Four of our Grandchildren were here for their Great Grandfathers committal service. They came early in the day so that we could visit.
Noah
Adam
Maddie
Paige holding Ree
It was good to get caught up with them and the goings on in their lives. Jobs, travel, education, wedding, girlfriends and door dash:)
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Our three great grandchildren were here for the committal service for their Great Great Grandfather.
Hey Mikey holding Ree and Cee Cee helping
Thankful to have these three in our lives. They make us smile.
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The grandchildren and great grandchildren that could not attend my Dad's funeral last December are here now.
Last December...
Friday we had a graveside service...
The headstone is not in place yet. The white markers are up for its placement.
It was a very nice committal service. I am glad it is finally accomplished.
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The speckled petunias seem to be all the rage this year.
I am not so sure I like them....and that price tag...well I guess prices have gone up all over...in case you cannot see it ...it says ...drumroll...$329.99 uffda.
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Yesterday we finished packing up my Mother's apartment in Assisted Living. She is at the Nursing Home full time now. Her belongings were moved to her room in the home or into storage. There were 14 adults and a whole bunch of little kids to help....since she lived on the second floor all the help was appreciated and it was 90 plus degrees.
Everything went smoothly as far as I can tell.
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It has been a week of appointments and other "things" to attend to. Yesterday was the second medical appointment this week... two down and one more to go... it was Far Guy's turn yesterday so he dropped me off at Hobby Lobby while he went to visit with the Nurses.
I needed some yarn for a couple of projects. It was a good week to need yarn as it was on sale.
The yarn is for several new projects...a baby cap for summer made from the cotton yarn and the other is for a very washable Origami Crocheted Bag. We will see how I do with these new projects!
Last night we went out for supper with friends that were celebrating a birthday.
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My sister is older today. She is still pretty young...as I was almost 15 when she was born.
My Dad and my sister were deer hunting together a number of years ago.
Happy Birthday Julie!
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Sunday afternoon we drove over to Laporte and had lunch with Savannah, Jen and Andy. It was a good time to catch up on Savannah's recent travels and spend some time with her!
She is as smiley and pretty as ever!
The wildfire smoke has invaded our part of Minnesota again.
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While waiting for my turn at the Dentist the other day I went by the Lions Park, a homeless guy had taken up residence and there were only a few Daylilies blooming. My guess is that the Garden Clubs best workers have become too old to maintain the gardens like in years past.
So I went over to the lake.
Spirit Lake in Menahga Minnesota.
I filled the car with gas, and stopped by a gift shop and the bakery...small towns need support too.
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Not the kind you find at a picnic wanting a free lunch...the mound building kind that pinch your skin and then spit a poison onto the pinch that stings. I know this. It is painful and maddening!
Ants are driving me nuts....or maybe more nuts.
Field Ants start their infestation like this. Looks harmless...some holes in the ground.
You can see one of my jars filled with borax and powdered sugar getting buried. Buggers. I have some new "stuff" to try...but I am not holding out hope.
Then there are Corn Field Ants...maybe I will introduce you to them another day.
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On my Mothers side of the family, my Great Grandfather Dietrich (Dick) became a widower in 1913 when he was 47 years old and he had three sons ages 9, 6 and 4 and a daughter 2 years old who would be my Grandmother. He sent my grandmother off to live with his sister Elizabeth. ( I have heard that My Great Grandmother's death in 1913 was questionable...she was pregnant and fell or was pushed down some stairs by her husband.)
In 1915 Dietrich procured a "mail order bride"...not truly an ordered bride but perhaps some one knew someone...or some men and women took out ads in newspapers. There were also people who were "bride brokers" and for a fee you could get a name and write letters back and forth.
