COVER STORY WRITTEN BY LYNDA V. MAPES PHOTOGRAPHED BY BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER
ON THE COVER: The turbines at Nine Canyon begin generating electricity when winds reach eight miles an hour. If winds exceed 55, the turbines shut down automatically with a disc brake similar to that on a car.

PLANT LIFE Temptation Blooms New plants entice us with bright foliage, long-lasting blooms and fresh colors. TASTE A Symbol Of Spring Across cultures and centuries, a meal of lamb marks the beginning of the gentler season. SUNDAY PUNCH Just Scraping By In making sandwiches, even the rich can relate

ON FITNESS Advice Worth Digesting At last, a book offers a diet you can swallow. NORTHWEST LIVING Stripped And Salvaged A little addition and some subtraction multiply the charm of a 19th-century Wallingford home. NOW & THEN Rails to Rainier LETTERS Letters to the editor