Here on the Naneum Fan, nothing much happens other than the wind either blows or it doesn’t. Today it did. Mostly it was in the mid-20s but the gusts went to 41 mph with many in the high 30s. That’s at the airport that is 5.2 miles southwest of me and 500 feet lower.
\nWe’ve been pruning and I went early for lunch on Friday. Compared to previous years we are short one volunteer. He is staying home with his wife who had a surgical procedure. We have missed a couple of days because of rain. The vines are still dormant even though other plants are waking up. A neighbor to the vineyard has apricot trees and they were pretty pink early this past week. A bright yellow Forsythia is blooming next to the vines.
\nAt home I am on average 3 to 4 degrees cooler and a month later in bloom-time. Some of the early flowering bulbs are showing about 3 inches above ground.
\nI have been cutting more small trees to make ‘Y’s for staking up grape plants. These to replace the 100 or so that I dropped off last year at the edge of the vineyard. Someone carried those off. The larger part of the tree will be fit for the wood stove in a year. The 2-to-3-inch thickness when cut into 16 inch lengths dry quickly in our low-moisture environment. I have to find small trees with a ‘Y’ for the grape stakes. <\/p>\n
While nothing much happens here, Ellensburg seems to be in a crazy zone. The first episode was a woman and husband bringing multiple guns to a church service. She was thinking of shooting people. He had a revolver to take her out if she started. I don’t understand that. Neither did the judge. He locked them both up.
\nNext, two young teen girls (14ish) were making plans to shoot classmates in their middle school. School officials, friends, and police were able to put enough evidence together that the judge also locked the girls up. How this story unfolds will be interesting, although because of the young age, we may never learn.
\nTonight’s paper has a story of a 19 year old killing his wife. There was a no-contact order, but she went to his apartment to retrieve her things. She went alone (mistake!) and ended up dead. The specifics are confusing, but he is now in jail. Drugs were involved.
\nBeing a taxpayer in the county with under 50,000 people, I wonder how many dollars these three cases will cost the fine citizens of Kittitas County, such as me.
\nThe truck reached 50,000 miles this week. I got the idea to treat myself with something expensive, so I filled the F150 up with gasoline. $4.89 per gallon. Ouch!<\/p>\n
Keeping Track
\non the Naneum Fan
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