Starting our trip

 70º with smoky overcast in Marengo, IA at 11:26 am Saturday.

Drove the 220 miles from Clarinda, IA to Marengo, Ia yesterday, to start off our vacation trip.

   Got to spend some time with the family.  Here is great grandson David smiling for the camera while on Great Grandma Phyllis' lap and momma Ashley beside her.

With the humidity finally dropping from the last several days, it was pleasant on the deck while Cam barbequed some chicken for supper and Phyllis holding David.

Some time with great granddaughter Jessica in the back yard while chicken being BBQed.  Swinging and...........

 playing soccer.

Parked for the weekend in driveway at Cam's near Marengo, IA

I rode the bus with Cam as he took people from workshop in Conroy, IA to their homes in Iowa City, IA Friday afternoon.

Some "talking" from this 4 1/2 month old kid!

Fun time at supper, and after.

More on our trip as we go.

Lynn

Hot, hot

 88º with "feel like" of 93º here in Clarinda, IA at 12:43 pm Monday July 26th.  Fairly bright sunshine today - yesterday was a gray haze all day, supposedly from the wildfires out west.

Had Granddaughters Emily and Ashly, with Great Granddaughter Jessica visit us over the weekend -- and also Daughter-in-law Patty in and out.  Patty was working with her dad at his house, hoping to help him move before too long.  We did go up to Fred's place to bring back a cabinet Saturday afternoon.

The girls, and Phyllis, walking at Fred's house.

Above, one of Fred's neighbor helped us remove the corner cabinet from the living room and put it in the back of our pickup.

At left: at our place we slid it out of the pickup onto a workbench on wheels of mine and rolled it into the shed to keep until Cam's move it to Marengo.

Supper Saturday evening at our place.

Sunday morning Phyllis & Jessica fixed breakfast.

At the table for breakfast Sunday morning.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( 

- Patient (to cosmetic surgeon): Will it hurt me, doctor?
Surgeon: Only when you get my bill, Mrs Brown.

- Where does Friday come before Thursday?  In the dictionary!

- Which travels faster -- heat or cold? Heat -- because we can catch a cold.

Later, Lynn

July 24, 2021

 89º with a "feel like" of 98º here in Clarinda, IA at 2:36 pm Saturday.

Not a very interesting week that just passed.

Maybe more next time.

Lynn

Mid-July

 77º here in Clarinda with heavy overcast at 11:05 am Saturday.. 

Cottonwood seeds have filled the air for the last week, making allergies terrible and looking like snow here.

Spent an enjoyable day at Harold & LaRhoda Neher's place near Hiawatha, KS yesterday.  She always has the best meals, and we played some 7 or 8 games of Pegs & Jokers after lunch.

Usually have my camera out at least once while we eat or play P&J, but guess I didn't this time.  This photo was shot out the window as we drove away.

Thursday evening we went to

Phil & Deb Tornholm's place and played

Pegs & Jokers with them and Marty & Marla Mattes.

Tuesday evening Leland & Bonnie Brown came to our place for Spaghetti and we caught up on a year's absence of visiting.

With trees removed and parking lot made on west side of neighbor driveway that comes over towards us, really opens things up.

Rotating crews of the helicopter service use this.

This is seen from coming up the exit to the hospital employee parking lot just to the south and east of our place.

Cement has been poured for new building west of hospital/south of maintenance building for some time.

They started with the steel work on the 14th.

By that evening they had framing all done.

These two photos taken this morning.  Supposedly, the helicopter crew will move into this building.

Till another time - Lynn

Another week in July

 72º here in Clarinda, IA at 7:51 pm Sunday evening-- had about 3" of rain over last couple nights.  Click on photos to enlarge.

Some of our activities this week.

Had wheel bearings repacked on
our trailer and found needed brake
repair on one wheel.  Glad we found
this before leaving on our 3,500 mile
trip the end of this month!

Getting a few Tomatoes!

Phyllis' cousin Judy Heuer celebrated her 80th birthday with a gathering at the Lied Center here in Clarinda.

Her son Rusty Face Timed with his mother from Washington state.

Judy with her daughter Lori and son Scott.

And, with their spouses.

PEEING ON MY FLOWERS

A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once in awhile a $20 bill fell out onto the sidewalk.

Noticing this, a policeman stopped her, and said, "Ma'am, there are $20 bills falling out of that bag."

"Oh, really? Darn it!" said the little old lady. "I'd better go back and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me, Officer."

"Well, now, not so fast," said the cop. " Where did you get all that money? You didn't steal it, did you?"

"Oh, no, no", said the old lady. "You see, my back yard is right next to a Golf course. A lot of Golfers come and pee through a knot hole in my fence, right into my flower garden. It used to really tick me off. Kills the flowers, you know. Then I thought, 'why not make the best of it?' So, now, I stand behind the fence by the knot hole, real quiet, with my hedge clippers. Every time some guy sticks his thing through my fence, I surprise him, grab hold of it and say, 'O.K., buddy! Give me $20 or off it comes!'

"Well, that seems only fair," said the cop, laughing ."OK. Good luck! Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag?"

"Not everybody pays."

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Later, Lynn