Almost Sunny

Sunny this morning, the rays coming in under the clouds. It was almost sunny today, at least in the first part. It was somewhat bright, and not raining, anyway.

In one of the new warehouses on the corner of Garrett and Battersby, there is finally a tenant. Will they make it in this economy? Will the other vacancies fill? And with more warehouses projected for across Battersby, what will become of them?

Enumclaw being largely a farming town, what can we do to build on and encourage farming here? The farms will be vital if we slide into a full-on depression, providing food for trade.

Blue Heron

The blue heron that used to hunt the fields north of Mt. Peak was back today. I hadn't seen it in those fields for a couple of years, since the construction of the new homes in the area. It was standing in a field, stock still, so still you'd think it was a wooden decoy. The other day it was standing, statue-like, in a little marsh at the bottom of Mt. Peak.

What a shame those townhouses are taking over the farm fields. If you build over the farms, what will we eat?

A field isn't an empty space; a field can feed hundreds of people.

Will we ever see the day when warehouses and other buildings are removed to make way for fields? Progress in reverse? Real progress?

We need farms and fields in order to live. The developers of the new townhouse neighbourhood are trying to turn Enumclaw into Kent. We need fields and space.