Phyllis' High School Class of 1962, Clarinda 64th year gathering

 88º with a "feel like" of 101º here in Clarinda, IA at 2:45 pm on Thursday.  We were on very south side of a big rain storm that went through in the night, heard some thunder and saw lightning, but not enough rain to make bottom of rain gauge wet.

Tuesday night ate at the local Mexican Restaurant - El Sarape - with Jim & Nancy Schaurte from Chicago and Nancy Fleck Scott from here in Clarinda.

Eating in our "a few times a year used" dining room.

All photos below are

from gathering Wednesday morning/noon at 

the Garrison House here in Clarinda of 

Clarinda High School Class of 1962.

Warm, muggy Iowa weather

 85º with a "feel like" of 95º here in Clarinda, IA at 3:00 pm Monday.  Dumped 1/2 inch of rain from gauge this morning.  Humidity remains high.  Crops do look good in this area.

Well, what can we get into here.........haven't been doing a lot.

Took some pictures of the flowers......the photos never look as bright as it does in real life.

I drove down to the farm and looked things over.  There were some trees on the right of way of Highway 71 that they cut down, but didn't bulldoze out last winter like they did on our side of the fence, so I cut them back with the chain saw a little and put Tordon on the bark layer to kill the stumps.

This is on the road to the east side of the 80,
 looking west

Book I just finished

I just finished reading the 4th book of Peggy Rowe's.  She is mother to Mike Rowe that does a lot of the voices behind the Discovery Channel programs and had, for years, the "Dirty Jobs" searies.

Have read these earlier books - some are in Texas

Awaiting today one of Phyllis' classmates from Chicago who, with her husband, will be staying with us until Friday.  Their 1961 class is having a get together this Wednesday.

Well, there you have it.  Nothing too exciting going on here right now.  

LCM

A cooler start to August

 73º here in Clarinda, IA at 9:05 pm Saturday.  Last couple days have cooled off -- had 1.35" rain in the guage Friday morning from overnight.

Some pictures today of our four tomato plants in containers at the corner of the deck.  Maybe will get some good ones yet.  Have taken several small ones so far.  Got a few at farmers market the other day and they had rediculas prices on them.

Got new trellis for the two roseses planted a couple years ago in front of the old ones done today.  The new one is short now, but if they grow like the older ones that are on the big trellis at the back I will have to extend the front one in a few years.

Some old family photos I dug up.

Later, LCM