Went to Anita, IA

85º at 7:00 pm Saturday, with a "feel like" of 90º.  Had a few days of low humidity, but it is creeping back.

Bob Everhart, who runs the Oak Tree Opry, making
announcments.

Last night - Friday - we took Judy Heuer and Pat Steckelberg with us to Atlantic where we had supper at Pizza Ranch and then on to Anita, IA to the Oak Tree Opry.  It started at 7 with 3 guys playing and then after about an hour Terry Smith from Nashville played the main program.  We have followed Terry in the Rio Grande Valley and here in Iowa for years.
Here are some videos I took last night - Click HERE

Judy Heuer, Patty Steckelberg and Phyllis Miles.

Bob Everhart announcing Terry Smith.

Terry Smith

Spent some time at the Page County Fair, here in
Clarinda, Thursday evening.  This is our neighbor when we
lived west of Clarinda before moving here in 2010

Quite a rainbow - actually a second
one came out a little later.

Did 6 miles on the recumbent trike yesterday.  This was
one place on my route.

Today did 7 miles on the trike, much of it at the airport.

Al & Carolyn Rudy, from Shenandoah, came Wednesday evening
and we ate at Jay's Pizza & Steak House then played some
Pegs & Jokers on the deck.

Not any airplanes out of their hangers this morning while
getting my 7 miles in.

With humidity and temp down, we have eaten on
the back deck many times last few days.

Some of Phyllis' flowers

Some of Phyllis' flowers

Corn and soybeans doing well across street from us.

 GROANER'S CORNER:(( Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge.  An industry source said that the deal had been in the works about 1300 years.  While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the overhead cost of having twelve days of Christmas and eight days of Hanukkah was becoming prohibitive for both sides. By combining forces, we're told, the world will be able to enjoy consistently high-quality service during the Fifteen Days of Chrismukah, as the new holiday is being called.  Massive layoffs are expected, with lords a-leaping and maids a-milking being the hardest hit.  As part of the conditions of the agreement, the letters on the dreidel, currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming unintelligible to a wider audience.  Also, instead of translating to "A great miracle happened there," the message on the dreidel will be the more generic: "Miraculous stuff happens." In exchange, it is believed that Jews will be allowed to use Santa Claus and his vast merchandising resources for buying and delivering their gifts.  One of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at least three hundred years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave milk and cookies for Santa even after having eaten meat for dinner.  A breakthrough came last year, when Oreos were finally declared to be Kosher.  All sides appeared happy about this.  Fortunately for all concerned, he said, Kwanzaa will help to maintain the competitive balance.  He then closed the press conference by leading all present in a rousing rendition of "Oy Vey, All Ye Faithful."

More later, Lynn