Off for Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival

 85 degrees with sunshine here in Clarinda, IA at 3:45 pm Wednesday.

Haven't written in the blog for a while.  Not doing a lot.

With some cooler weather the lawn has 'slowed down"

a bit and once-a-week mowing handles it.  (In spite of what was said above, it is now 1:30 pm Thursday and is 83º and muggy here.  I had intended to mow the lawn today, but it isn't tall enough to do any good.  Hope the 10-day absence won't let it get too tall.

Final loading of the trailer today.  Will be gone 10 days and since not too long until we head south are packing some things that will remain in the trailer and back of the pickup until we get to The Rio Grande Valley in late October.

These flowers had gotten really tall over the summer and were leaning way out of the area they are planted in.. Pulled them back and anchored them so they can re-seed within the area.

Have posted several pictures during the summer of these flower pots. The "bloom" is gone.

A month or so ago picture of these flowers.

Last Sunday was first day of the season for Sunday School and one of the Women's Circles of the church provided a brunch after the early service.  Lots of good food, especially various egg casseroles.

Couple pictures of some of the vegetables friends have given us this summer. Tomatoes and (below) Zucchini.

I changed out the water heater rod which is covered with an anode material to help protect the metal of the tank in the trailer.

You can see the amount eaten away at left.  Below shows the calcium sediment I flushed out of the tank before replacing it.

Hope I can get some good WIFI while we are gone and can post updates.  10-day weather forecast for Conway, MO shows chances of rain about every day we will be there with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80's.

Later, Lynn