The bride, Bertha was 45 when she arrived in Minnesota from New York. Her step sons would be ages 11, 8 and 6 by then. It must have been quite a shock to become an instant mother to three young boys. My Grandmother never returned to the family fold...she remained with her fathers sister until she married. ( Perhaps it was safer for her there)
I never heard anything nice about Bertha...in about 1935 she turned two of her step sons and my grandfather and grandmother in for making moonshine. After that she was known as an "evil woman".
I found her obituary the other day.
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I have a real pretty spinner in my flower garden. I splurged on it last Spring...after all I didn't buy any flowers. Last night twin fawns were in the yard...I am sure they would have eaten all my flowers if I had any.
Sometime it is the little pretty things that we enjoy the most!
Far Guy and I had our teeth cleaned and checkups...look Ma no cavities! Cross something off our list. Bonus that it was a Wednesday and the Bakery was open...can you say Finnish Flat bread...so yummy!
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The beans must be really good...this doe stayed right there in the field and watched us as we drove by.
She was loving those beans.
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Oh boy, our oldest Grand is 27 years old today. Hopefully we will take her to lunch one day soon and take her photo.
I scanned a couple of old photos. These were taken the day of her baptism in early August of 1996.
Proof that I really was there. We took off on vacation soon after she was born and returned the day before the baptism...we had been camping out West.
Happy Birthday Savannah!!
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The clouds were interesting this past weekend.
Small Grain field to the left and a corn field to the right. It was just about sunset.
We enjoyed a Ranger Blue ride looking at the fields and the clouds. Some quiet time together.
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My Mom was not lost yesterday...she was with relatives who did not check her out of the facility. After searching bathrooms and every place she could be one of the nurses said "she is gone with her daughter and son in law" ....hmmmm. My sister is on vacation...and I knew where my brothers were....that left me and Far Guy was not with me...so who in the world??
My cousin and her husband had taken her back to her assisted living apartment. Not sure why?
She was not lost...of course only she knew where she was.
Needless to say I was a tad upset with her. Hopefully once we get all her "stuff" moved to the nursing home and she surrenders her keys this won't happen anymore.
Honestly it is like dealing with a naughty pre schooler who you want to send to the corner with one arm up and the opposite leg up...but of course at 93 years and 9 months old she would topple over.
FYI one arm up and the opposite leg up used to be my favorite punishment for my girls...oh yes nose against the wall too:)
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The Deer are eating many of the wildflowers this year. Far Guy had a Strawberry plant in a hanging basket and they munched all the leaves off and left the stems.
They also ate most of the Bee Balm...buggers anyway.
Last year was a good year for Bee Balm. This year not so much.
We have a doe without a fawn hanging around. I see her quite often when I am mowing.
Far Guy is feeling a bit better, good enough that he could accompany me to a Doctor appointment in Fargo North Dakota....the Clinic was not busy at all. It was still a long day for him with traffic and detours.
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We got one Yellow Pear tomato plant this year.
It grew!
It has many green tomatoes, we are looking forward to them ripening:) I will have to get the ladder out again this year to harvest them.
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I usually have about three take along projects to work on while waiting.
I am almost done with this project...one more short wait and it will be done.
It is a shawl. I love working with variegated yarn watching the patterns of color appear.
It has been rainy off and on...and cool. It was 42 F or 5 C here the other morning, yesterday it struggled to get to 67 F or 19 C. Believe it or not we turned the furnace on for a bit of heat! I have also used the oven the past two days...Roast Beef one night and Apple Pancake last night.
Far Guy has been resting...no huge improvements in his respiratory infection...I have one eye on him. His Doctor is aware that he is not well.
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My husband says I use that phrase too much. I usually just roll my eyes or shrug my shoulders.
Far Guy is feeling a tad bit better...not much...but a little.
My Mom decided that she is not strong enough to go back to her apartment so she will become a Nursing Home resident. It will be much safer and easier for her there. She has asked for a larger room so she can set up her sewing machine in her room. We will move a bunch of things to make her room more like home in the near future.
I went to visit Mom to see how she was doing after her big decision...and she was okay.
It is what it is...
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