February 7-13

After a couple days in Seattle, we arrived back at Indralaya on Friday. Our trip up the coast included visits with Cordy Anderson in Eugene, Lin Bauer and Kathy Arquette in Salem, and a stop at the Theosophical Society in Portland to drop off copies of the 2011 program catalog.

While we were gone, the curtain drain near the dining hall that had backed up and flooded the basement late last year (see December 6-12) was replaced by local contractor Eric Lum.

Thanks to Tom, Audrey and Petr for staying at Indralaya and tending to the place while we were gone. Petr is now here with his son Kalle. They will be staying through the season opening work party coming up next weekend.

Kalle & Petr

Not surprisingly, there was a huge pile of emails and correspondence to catch up with in the office. Early registration has been booming, with registrations for Spring and Fall programs well ahead of last year at this time.

Seaside Migrations

There continues to be a lot of action on the Indralaya beaches. While we were gone there was a small landslide at the bottom of the steps to near east beach.

The fallen yew tree that was discussed in an earlier blog entry (Oct 25-31) has been pulled from the rocks at the west end of the beach and is now sitting just below the steps.

Over on the north side of the property there was a significant rock fall just west of the dock platform. The bluff that rises up from the shoreline in this area has been prone to slides for many years.

Krotona Memories

Finally, in case you missed noticing the young hawk perched on the Krotona School sign in last week’s entry, here’s a close-up: