Our last week in Iowa for the year

 54º with light rain in Clarinda, IA at 10:50 am with prediction for heavy rain next several hours.  Has been warm ahead of this cold front moving in -- Omaha TV said they had 87º yesterday, which broke an over 100 year record of 84º as previous record high for the date.

Tree leaf colors changed dramatically in last day or so.

Took drive uptown this morning to Easter's Hardware store to get some mouse poison and took these shots of the colors.

Saturday afternoon we attended funeral of Shirley Joens.  She, and her husband Jerry, had sung in the Methodist Church Choir with us for some 40 years.  They moved to near Dallas, TX several years ago to be close to their only son and his family.  Jerry passed away some 4.5 years ago.  Their son and wife, along with almost all their kids and grandkids attended.  Curt and two of his girls gave quite loving recounting of their wife/mother.

This was a printed cloth that hung near the alter.

Got this photo of Linda, our Choir Director and organist, while at the funeral.

Linda is choir director at both our Methodist Church and the Westminster Presbyterian church here in Clarinda, we have joint practices together each Wednesday evening at our church and sing the same songs at our separate churches.  Sunday the combined choirs sang at our Methodist church at 9 am service and then again at the Presbyterian church at their 10:30 am service. 

Didn't get any photo in the Methodist service, but did snap a few at the Presbyterian church.

We are about to get the refrigerator/

freezer empty for our trip south,

and am sure you are

interested in my making

of salad of available

items.

More later, LC

Warmer weather

52º with bright sunshine here in Clarinda at 10:30 am Thursday - to get to 71º today and 80º tomorrow. Had been below freezing most nights recently.  Now nice weather to take all the things off back deck and get all flower pots, etc. taken care of.  Put away the bird bath, swinging bench on deck, and all flowers from front of house already.  

Plan on pulling out with trailer next Wednesday.

 Click HERE for Patty Duke's story  I grew up in the times of Patty Dukes and found this story interesting.   

Click HERE for poem on Queen Ezizabeth  This poem written by a 7-year old Brit is interesting.

I just tried to work outside and found millions of "lady bugs"

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Pretty sure I never seen this sign before.

LC

Fun times with family and friends.

 41 degrees with bright sunshine in Clarinda, IA at 5:15 pm Tuesday.  I will do a bit of a post, because have been busy and with several hundred pictures taken over last few days am not caught up.

We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday early morning at our son Cam's in Marengo, IA.  Arrived home in time for Doris Winter & her daughter Kate Glor from Minnesota to arrive at our place Sunday afternoon.

They started to visit a bit on the deck out back, but the cool air sent them back inside.

After some pizza for supper we did some pegs & jokers to warm up for playing with the Neher's on Monday.

We actually met Neher's at a restaurant in Highland, Kansas -- about 12 miles east of their house -- and then got down to business when at their house with Harold's favorite past-time, Pegs & Jokers.

Will put a few pictures from many taken with the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids Friday evening, and Saturday.

With our great-granddaughter, Jessica, six years old and our great-grandson, David about 20 months old, there was a lot of activity and they were both a blur of activity.  They are in great health and attitude, so that is good!

Pizza for supper on 

Friday night.

Wish I had even a tenth of her energy!

Me, with son Cameron to my right and grand-son-in-law Heath to my left.

Will get more of the photos worked up and

maybe post another time.  Was down to 19 degrees much of last night, and to freeze again tonight.  Have drained water from the trailer, but not flushed; hoping it will be okay until we head south.

LCM

Mid October

 63 degrees and overcast in Clarinda at 4:40 pm.

Every day since we got back from Texas in late March we have a doctor who always parks on the street in front of our house.  The hospital, across the street, added many, many parking spaces when they expanded their lots last year, and they are never full, but he parks here.

I have been enjoying fried green tomatoes

the last few days.  The mild frost last week didn't get one of our tomato plants and we are still getting a few red ones from it.  Lots of green ones on it, though and will take remaining ones off the plant before we leave Friday.

To freeze Sunday morning and again Monday morning.

With our leaving in about two weeks, starting to do the things necessary to close up this place.  Did the gutter cleaning on the east side of the shop today, and covered the outside Air Conditioner unit.

Boards ready to cover the pit by the basement window.

Will be going to Marengo this Friday.

Later, LC