Below are images that summarize the week + Monday.
Snow in the Cascades brought traffic on Snoqualmie Pass to a halt. Several cars and trucks went off the road. The big trucks need big tow trucks to clean things up, so it takes a while.
Friday was the 14th of the 3rd month so we have 3.14, known as Pi Day.
Pi (symbol π) is an irrational number that goes on and on (3.14592653589…). Earth got between the Sun and the Moon causing optical phenomena that made the Moon look orange. Many of the colors in sunlight do not make it through Earth’s atmosphere {scattering is the culprit}, so the orange/red rays make it to the Moon and are reflected back at Earth.
On Pi Day one should have a pie. With St. Patrick’ Day in sight, a Key Lime pie seems appropriate.
Safeway Grocery has Corned Beef on sale, so that’s on the menu too. The term “corned” comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained rock salt, also called “corns” of salt. I’ll have potatoes and onions and pass on the traditional cabbage.
On the home front all the new double-pane windows are in and trimmed on the inside. When weather improves, the outside trim will be painted. This makes the house more-or-less modern.
The weather remains cool and damp with occasional light snow here (2,240 ft). North of me the snow level is 1,000 feet higher. Next Sunday the temperature should be high enough and the Sun strong enough to clear the snow from the hills that I can see from home.
I went to lunch with Phyllis and Cameron of Friday. This coming week we will prune vines only on W/Th/F. Cameron will be in Seattle through Tuesday.
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John