Nice Sunshine in Southwest Iowa (at the present time, at least)

80 degrees at Clarinda, IA at 7:00 pm Wednesday.

This morning Phyllis' sister and brother-in-law left for Omaha (and then Denver and then San Francisco) here they visit briefly with neighbors Bob & Carol Brown.  They (Steve & Beth) had come on Monday afternoon from Omaha.  They live near Grand Lake, Colorado.

Later that Monday afternoon,

Judy & Clay Heuer came from

here in Clarinda.

She is Phyllis' first cousin; in

photo - Judy, Clay, Beth

Clay, Beth and Steve

Beth, Phyllis & Lynn Frye from near

Lincoln, Nebraska.

And they kept coming.....
Loren and Joyce Tornholm, and
Jan Frye.  Joyce and Jan are sisters
to Judy and all three cousins of
Phyllis.

Then,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the rain came.

We had been watching the radar on my smartphone and cell after cell just missed Clarinda and slid to the north-east.  Then it hit with a vengeance and we got 1.65" in about an hour.  We hustled inside and the meal was had in

the dining room.  A little crowded, but had shut all the windows and turned on the A/C to lower the humidity a bit.  (Clay is on oxygen and was fighting the high humidity a bit.  Only had 3 fans blowing in the small (for 9 people) dining room and we got along.

Gal in the middle in this picture is LaDonna Cabbage and she arrived while it was raininghard and waited in her car at the end of the driveway (behind all the other cars) until a short break in the blowing rain (and a little hail) to come in.

Top of these three photos, the three sisters, Judy,Joyce, and Jan.  Next photo - Jan and her husband Lynn Frye, and Loren Tornholm ( Joyce's husband). Next photo, myself, LaDonna, and Beth.

Bottom photo, Steve, Phyllis & Judy. I see that, in these photos at the table, I missed Clay, Judy's husband who was sitting at my right. 

77 degrees in Clarinda at 10:30 am Thursday.  Just discovered I had wandered off and forgot to finish this!

 These three photos are of the
buffet of shared dishes
we ate from Sunday evening.

All good food.

Tuesday morning the first

order of business was

to clean up some broken

tree limbs from the

really high winds

while it was raining

Sunday evening.

Then we rode with Beth & Steve
as they went to some cemeteries
in Missouri where Steve's
relatives are at rest.

 This cemetery was
near Clearmont, Missouri

This cemetery was

near Hopkins, Missouri.

It had hundreds

of peony bushes

all in neat rows in

line with the headstones.

We had lunch in Bedford and headed back to our house in Clarinda.

 In the evening some 8 or 9 couples, friends and/or classmates of Beth & Steve's, gathered at
the restaurant on the east side of the square.  (Can't come up with the name right now)

Lots of visiting

good food over

several hours.

Wednesday morning

we rode the trikes about

a mile over to Roberta Rarick's

house here in town and visited with her.  We

will drive her to Omaha next Tuesday

for an appointment with the 

ear doctor.

Right about lunch time Walt

Pritchard came by.  He is

lining up the help for ushering

at the Glenn Miller BIrthplace

Society Festival June 9th through

the 12th and we will be

working most days.

Still putting a lot of work on the book I am making for the Callaway, NE Class of 1961 "Or 55 Years" book.  Think I about have the layout ready.  There are about 5 not reporting, but assume they won't.

Later, Lynn