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Sunday, March 17, Actually, Happy St. Patrick’s Day, 2013.\u00a0 We went to the music jam at the Grange.\u00a0 I took my recording point and shoot camera \u2013 more below.\u00a0 The weekend event of gargantuan proportion was the mailing of the link to my 2012 \u201cGreetings\u201d pages. \u00a0Finally, after struggling with email construction of recipients, just before midnight I sent it.\u00a0 Right away a few emails bounced, so I had to wait until the next day to sort through the problems.
\nMonday, Mar 18 \u00a0John left at 7:30 a.m., and I stayed put. I have aching muscles, especially aching quadriceps femoris<\/i> [“four-headed muscle of the femur”], from getting up and down, running all around at the Grange taking videos, moving a microphone, and sitting and playing.\u00a0 My mission today involved rebuilding the email list of recipients of my belated 2012 greetings, and realizing that somehow when combining names into lists, I failed to get 88 copies sent.\u00a0 How did I realize that?\u00a0 I decided to put a note on Facebook that it was out and if a person didn’t receive it, to let me know, or check their SPAM file.\u00a0 Several people whose first names alphabetically followed “Jennifer” were affected.\u00a0 So the Julies, Jims, . . . , through Kellys, had to be sent today.\u00a0 I finished the letter for a scholarship nomination reference for a former student who was graduated in 2009.\u00a0 Always something.
\nTuesday, Mar 19\u00a0 John was off at 7:30 a.m., but I slept in, because I’m still recovering from sore muscles from running around this past Friday, Sat., and Sun.\u00a0 Have had a few neat responses from the 2012 newsletter.\u00a0 Tonight, I did go in to Royal Vista to play and sing with The Connections.
\nI got home just before 8 to a wonderful chicken and veggie dinner — \u00a0breast meat seasoned with lemon juice, pepper and a no-salt seasoning.\u00a0 The veggies were a combo of frozen carrots John put up from the Columbia Basin, cashews, peppers, and onions, in a sweet brown sugar sauce.\u00a0 Then he made a special open-face parmesan covered toast (broiled, actually).
\nWednesday, Mar 20 \u00a0John stayed home today; weather was lousy, but the main reason he didn’t go prune was the winegrower is driving to the \u201cwet side\u201d of Wash. to participate in a wine event.\u00a0 With slush on the Pass and rain in Puget Sound lowland, that\u2019s not going to be fun. \u00a0Meeting and greeting those interested in wine is important to his business, so he goes frequently.\u00a0 Evelyn and I went to sing and play at the Food Bank Soup Kitchen.\u00a0 Nice to meet a new volunteer server, one of the students from the class I went to last week, saw her poster presentation, and also to hear she is applying for a special internship this summer in Arizona that she found from the jobs list.\u00a0 I went by the hospital for an INR blood check.\u00a0 That came out fine, 2.1, so I don’t have to return for a month.\u00a0 I went to SAIL exercise, but wanted to take it easy because of my sore quad muscles.\u00a0 I helped a little lady who is unstable on her feet.\u00a0 The lady who made the knitted scarves I have been getting over the past few months, brought in some little booties for adults.\u00a0 Most had fluffy balls of yarn on them, but one pair was plain and my color (blue), so I brought it home.\u00a0 Put it on top of my wool socks and inside my flannel slippers, and I have had happy feet all afternoon and evening. \u00a0Very nice treat.\u00a0 And free at that.\u00a0 Brought home two pieces of banana nut bread, that we had for dessert with Butter Pecan ice cream.\u00a0 Probably don’t need the calories, as I have gained a little weight since fall.\u00a0John worked outside in non-cooperating weather — sunny, windy, rain, snow, cloudy, and repeat in phases. \u00a0I drove through the same thing.
\nThursday, Mar 21\u00a0 Most mornings are still frosty so John starts the car to get the windshield clear, feeds horses, and than starts for White Heron about 7:35.\u00a0 It is at least sunny today, but the wind is still blowing.\u00a0 Dry Creek today for me, playing and singing music.\u00a0 We had new “Coca Cola” chairs without arms, and they were much appreciated.\u00a0 As you heard last month, they got rid of all the non-armed wooden dining room chairs, replacing with arms for all in the building.\u00a0 We have to have no arms in order to play our instruments.\u00a0 We asked for folding chairs, but they cannot have them in the facility because they are considered \u201cdangerous\u201d (a response to liability and regulatory issues).\u00a0 However, armless chairs are a musician\u2019s friend and we had told them we would no longer come if they could not provide acceptable chairs. They brought these from the Coca-Cola Room (whatever that is) and they are perfect for us.\u00a0 Try a search with, coca-cola chairs, using \u2018images\u2019 and see all the stuff that comes up.\u00a0 Who knew?\u00a0 All interesting things, but the ones we used<\/a><\/p>\n

