.png?w=150&amp;h=148 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>The sun will rise at 10:44 this morning and set at 3:12 this afternoon, for a day length of 4 hours almost 28 minutes. We’re now gaining 4 minutes 41 sec a day, but the gain is increasing every day and will be about 5 ½ minutes by the end of the week. Won’t be too long before I can quit watching the time so closely when I drive in for groceries. (I have to start home at least half an hour before sunset.)</p>
<p>Still no more snow, though it’s been warm lately – back and forth around zero, with some days warm enough that the roads are pretty slippery. What snow we have has settled to only about a foot on the ground, though there’s been no melting yet. Not that I’m expecting any, barring record high temperatures which I hope we don’t get. I hate dealing with the icy glaze a thaw now would put on everything. There’s some chance of snow in the forecast, but only a chance. I hope we get more soon, or pipes will start freezing.</p>
<p>Still a strong inversion, and air quality is still unhealthy.</p>
<p>Flowers are indoor only this time of year. The photo is actually one of the old slides I had digitized, and is at least 25 years old.</p>
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