November 14-20

With the end of season work party completed, it was once again time to drain the water from the solarium, dining hall, and plumbing cabins. Just in time, as a taste of winter weather arrived on Friday with a light snow fall and temperatures dipping below freezing for the weekend.

Welcome Back!
One enjoyable consequence of the cold weather and snow was the reemergence of the Buddha who has been hiding among the bracken fern near the RMC since early June.

November 19 ~ Buddha field 5

Buddha field 3 (from June 6-12 post)

Down but not Out
Earlier in the week, Leonie visited the Orcas Medical Center to check on some serious bouts of persistent coughing and learned that she had a case of walking pneumonia. As a result, she found herself inside for much of the week and spent much of the time working with co-editor Carol Bee on completing the Autumn issue of Meadow Musings, the occasional newsletter that all donors and Friends of Indralaya receive.

History Lesson
This week also saw the completion of an application to renew the 1999 tideland lease with the State of Washington for the dock area. As part of the application, we were required to submit the Deed of Trust that proves ownership of the land adjoining the lease area.

This title document is dated May 1, 1928, and states, in part, that

“the property is to be developed as a center serving a working community, and as a retreat for purposes of study, meditation and investigation, with departments for literature, arts, crafts, dramatic representations, dancing, and rythmic (sic) exercises all in harmony with the general purposes and plans of the International Theosophical Society with headquarters at Adyar, India....”

Not a bad vision for what was to come.

eagle in tree above the grove