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Musician friendly chair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

were the \u201cretro\u201d model, square bottom, red leather\/plastic, and metal legs.\u00a0 Found one on the web for $129. (such links may not last, so order yours now)
\nFriday, Mar 22\u00a0 The ground was thinly covered in white this AM.\u00a0 I have been doing taxes, dishes, clothes, and paying bills.\u00a0 Not going to town today.\u00a0 John arrived home, tired and wind chilled, but it is actually worse here (el., 2,240 feet) than where he was pruning at 900 feet. Photos here as things will be during the next 2 to 3 weeks: White Heron seasonal images.<\/a>
\nClick on these in the link to see larger photos:<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> column, 4th<\/sup> photo \u2013 pruned vines;<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> column, last photo \u2013 between the winery and the house;<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> column, top photo \u2013 view south with \u201cDeath Camas\u201d blooming<\/p>\n

The following link has photos from our dry inland area.<\/a><\/p>\n

On the low valley benches it is \u201cpink tip\u201d time \u2013 the Apricots have just started to push out their buds.\u00a0 The grape vines, however, show no sign of life.\u00a0 It has been cold thus far but soon, when cut, there will be sap flowing from the wound.\u00a0 At home, John is not going to plant the plum trees until tomorrow.\u00a0 This afternoon the wind is blowing in 33 mph gusts, sustained 24 mph and going to 22\u00b0 tonight.\u00a0 He is going to go out (in the sun) to separate rocks from dirt. The former to go into a walkway and the latter into an additional space for Strawberries and Yellow Summer Squash.
\nSaturday, Mar 23 \u00a0Going in the afternoon to a Celebration of Life for my long time Geography colleague, Marty Kaatz.\u00a0 When I get home, we will call John’s cousin, Ethel Reynolds, to wish her a happy 95th birthday.\u00a0 There is a big shindig planned, starting at 11:00 a.m. [PA time] at the apartment complex where she lives in Brookville, PA.\u00a0 John was born in the Brookville Hospital because that\u2019s where his mother was!\u00a0 The home town of Clarion (16 miles farther west) did not have a hospital and the norms of the time were strongly encouraging hospital births.\u00a0 We checked an internet site that says in the United States home births declined from 50% in 1938 to fewer than 1% in 1955.\u00a0 John\u2019s two older brothers were born in the early \u201930s while his sister and John were early \u201940s babies.
\nSunday, Mar 24 A full obituary<\/a> for our good Jim Carvo will appear soon in the Yakima paper. He has been friends with us and two of our Brittanys since 1998.\u00a0 He and his wife came to visit me in the ICU in Yakima in 2009-10, and then to the nursing home, he brought Brittany Brigitte (for visits in the chair next to my bed).\u00a0 Nancy and John will always have special love for him, and his wife, Rosy.\u00a0 Milly (Brittany) stays behind to comfort Rosy, along with Jim\u2019s ornamental special chickens.<\/p>\n

Hope your week was great.<\/p>\n

Nancy and John<\/p>\n

Still on the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n

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