Little rainy in southwest Iowa

 73 degrees with overcast-raining off & on here in Clarinda, IA at 5:30 pm.  Dumped 2 tenth of an inch and 5 Japanese beetles out of the rain gauge from overnight this morning.

Heard son Cameron a few minutes ago that he & his wife Patty landed in Cedar Rapids, after being in several countries in the Netherlands for the last four weeks. They saw a lot and did a lot in Norway, Sweden & other places.

    

Noticed a sag in the wooden deck -- it is 28 years old -- and thought maybe it needed some propping up.  Took enough boards off to see how it is, found that the 2" x 8" joists are on the ground, so aren't going to sag much further.

Put the boards back down

Looking through some old photos -- don't know what year this was, but the fall colors were really somethin.

Assume this photo of

our family, taken at the

farm where I grew up in

Custer County, Nebraska,

is some 50+ years old.

Later, Lynn