Where's Waldo (Doug)?
Life is just peachy for Julia. Sara said they have
picked 200 peaches so far!
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Monday, July 7, 2025
Going Fourth in July
Uncle Sam was in the Rugby
4th of July parade!
I think he headed here for
lunch afterwards!
We went up to Lake Metigoshe to our camper
after the Rugby event, and this awesome
fireworks show was just below
the parking lot at Twin Oaks.
On Saturday, the 5th, Diane played pickleball
with some of our local club members.
Later, we went to Steve and Barb's cabin
for a picnic and 70th birthday party for Bob's brother.
My flag cheesecake was a big hit! It was gone
before we left for the water ski show at 6:30.
We went back to Steve's for a bonfire
and birthday cake! Steve and Barb's kids
were all there and all seven grandkids, along
with Bob and Steve's sister Kathy, Barb's sister
Diane, and their former hired man Dan
from South Africa, who is working for
Maureen's brother-in-law in Watford City.
Weeded and watered the garden this morning.
Corn was knee-high by the 4th of July.
The garden is green because it gets watered.
The color of our grass shows you how dry it is here!
Music in the park Wednesday night.
that were popular in his parents' and
grandparents' generations. He said the phrase
in German and then explained what they
meant, and some of the misunderstood meanings.
convention on Thursday, the 17th. Jimmy, Kelly,
and kids came on Friday.
The water slide was a favorite, even though
the kids got scrapes and ruined swimwear!
The kids had fun at the dance on Saturday night
doing the two-step, waltz, and polka!
And even got to do a "modern" teen favoritecalled "The Church Clap,"
thanks to one of the dads who had music
on his phone. Mary Kate (age 5) and Brother
Placid (age 88) were learning. I am still
trying to get this video straight. Might take
a few days.
men from South Africa Marnis, and Lewie,
helped Bob load up our dining room furniture
and the piano to take to Iowa for Trina.
It took her three years, but she quit smoking!
They are from tapestries at the Cluny Museum in Paris.
Theme is "The Lady and the Unicorn: the five senses
and whatever your heart desires (King's chair)
The table opens up to 108", the same
length as the church pew which came
from our parish when we got new pews in 1995.
from Aunt Vicky Otto in 1939 for $75.
Aunt Vic wanted something more modern!
The set has been in our house on the farm
since 1974 when Mother moved out of the house
on Lake Avenue into an apartment.
along with her living room chairs and two bedroom sets.
Aunt Ida flew up with my mother to meet the truck!
I drove the Mustang and followed Bob down the road.
where Bob and Jimmy went to school.
The Five Seasons ski team theme was
The Wizard of Oz. Tom was the emcee,
Jett, Caiden, and Annika were part
of this 4-tier pyramid and other events.
The meet was supposed to be in Albert Lea,
MN, where we had hotel reservations,
but due to poor water conditions it
was held in Waseca, MN.
then Bob drove the pickup pulling the U-Haul
and I rode with Trina in the Mustang
back to their home in Iowa. Since the boys were
still at the ski show, Trina had some friends come
to unload the truck.
is coming to pick it up and drive it to Virginia.
Trina and Bob with Oaklyn, Annika's Labradoodle
Found 150 pea pods in the garden
when we got home!
Thursday, June 5, 2025
In Tune for June
June 4th--the first Music in the Park
for the summer! Free cupcakes and ice cream
to celebrate the 30th year of MIP.
State FFA Convention first week of June:
Grace (on the left) got 7th in milk
judging; her team got 4th!
June 5th...garden was planted on May 29th.
If you look carefully, you can see lettuce, radishes,
and some corn coming up!
this tree by the church. Note all the green leaves
on the tree, but the base was all rotted!
His friend is "Cy the Cardinal".
the echo in the Germans from Russia building
at the Rugby Museum on Friday, the 13th. :-)
On the 14th, the Dale and Martha Hawk Museum
at Wolford had their annual festival.
My only thought was, boy am I glad we didn't
have to farm with one of those!
but we got the red sky and not one drop of rain...
the sky was beautiful.
No matter which way we looked,
Daryl's Racing Pigs at the Pierce County Fair,
Saturday, June 28th.
While having breakfast after church on Sunday, the 29th,
Ed was looking for tickets for "Fiddler on the Roof"
at the Minot State Amphitheater. Carol finally got
through the tech mess, ad we met them in Towner
at 6 p.m. and headed to Culvers for supper
in Minot before the musical.
The show was great, and we had perfect
warm weather (and root beer floats
during intermission). Got home at 1:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Celebrating May
George and Mary Kate with their new shoes.
Birthday gifts from Gramma and Grampa.
Early for George, but he was excited anyway!
Part of Jimmy's "fleet"...more vehicles
at his bin site in Dodge, ND.
Grace and Luke at the park
George and I examined the "big tractor"
along the walking path at the park
Birthdays for Andrew, May 4th,
and Mary Kate, May 6th. We had
pizza, brownies, and ice cream.
George and Mary Kate attacking their
big brothers, Matthew and Andrew
Ari and Cecelia worked on this sign for Jett's party
Supervising the artist are Lea, Cecelia, Annika, Claire,
Ana (ignoring us) Trina, Landry, and Lydia.
Landry is Jett's girlfriend.
Before the guests arrived...Jett, Caiden, Lea, Tom,
Annika, Oaklynn, and Trina
Lea is their exchange student from Germany.
Oaklynn is Annika's dog.
Ana and her girls waiting for the party to end
After most of the people left, a car pulled into the drive,
and out popped Donna! Surprised everyone. :-)
Later on Saturday, we had pizza and salad,
and fought over a game of "31"
Trina just had to have a picture of the two
girls with braces because she still had her
t-shirt from when she had them...at age 8!!
Gramma and Grampa with Ana's girls on Sunday.
Tom, Jett, and Lea made brunch for all of us.
Us with Jett. Graduation is
actually on May 18th. He will
wear shoes on that day!!! :-)
of this young man Jett has become.
Well, that was short-lived. Today it was down to 36.
I planted my flower pots two weeks ago;
today I put them all in the garage! The flowers
on the flowering crab trees were almost white
instead of the hot pink, probably because
of the drought conditions.
Congratulations, Jett! :-)
in the Iowa state track meet this week.
Trina is their "cheer" leader.
Valerie and John. They called me
to get directions for making grape leaves.
I think Donna gave them a tabouli lesson.
Mary Kate turned 5 on May 6th and had her
first dance recital on the 21st. Kelly said that
when Grace was in her first recital, she
just stood there and smiled. Trina did the
same thing in Cleveland when she was 3,
when my mother took the kids to a local church
to be in the Christmas program.
had two dances to learn! There were
fourteen kids in the group!
members of our local Legion post, so they
go to the four cemeteries from Wolford to Knox.
Kent plays taps and Bob fires the gun in tribute.
We serve a meal at our church after Mass in the cemetery.
these are the survivors...they didn't get mowed down
by the lawn mower or weed whacker! I am planning
to separate the bulbs in the fall and plant them
somewhere safe near the house or garage.
The lake was not pretty on the 31st.
Smoke from Canadian fires moved
into ND and clouded up the sun.
I washed inside windows and blinds,
Bob got the tar from the oak trees
off the outside of the camper.
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