Vision

I haven’t updated my blog in awhile!  Oh, well.  Life rushes on.

In my new job working for a local school district, I found this interesting poem:

The day a child realizes that all adults are imperfect,
he becomes an adolescent.
The day he forgives them, he becomes an adult.
The day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.”
~Alden Nowlan,
Canadian poet 1933-1983

I went to a computer repair client today, who lives in Concrete WA, a little town of 800 or so people up in Skagit County.  It is so quiet and peaceful out there along Highway 20.  If it weren’t for the economic advantage of living close to the Interstate, I wouldn’t mind being there on a more permanent basis myself.

Here are some photos I snapped.

I’ve never seen a more impressive landmark for a town.

Did you ever see a high school building that goes over a road?

And check out this aging school bus!

For those of you who do web design as part or all of your gainful employment, here’s a survey you can take.

 

This 10 acre greenhouse near Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia Canada is where I grow Tropical house plants. The farthest left section of greenhouse is the Tropical Department, recognizable from the air by the white wash that we put on in summer to keep the light level down so the plants don't get sun burn.

Most people think of a greenhouse as a very controlled environment. This is true in part, but in spite of all the computerized climate, irrigation, nutrient, and environmental control, growers still have to watch the weather. Just like the old farmer studies the sky to determine wether or not to cut his hay, so the greenhouse grower keeps a close eye on storm systems, temperature extremes and other forms of outside weather facets that can affect his indoor crops. Of course I don't even go outside to look at the sky. No, we've advanced farther than that with modern technology. I just use a program called a "widget" that sits on my desktop and constantly updates the weather forcast from the the Weather Channel, look at a couple of webcams strategically aimed at the horizon and placed near my location on the globe, glance at the latest satelite pic of the Western Hemisphere from NASA, and Voila! I have a pretty good idea of what the outdoor conditions will be like for the next 24-72 hours. I could get really detailed as to what all computers have done for us, but I won't bore you any longer. I mean, I don't have to go outside even to find out if it's raining, my computer tells me!