Visiting Granddaughter in Kirksville, MO

63º with 90% humidity at 8:08 am Monday here in Clarinda, IA as I start this.
Spent the weekend in Kirksville, MO with our granddaughter Emily.

On our way from Clarinda, IA to Kirksville, Mo Saturday we stopped at the Dutch County General Store - an Amish place - for some free ice cream cones, cantaloupe, watermelon, and some other items.

Quite a large store with a variety of items.

Emily works at KTVO Television Station in Kirksville and gave us a tour of the facilities.  Since it was Saturday afternoon the station was nearly empty and we got to see the whole thing.

She works as Social Media Specialist so keeps up all the stuff on the Internet as well as other duties.

Me and Emmy

Em and Grandma

On way back to Clarinda Sunday we stopped at the Dinky Diner in Decatur City, IA and had a delightful lunch.

 After returning to Clarinda we had visit with friend Patty Steckelberg and she went with us to the Methodist Church for an Ice Cream Social at 7 pm.  These photos are of the group that gathered.

Our friends from Ohio are to be here and set up their 5th wheel on our drive this Wednesday and we will show them around the area, then Friday we both pull our trailers to a park south of Indianola, IA and will take in a few days of the National Balloon Festival, which started this weekend.

Am working on scanning hundreds of negatives from the early 1980's which will post later.

GROANER’S CORNER:(( A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children began discussing the dog's duties. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster. "No," said another. "He's just for good luck." A third child brought the argument to a close with this comment: "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."

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What's the difference between getting a new husband and a new dog? A year after, the dog is still excited to see you.

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Mary Clancy goes up to Father McGuire after his Sunday morning service, and she's in tears. He says, "So what's bothering you, Mary my dear?" She says, "Oh, Father, I've got terrible news. My husband passed away last night." The priest says, "Oh, Mary, that's terrible. Tell me, Mary, did he have any last requests?"  She says, "That he did, Father." The priest says, "What did he ask, Mary? "  She says, "He said, 'Please Mary, put down that damn gun.' "

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Lettuce.

Lettuce who?

Lettuce in, it’s cold out here!

 Later, Lynn