Photo © Patrick J Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com Average snowfall: 10 inches Paper Birch Trees Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III Average low: -12° / high: 2° Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS (105mm) St. Patrick’s Road, Fairbanks, Alaska Record low: -60° (1969) / high: 47° (1981) Exposure: 1 sec., @ f/18, ISO 50 2019 New Moon Saturday 5 26 12 19 y Friday 4 25 11 18 r a Thursday 24 31 3 17 10 ­Wednesday 9 23 30 2 16 New Year’s Day New Year’s Tuesday 29 1 8 22 15 u a n j King Jr. Day King Jr. Martin Luther Monday 21 28 7

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6 7 13 1 14 15 8 16 17 18 19 2 20 21 9 22 23 24 3 25 26 10 4 27 11 5 28 12 29 30 31 Photo © Patrick J Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com Average snowfall: 7 inches Siberian Husky Dog Team Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II Average low: 1° / high: 26° Fairbanks, Alaska Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS Record low: -40° (1956) / high: 57° (1998) Exposure: 1/800 sec., @ f/11, ISO 500 2019 Saturday 2 9 23 30 16 Friday 1 8 22 29 15 h c First Quarter Thursday

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11 18 Time begins Daylight Saving St. Patrick’s Day Patrick’s St. Sunday 3 24 31 17 10 S S F F T T Susan Butcher Susan W W april 2019 april T T february 2019 february Don’t follow my dream. follow my dream. Don’t Follow Follow your own dream. M M S S 1 7 2 8 14 15 16 3 9 17 18 19 20 21 10 4 22 23 11 24 25 26 27 5 12 28 29 30 13 6 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 5 15 16 17 18 19 6 20 21 22 23 24 7 25 8 26 9 27 1 28 2 Photo © Patrick J Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com Average daylight hours: 15.5 Northern Lights Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III Average low: 19° / high: 44° Lens: Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon T* ZE Interior, Alaska Record low: -24° (1986) / high: 71° (1995) Exposure: 30 sec., @ f/2.8, ISO 1600 2019 Saturday l 20 6 27 13 Full Moon Full New Moon Last Quarter First Quarter Arbor Day Friday begins Passover 5 19 26 12 i r Thursday 4 25 11 18 p a ­Wednesday 3 24 10 17 Tuesday 2 9 23 30 16 April Fools’ Day Day April Fools’ Monday 29 1 8 22 15 Palm Sunday

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