What a difference a week makes ...... not so much in terms of the ongoing work being done (see last week’s post for more on that), but more in terms of the weather conditions. First our mild winter turned colder, and that was followed by the white stuff seen in this week’s photos.
The precipitation started with some light snow on Saturday. On Sunday morning we awoke to the din of quarter inch hailstones firing down from on-high and hammering our roof.
The hail gradually turned to snow and by late morning there were a couple inches on the ground. As the week ended the forecast was for more snow ahead.
A good friend of Indralaya died this last week in a work-related accident. Herlwyn Lutz was an arborist who tended to the Indralaya trees for many years. Those who have participated in Spring work parties anytime since the mid-1990’s are likely to remember Herlwyn’s tree-pruning lessons. Outside of the work parties, he would spend many days each Spring tending to the trees and completing the pruning that is usually only partially accomplished during the work parties. He would follow up the pruning by bringing his chipper over and turning the pruned branches into wood chips for the pathways between the garden beds and elsewhere. He was highly committed to being of service both here and in the wider Orcas Island community.
Herlwyn attended many Indralaya programs as well and was a core member of the theosophical study group that meets here during the off-season. He and his wife Barbara have both lived deeply devoted spiritual lives. Herlwyn was 77 at the time of his passing. He will be missed.
The hail gradually turned to snow and by late morning there were a couple inches on the ground. As the week ended the forecast was for more snow ahead.
A good friend of Indralaya died this last week in a work-related accident. Herlwyn Lutz was an arborist who tended to the Indralaya trees for many years. Those who have participated in Spring work parties anytime since the mid-1990’s are likely to remember Herlwyn’s tree-pruning lessons. Outside of the work parties, he would spend many days each Spring tending to the trees and completing the pruning that is usually only partially accomplished during the work parties. He would follow up the pruning by bringing his chipper over and turning the pruned branches into wood chips for the pathways between the garden beds and elsewhere. He was highly committed to being of service both here and in the wider Orcas Island community.
Herlwyn attended many Indralaya programs as well and was a core member of the theosophical study group that meets here during the off-season. He and his wife Barbara have both lived deeply devoted spiritual lives. Herlwyn was 77 at the time of his passing. He will be missed.
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