[Pollard]

Since the weather thwarted much of my vacation, preventing some spending, I just bought the frequency sensor that will read wind speed on my wind monitor. That and a basic $15 temp sensor were $404. Plan to attach the temp sensor to the pipe that the wind monitor will go on and put a little white cover over it so that the sun and rain won't affect the temp reading.

Went to the George O. White State Nursery and picked up my 10 elderberry and 10 persimmon seedlings, both 2 year seedlings. They're both native varieties but wild eldeberry patches are hard to find. Persimmon, not as hard but it's always going to be on someone's property.

[Qiviut]

The one tree I really want at this place is a persimmon. My niece just planted one, knows a nursery that sells them, but they go fast!

Two very opposite memories of eating persimmons. The first is when about 8 yo, my dear dad tricked me into taking a bite of a green one. The episode still rankles with me because I trusted my dad & he “betrayed” me (& about laughed his head off at my reaction).

The second memory is hiking in the mountains with 4 friends, our destination being a lake reservoir used by a city in the valley for their water supply. It was a beautiful hike & we started early so dew was still on the ground & the morning air was still damp when we got to the water. As we looked around, we spotted a persimmon tree. Deer tracks were numerous, but we found ripe ones we could get to & they were so good - sweet because there had been frost. I suspect I will never eat persimmons as good as those because of where I was & who I was with.