These two photos were taken last
evening as we were coming home from
supper at our friends here in town.
Rain had been forecast for
most of Saturday, but we
never got a drop.
Had started out the morning yesterday by taking
flowers to relatives' graves here at the Clarinda
Cemetery. Phyllis put several together]
with flowers from our place.
Her Grandpa and Grandma
Cabbage's grave
My sister Louise's grave.
Her funeral was eight years
ago this month - May 25, 2008.
This couple, Royce Duncan and sister Elaine Duncan Odem were putting
out flowers and stopped to chat
a moment.
Their mother was Leone Winger
For lunch we stopped at the Garrison House here in Clarinda for lunch. They are on the "Our Iowa" magazine's book of Mom & Pop restaurants in Iowa, even offering a $5 coupon. This is Phyllis and Carolyn Miller, part owner of Garrison House.
After eating lunch we
drove to Lake of Three Fires
near Bedford, Iowa
Ada, Rosa Lea, Inez (three daughters of Phyllis' Uncle Marvin and Aunt Rose) and Phyllis.
They had driven in from Des Moines,Atlantic and Kansas City, Kansas for the all-school reunion at Conway, Iowa today.
They plan to spend a week
in this cabin, visiting
with each other and people
in this area.
Then we drove to Jack and Karen
Baumgartner's place in north Clarinda
for supper. Jack grilled hamburgers
and brats.
Cynthia and Ron Peterson, from
Mound City, MO came and we
three couples had a good visit
and a good supper.
We rode the recumbent trikes 8 miles this morning and really feel it. Haven't been riding them like we have in the past. I did get the table and chairs from the deck taken into the shop, rubbed down with wire brush and repainted with black spray paint. Also mixed some Oil of Peppermint with water and sprayed it around several places as a preventative for the ants. Somehow they seem to be busy this year. Haven't seen any more of the big black ones in the bathroom, but some teeny ones in the kitchen. Flattened the collection of tin cans that have built up (intend to take them, with some other iron, to salvage yard in Atlantic on our way to Omaha in a week or two. Have itemized a few things to maybe put on yard sale on June 6th which is when the city-wide yard sale is on. We didn't get an ad in the paper, but if come up with enough stuff will set them out.
Phyllis' sister and husband will be here tomorrow, from Grand Lake, Colorado, and several relatives locally are due here for a get together tomorrow afternoon. Hope the rain holds off so we can be on the back deck. Think the Gregory's will stay until Wednesday.
More later, Lynn
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