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The first day in March
dawned sunny! After washing our vehicles and changing
oil, I decided to prune the apple tree. Here is the
BEFORE view....
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...and here is the after
view.
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Ted invited us to take a
look at his newest project, cleaning Springfield
rifle barrels. Here is his work space, where he
checks the barrels for warpage and cleans
them.
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Here is a stack of
barrels awaiting processing.
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Valorie inspects some of
the barrels that have been sorted by manufacturing
year. Some of the completed and processed barrels are
now available on eBay.
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Nickki with her baby,
Hayden, at work!
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Emily poses with little
Hayden.
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Kaylie just loves
Madison...
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Kayden appears to be
amused as Debra imitages a monkey-like scream.
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The moms and their
babies.
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Jason and Sarah hold up
the growing Kayden.
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Rick looks on as Kim
tries to control the active Kayden.
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Nickki with three; Sarah
with one.
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Valorie and Anne enjoy
the sun and a Mariner's practice game. The lady next
to them was from Maple Valley!
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Saguaro cactus on the
hillside as the sun begins to set.
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Kim and Debra pose with
one of the ancients in Winslow Arizona.
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Anne, just standin on the
corner in Winslow Arizona.
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Valorie, just standin on
the corner in Winslow Arizona.
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On the way to Winslow
there was several feet of snow. And, with several
feet in the snow, were Anne and Debra.
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If you want to visit an
interesting place, take a trip to the Tonto Natural
Bridge, north of Payson Arizona.
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Here is a map of the
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. There are several
viewpoints from above, but much better views from
below.
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On the trail down to the
natural bridge was this beautiful cactus.
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The wooden bridge allows
the visitors to get a good view of the Natural
Bridge, the world's largest natural travertine
bridge.
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Valorie and Anne also
came across this group of Javelina, the only pigs
native to the Americas. Here they are searching for
insects and worms in the lawn.
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A group photo with Scott,
Kim, Kayrena, Debra and Anne.
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Anne holds little
Hayden.
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Reflections on a day in
March.
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My tulips are in
full-bloom by mid-March.
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Rhys stands in the midst
of the rhubarb which is rapidly beginning to
grow.
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On St. Patrick's Day,
Rhys watches the birds as they eat their fill from
the feeders outside our front window.
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On Saturday, Paul came
over and planted six hop rhizomes. Once the shoots
emerge, Bob will encourage their upward growth by
training the shoot to grow clockwise around the
string supports.
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We took a trip to the
Small Farm Exposition which was being held on the
Enumclaw Fairgrounds.
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Tara participated in the
show at this display for the Center for Urban
Horticulture. Here Paul was holding down the fort
while Tara was visiting other displays at the
show.
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In the animal barn, we
found this large (and friendly) pig snoozing with its
head poking under the stall door. Shortly after this
picture was taken, Valorie fed it a candy sucker,
stick and all!
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Opposite the friendly
pig, and mounted on the wall, was this game of "pin
the tail on the piggie".
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Valorie also stopped to
talk to some of the people who had brought their
rabbits to the show.
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The kids had a lot of fun
participating in a game of chicken races. They used
balloons to prod the birds from one end of the table
to the other.
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