In for hottest day of 2026

 92º with a "feel like" of 102º here in Clarinda, IA at 10:30 am Monday.  Below are forecasts for several places where relatives live that I keep in touch with.  Most of them hot -- just one not -- in Massachusetts.  

On our first full day yesterday with our son's granddaughter, Jessica, we went to church.  It is amazing the difference in energy someone has if they are over 70 years younger than us.  Always on the move.

Our next-door neighbors to the west, Bob & Carol, have an above-ground swimming pool.  Jessica spent time there last summer and was in it yesterday afternoon when it was rather warm here.

We drove to Des Moines on Saturday to meet with granddaughter Ashley and her husband Heath with son David and daughter Jessica.  Had lunch with them and then Jessica came back to Clarinda with us for her week shadowing Grandma Great Phyllis.

Working on a project - weaving.

Trimmed branches above the trailer.

Tomatoes are on the verge of doing something.

More later, LC

Busy couple of weeks

 92º here in Clarinda, IA at 3:40 pm Monday with a "feel like" of 98º.  Hot

Well, it looks like I haven't posted since returned from Callawaay, NE a couple weeks ago.  Yesterday we returned from Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival near Canton, Missouri.

We bought our 2012 Chevy Silverado pickup 11 years and 2 months ago when it had 2,400 miles on it.  On this trip we turned 198,000 miles.  Hope it lasts another couple years and another 40,000 miles.

Getting our chairs set to reserve a spot when we got to Starvy Creek on Sunday--center to the stage close enough to see well.

We listened to 25 hours of music from 14 bands over the 4 active days of the Festival.  And, went to sleep in our trailer each night listening to Pickin' and Jamin' all around us.

Jackson Harris from Tennessee

This family band was from near Savannah, GA
Click Here to hear Headin' Home Band

Rhonda Vincint had her two grandkids on
stage with her on her first set, and their dad
played with The Rage Band on the second set.

Coal Creek Station Click Here to hear them

Was a fun week.

We had spent Monday and Tuesday with brother Don Miles and his wife Vicki in their care facility in Cape Girardeau.

When we arrived Monday they were being 
entertained by a gentleman singing and playing
his guitar and telling background to his songs.

Since hallway was partially blocked with Don's
wheelchair Vicki steadied onto Phyllis to get
to the bathroom during break in Domino game

He was very congenial and visited with us
a bit after his singing.  He comes to the facility
once a month.

This is just outside the east entrance to
The Chateau Girardeau

With lots of rain and heat, the grass did grow
while we were gone.

On July 4th we attended the hour and a half parade

in New Market and also listened to the program

by Sarah Davison and her High Road Band.

Till another time, LC Miles

Hot, Hot, Hot and windy in Southwest Iowa

88º with a "feel like" of 102º here in Clarinda, IA with bright sunshine sky and wind of 22 mph with gusts of 32 mph.

In Pioneer Picnic Parade in Callaaway, NE
Saturday June 27, 2026  Class of 1961

We have 15 of 30 graduates still living.  We had
6 graduates and one who was in Callaway schools
most of her life, but graduated from Gothenburg
on our float.

Those on the other side of our float.

Following the parade we gathered at the Callaway Senior Center for lunch and a good visit.

Mary Lynn's brother stopped by for a bit.

Our "Formal" photo.

We got a chance to visit a bit with Dixie Henry
G'Schwind.  She was a few grades behind me in
school, at Lower Lodi and Callaway.  She is having
some health issuses, but getting along

Sharleen and Lynn Stivers took us in for the time
we were in Callaway, stayed 3 nights with them.
Due to Lynn's health they do not get away from
the house much and welcomed the time we visited
with them.

Stopped by the sign that has been set along Highway 40 where the village of Lodi was located last century.  I only remember the railroad siding there--and now the rail line itself is gone.  This is only about a mile from where I grew up and is not too far from where my Mom was born.

We drove by the place where I lived from time I was 4 years old until left for Business School when I was 18 years old.  Lot of changes in 65 years!

Not all the buildings still there, 

Had had rain so I did not try to drive back to the Ranch area on the mud.

Madeline McFate came over to Stivers for supper
one evening and we caught up with her goings on.

Neighbor to the west, Bob Brown is putting in a new building at the back of his lot and needed survey to establish property lines.  I had a metal dectector but could not locate anything.  Bob had a surveyor come in and locate them.  Both of our north points, before the railroad rightofway we now own, were further south than we had been looking.  This is in a shaded area under trees and no mowing needed there so I will put in a T-Post beside the metal stake just below the ground level so can locate it if needed at another time.  This is the line between us and the Hospital owned house to our east.

We did some driving around the Pressey Park area to see if we could find the burned area from a few weeks ago, but did not locate any.  We saw one place where about 6 trees were burned, but no blackened hills.

We spent yesterday in Omaha, seeing two different medical specialists and getting a bit of groceries.

Is now 2:30 pm, outside temperature is 89º with "feel like" of 103º and still very windy.  We don't have much planned this week until going to New Market on July 4th and then heading to Missouri with the trailer on July 5th, being with Don & Vicki for a couple days in Cape Girardeau and then the rest of the week back to the Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival near Conway, Missouri.

Blessed be the Flexible, for they Shall Not Get Bent Out of Shape

Till later, LC Miles