13 August 2021

Fireweed Burning

By icefogger

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Friday, August 13th, 2021 at 6:55 AM and tagged with end of summer, Fairbanks, fireweed, photo, winter is coming and posted in Alaska. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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3 responses to “Fireweed Burning”

• Mitch Zeissler
  August 13th, 2021 at 7:06 AM

  The slippery slope into the cooler months?

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  • icefogger
    August 13th, 2021 at 7:42 PM

    Sourdough lore claims summer ends when the upper fireweed buds bloom. “When fireweed turns to cotton, summer is soon forgotten”. I’m starting to see some cotton.

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    • Mitch Zeissler
      August 14th, 2021 at 10:05 AM

      Ah… understood!

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