September 24, 2025 You might be thinking this is about rats No. It’s about squirrels that are driving us bats The squirrels are fat pigs They ate all the figs They are basically behaving like brats To Ravenna Blvd, I pointed the way Hoping that there the squirrels might stay The oaks fill the street […]
August 29, 2019 McIntosh. My favorite. Most will say you can’t grow a Mac here. Well, there is at least one tree in the Seattle area. Lori Brakken, apple sleuth, drives around and slams on the brakes when she spots any apple tree. She saw a Mac in the Seattle area and called me up. […]
September 6, 2016 Lori Brakken, apple ID expert and landscape designer, volunteers tirelessly in her efforts to further people’s enjoyment of fruit. Last weekend, she graciously invited me to observe an apple ID session. Thinking that identifying apples would be an outdoor job, I donned my hat and sunglasses and paid her a visit. We did […]