After a warm and temperate first week of Spring, the rains returned and temperatures plunged back to the 40’s & 50’s. Even so, Springtime developments continued. On Saturday morning, after a night of long, steady rain, the first of the meadow fruit trees blossomed forth. It was also time for the first mowing of the season, which was squeezed in between rain squalls on Friday.
meadow contours
On Sunday, we took a walk through the forest out to the far end of camp with Leonie’s niece Pia, who is visiting from Australia and our sister-in-law Jeannie. Pia was last here in December 2010 (see the December 6-12 post).
looking north along the Indralaya shore
far east beach
Melanie, Jeannie, Pia & Leonie
bursting forth!
Solar Update
In the two weeks since the campaign to raise funds for the installation of solar panels at the dining hall began, 18 people have already donated or pledged $5,225 to the effort. The installation will be done in early June as the centerpiece of a solar workship weekend. (Click on the link for more information.)
Remember, this is a $32,000 project, and each panel costs approximately $650. We are inviting families and friends to go in together on donating for a full panel ($650), 1/2 panel ($325), quarter panel ($167.50) or ‘nuts & bolts’ (any amount). You can participate by donating through the Indralaya website. The amount raised to date is equivalent to more than 8 panels!
On a slightly-related note, we recently changed our online credit card processor. Since the switch-over there have been some mysterious difficulties with processing Canadian credit cards. We apologize to our friends north of the border and hope that the problem is fixed soon!
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