Spring Bantah - 2mo late

[forkyfork]

On 4/19/2026 at 6:21 PM, dendrite said:

What did you graft? I know you were trying plum before  

That’s a good initial sign, but there’s stored energy in the scions to initially push growth out the buds. You want to see an inch or two of growth before knowing for sure that the graft took. 

update 

[Brewbeer]

I finally put the snow thrower in the shed, usually wait until the first weekend in May.  Turned into a really nice day in the lower valley, cleaned the garage and washed 2 cars including my daily driver antique Honda, which came out nice:

[Baroclinic Zone]

Picked up my daughter from her mother’s where she’s been recuperating for the last 9 days. She’s doing well. Getting around pretty good. Optimistic she will be getting back into PT in the near future to make strides with her strength and mobility. She starts summer classes in a week.

[weatherwiz]

Izzy finally came home 

[512high]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Izzy finally came home 

Paul that's great! Helps fill the void, Poor thing is happy to have a home, congrats!

[MJO812]

[dendrite]

9 hours ago, MJO812 said:

[512high]

20 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Boy your brutal.....lol

[dendrite]

@OceanStWx

Found an error in the MHT climo and record history. 36° is listed as the min for 7/22/1937. It should be 50°.

I went and found the original form and the min for the date was crossed out and 36 was put in the range column alongside the 86 max. But the min for the month clearly has 50° listed on the 14th and 22nd. So that 36° is obviously the range and not meant to be the min.

[powderfreak]

Bear break-in.  These guys are tenacious.

[dendrite]

7 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Bear break-in.  These guys are tenacious.

[512high]

9 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Bear break-in.  These guys are tenacious.

Holy Crap! WTF!

[powderfreak]

2 hours ago, 512high said:

Holy Crap! WTF!

We’ve seen them climb the 5-foot retaining wall to get into the Gondola barn and then remove the storage door, hinges and all, just to get to a bucket of compost.

[tunafish]

9 hours ago, powderfreak said:

We’ve seen them climb the 5-foot retaining wall to get into the Gondola barn and then remove the storage door, hinges and all, just to get to a bucket of compost.

Before seeing this sort of stuff, and like that car interior last year, I never really appreciated not having them here.  What a menace.

[powderfreak]

3 hours ago, tunafish said:

Before seeing this sort of stuff, and like that car interior last year, I never really appreciated not having them here.  What a menace.

They are smart, strong and very determined.

Yesterday I was wandering around and ran into a big one up near 3,500ft.  I came over a knoll and she was right there.

I just chilled and watched her for a while.  She looked at me, assessed and gave me the nod of approval and went back to grazing the grass. 

She is a frequent flyer at the ski area, has had a very noticeable limp for years which is how we recognize her.  Last year she had two cubs with her, but a year later they are off on their own now and she’s back to grazing around alone.